Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming (1939)

224min

PG Certificate

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by Andrew Collins

Running to nearly four hours and boasting at least three directors, this epic American Civil War romantic drama is more of a symbol of the Hollywood studio system than a mere movie. Forever dividing critics, it will remain an audience favourite for all time. A war picture with a beating female heart, thanks to the bestselling source novel by Margaret Mitchell, it was, in 1939, the most expensive film ever made: $4 million, and the money is up there on the screen in impressive set pieces such as the burning of Atlanta and the shot where the camera pulls back to reveal a vast carpet of wounded Confederate soldiers. But the key is Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara, a wilful but resourceful southern heroine (designed to inspire women as America readied for the Second World War) who's destined to meet her match in Clark Gable's raffish Rhett Butler. Where's the slavery, you could ask. But this isn't a history lesson, it's a love story, and one of the best.

Summary

A resourceful plantation heiress struggles to support herself through a series of challenges during the chaos of the American Civil War and the subsequent restoration, all the while maintaining a tumultuous relationship with a roguish Southern gentleman. Epic romantic drama based on Margaret Mitchell's novel, starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel.

Cast & Crew

Scarlett O'Hara Vivien Leigh

Rhett Butler Clark Gable

Ashley Wilkes Leslie Howard

Melanie Hamilton Olivia de Havilland

Mammy Hattie McDaniel

Gerald O'Hara Thomas Mitchell

Ellen O'Hara Barbara O'Neil

Aunt "Pittypat" Hamilton Laura Hope Crews

Dr Meade Harry Davenport

Belle Watling Ona Munson

Suellen O'Hara Evelyn Keyes

Careen O'Hara Ann Rutherford

Prissy Butterfly McQueen

India Wilkes Alicia Rhett

Big Sam Everett Brown

Uncle Peter Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

Charles Hamilton Rand Brooks

Frank Kennedy Carroll Nye

Dolly Merriwether Jane Darwell

Maybelle Merriwether Mary Anderson

Emmy Slattery Isabel Jewell

Jonas Wilkerson Victor Jory

Bonnie Blue Butler Cammie King

John Wilkes Howard Hickman

Stuart Tarleton George Reeves

Caroline Meade Leona Roberts

Beau Wilkes Mickey Kuhn

Johnny Gallagher J M Kerrigan

Cathleen Calvert Marcella Martin

Elijah Zack Williams

Rene Picard Albert Morin

Fanny Elsing Terry Shero

Old Levi William McClain

Yankee deserter Paul Hurst

Director Victor Fleming

Director George Cukor

Director Sam Wood

Director William Cameron Menzies

Director Sidney Franklin

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: BFIAvailable on: video, DVD and Blu-rayReleased on: 22 Nov 2013

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