Gone with the Wind
 | Directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood Starring: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford MGM (Video & DVD), 1941, VHS Tape Customer Rating: 716 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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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. — Tom Keogh
Title: Gone with the Wind
Sales Rank: 48 in VHS
Actor: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD), 1998-10-27, Theatrical Release: 1941-01-17
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Running Time: 233 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches, 0.38 pounds
- Quite Simply One of the Greatest Movies of All-Time
- This is the 716th review of this movie! What can I say that has not already been said about this wonderfully compelling movie? I will not comment on the restoration process or the pros and cons of buying the 2-disk or 4-disk set, as this is adequately discussed by many other reviewers. I will say that this movie won 10 Academy awards and… More reviews
- missing minutes
- The movie was missing the last 10 minutes--so my daughter watched the 3 hr movie without the last 10 minutes---very disappointing!! More reviews
- Outstanding
- I was very impressed with the packaging, movie and footage. I would recommend purchaasing from this seller anytime.… More reviews
- Ecstacy and Agony
- "Gone with the Wind" is a fabulous film, the film by which all others are gauged. It debuted in 1939, perhaps the year that produced the most high quality films of all time. Watching this film is like viewing a great painting. Every time I watch it I get something new. I also detect subtleties and insights I never recognized when I was younger.… More reviews
- Everyone should own a copy of this
- My grandmother first introduced me to this movie and I've owned a copy since it first came out on DVD. Based upon one of the best-written novels of all time, the film is outstanding in it's own right. Covering the war from the viewpoint of it's heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, 'Gone With the Wind' explores the effects of the war on a well-to-do Southern family… More reviews
