Gone with the Wind [70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition] [With Book] [4 Discs] [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning book comes to life in this Academy Award-winning classic starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, and produced by David O. Selznick. Released to coincide with the film's 70th anniversary, this special collector's edition features a new high definition transfer and over thirteen hours of bonus materials including a documentary, the Emmy Award-winning Telefilm Movoila The Scarlett O'Hara War, a commemorate production art/photo book, color art cards, and a deluxe leather Gone With the Wind journal. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 3
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby TrueHD
• Screen: Color
• Subtitle: French, Spanish
• Features:
  • Bonus DVD: 6 - hour documentary MGM: When the Lion Raors
  • Over 8 hours of revealing extras about this timeless classic including more than 3 hours new to the collection
  • Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year documentary narrated by Kenneth BranaghGone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On featurette
  • The Marvelous Emmy-winning telefilm Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War starring Tony Curtis and a wonderful supporting cast in a dramatization of producer David O. Selznick's search for the actress who would play Gone With the Wind's heroine

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Won Best Actress - 1939 (Vivien Leigh)
•     Won Best Art Direction - 1939 (Lyle Wheeler)
•     Won Best Color Cinematography - 1939 (Ray Rennahan, Ernest Haller)
•     Won Best Director - 1939 (Victor Fleming)
•     Won Best Editing - 1939 (Hal Kern, James Newcom)
•     Won Best Picture - 1939
•     Won Best Screenplay - 1939 (Sidney Howard)
•     Won Best Supporting Actress - 1939 (Hattie McDaniel)
•     Won Honorary and Other Awards - 1939 (William Cameron Menzies)
•     Nominated Best Actor - 1939 (Clark Gable)
•     Nominated Best Original Score - 1939 (Max Steiner)
•     Nominated Best Sound - 1939 (Thomas T. Moulton)
•     Nominated Best Special Effects - 1939 (Jack Cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns)
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actress - 1939 (Olivia de Havilland)

• American Film Institute

•     Won 100 Greatest American Movies - 1998

• Film Daily

•     Won 10 Best Films - 1939

• Library of Congress

•     Won U.S. National Film Registry - 1988

• National Board of Review

•     Won Best Acting - 1940 (Vivien Leigh)
•     Nominated Best Picture - 1940

• New York Film Critics Circle

•     Won Best Actress - 1939 (Vivien Leigh)

• New York Times

•     Won 10 Best Films - 1939

• Photoplay

•     Won Award - 1939

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Vivien Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara
       Hattie McDaniel - Mammy

• Director:

  Victor Fleming, David Hinton

• Producer:

  David O. Selznick, L. Jeffrey Selznick

• Book Author:

  Margaret Mitchell

• Screenwriter:

  Sidney Howard, David Thomson

• Cinematographer:

  Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan

• Composer (Music Score):

  Max Steiner

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Louis Forbes

• Editor:

  Hal Kern, James Newcom

• Production Designer:

  William Cameron Menzies

• Art Director:

  Hobe Erwin, Lyle Wheeler

REVIEWS:

• As epic as the 1,000-plus-page {$Margaret Mitchell} bestseller on which it was based, {$David O. Selznick}'s production of {#Gone With the Wind} (1939) went through three directors, a well-publicized search for {%Scarlett O'Hara}, and a then-enormous four-million-dollar budget, resulting in one of the all-time highest-grossing movies. Sparing no expense on sets and costumes, {$Selznick} aimed to produce the ultimate Technicolor blockbuster, faithfully adapting the book's Civil War era travails of Southern belle {%Scarlett} and her roguish match, {%Rhett Butler}. While the film is grand in scale (and length), its cast, especially relative unknown {$Vivien Leigh} as {%Scarlett} and {@MGM} king {$Clark Gable} as {%Rhett}, made the narrative as engrossing as the spectacular recreation of the burning of Atlanta (in which old sets were torched). Premiering first in Atlanta, {#Gone With the Wind} delivered on the promise of the hype, breaking box-office records. Earning an unprecedented 13 Oscar nominations, {#Gone With the Wind} won eight statuettes and two special awards, taking Best Picture in Hollywood's "miraculous" year, as well as Best Director for {$Victor Fleming}, and Best Actress for {$Vivien Leigh}. Best Supporting Actress {$Hattie McDaniel} became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar. Perennially popular, {#Gone With the Wind} inspired the 1994 sequel {#Scarlett}. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
• As epic as the 1,000-plus-page Margaret Mitchell bestseller on which it was based, David O. Selznick's production of Gone With the Wind (1939) went through three directors, a well-publicized search for Scarlett O'Hara, and a then-enormous four-million-dollar budget, resulting in one of the all-time highest-grossing movies. Sparing no expense on sets and costumes, Selznick aimed to produce the ultimate Technicolor blockbuster, faithfully adapting the book's Civil War era travails of Southern belle Scarlett and her roguish match, Rhett Butler. While the film is grand in scale (and length), its cast, especially relative unknown Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and MGM king Clark Gable as Rhett, made the narrative as engrossing as the spectacular recreation of the burning of Atlanta (in which old sets were torched). Premiering first in Atlanta, Gone With the Wind delivered on the promise of the hype, breaking box-office records. Earning an unprecedented 13 Oscar nominations, Gone With the Wind won eight statuettes and two special awards, taking Best Picture in Hollywood's "miraculous" year, as well as Best Director for Victor Fleming, and Best Actress for Vivien Leigh. Best Supporting Actress Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar. Perennially popular, Gone With the Wind inspired the 1994 sequel Scarlett. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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