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Gone With the Wind - Four-Disc Collector's Edition (1939)
Front Cover Actor
Clark Gable
Movie Details
Genre Action; Drama; Romance
Director Victor Fleming
Language English
Audience Rating G (General Audience)
Running Time 238 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
David O. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. In many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama is taut and suspenseful and nostalgic, the second is ramshackle and arbitrary. But there's no question that the film is an enormous achievement in terms of its every resource--art direction, color, sound, cinematography--being pushed to new limits for the greater glory of telling an American story as fully as possible. Vivien Leigh is still magnificently narcissistic, Olivia de Havilland angelic and lovely, Leslie Howard reckless and aristocratic. As for Clark Gable: we're talking one of the most vital, masculine performances ever committed to film. The DVD release has optional French subtitles and theatrical trailer. --Tom Keogh
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 205
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon CA
Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Four-Disc Collector's Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
UPC (Barcode) 012569591721
Release Date 11/9/2004
Nr of Disks/Tapes 4
Extra Features
NTSC