Gone with the wind /
Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Hara's Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
| Uniform Title: | Gone with the wind (Motion picture : 1939) |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. In English or French; with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. |
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Burbank, CA :
Warner Home Video,
[2004]
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| Edition: | 4-disc collector's ed. |
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| Summary: | Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Hara's Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell. Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Booklet is a reproduction of 1939 souvenir program. Dual-layer format. Digitally remastered from restored picture and audio elements. Special features include disc 1 and 2. Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer -- disc 3. Christopher Plummer narrates the documentary The making of a legend : Gone with the wind, Restoring a legend chronicles the film/video restoration process, 1939 and 1961 Atlanta premiere newsreels, Prologue from international release version, Foreign-language version sample scenes, Historical short subject The old South, Trailer gallery -- disc 4. Melanie remembers : reflections by Olivia de Havilland--exclusive 2004 documentary, 2 insightful profiles: Gable : the king remembered and Vivien Leigh : Scarlett and beyond, The supporting players: cameo portraits of an unforgettable ensemble. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (238 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: G. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, 1939: Best Picture (Selznick International Pictures), Best Director (Victor Fleming), Best Writing (Screenplay) (Sidney Howard), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel), Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler), Best Cinematography (Color) (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan), Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom), Honorary Award (To William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of 'Gone with the Wind'), Scientific or Technical Award (Class III) (For important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: F. R. Abbott, Haller Belt, Alan Cook and the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company for faster projection lenses; The Mitchell Camera Company for a new type process projection head; Mole-Richardson Company for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp; Charles Handley, David Joy and the National Carbon Company for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons; Winton Hoch and the Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. for an auxiliary optical system; Don Musgrave and Selznick International Pictures, Inc. for pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production, 'Gone with the Wind' [Special Photographic]. National Film Preservation Board, 1989: National Film Registry. New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1939: Best Actress (Vivien Leigh). People's Choie Awards, 1988: Favorite All-Time Motion Picture. Photoplay Awards, 1939: David O. Selznick. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, Hal C. Kern ; music score, Max Steiner. |
| ISBN: | 0790790491 9780790790497 |