Gone With the Wind

Hot-tempered, self-centered, part-Irish Southern beauty Scarlett O'Hara, played to the teeth by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Smug, rebellious, honest, blockade-running profiteer Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. Ashley, who is also in love with Scarlett, marries his genteel cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) because he believes that their quiet similarities will create a better marriage than Scarlett's passion. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett at their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett's first two marriages. Scarlett and Rhett finally wed, but Scarlett continues to pine for her beloved Ashley. Set against the Civil War and Southern Reconstruction, this tragic love quadrangle offers the burning of Atlanta and fields of wounded Confederates as part of its lush scenery. Meticulous backdrops, glorious sunsets, numerous silhouettes, and the ultrasaturated Technicolor film create a hyperreal vision. The romantic score is every bit as lush and dramatic as the photography, borrowing folk melodies from the Old South to make the tragic war concrete. Heavy nostalgic tones pervade the often witty dialogue and larger-than-life charms and faults of the leads. GONE WITH THE WIND stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed.

Cast:

Year - Presenter		Award Category		Result		Name
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Actress		Winner		Vivien Leigh
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Adapted Screenplay		Winner		Sidney Howard
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Cinematography		Winner		Ray Rennahan
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Cinematography		Winner		Ernest Haller
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Director		Winner		Victor Fleming
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Film Editing		Winner		Not Applicable
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Interior Decoration (b&w)		Winner		Lyle Wheeler
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Picture		Winner		Not Applicable
1939 - Academy Awards		Best Supporting Actress		Winner		Hattie McDaniel

"...For contemporary audiences, a vertiable shock of pleasure....Weep for the fearlessness with which Hollywood once believed the sublime was possible..." -- Rating: A -- Owen Gleiberman , (Entertainment Weekly)

"...Greater than ever....The older it gets, and we with it, the more we're able to see in it..." -- Kevin Thomas , (Los Angeles Times)

"...It is still a great film, above all, because it tells a great story..." -- Roger Ebert , (Chicago Sun-Times)

"...[A] masterpiece....Gorgeous whether you're watching moving images or frozen ones..." -- Mike Clark , (USA Today)

"...The Everest of grand Hollywood moviemaking..." -- Premiere Staff , (Premiere)

"One of those rare moments when stars align, and the perfect actress finds the perfect role at the perfect time." -- Matt Mueller , (Total Film)

"Leigh is electric, wicked, incorrigible, lovely." -- Chris Roberts , (Uncut)

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