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Gone With the Wind [Blu-ray] [Canadian]

1 disc
Region 1 USA/CA (info)

Hot-tempered, self-centered, part-Irish Southern beauty Scarlett O'Hara, played to the teeth by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Smug, rebellious, honest, blockade-running profiteer Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. Ashley, who is also in love with Scarlett, marries his genteel cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) because he believes that their quiet similarities will create a better marriage than Scarlett's passion. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett at their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett's first two marriages. Scarlett and Rhett finally wed, but Scarlett continues to pine for her beloved Ashley. Set against the Civil War and Southern Reconstruction, this tragic love quadrangle offers the burning of Atlanta and fields of wounded Confederates as part of its lush scenery. Meticulous backdrops, glorious sunsets, numerous silhouettes, and the ultrasaturated Technicolor film create a hyperreal vision. The romantic score is every bit as lush and dramatic as the photography, borrowing folk melodies from the Old South to make the tragic war concrete. Heavy nostalgic tones pervade the often witty dialogue and larger-than-life charms and faults of the leads. GONE WITH THE WIND stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed.
Academy Awards Best Film Editing 1939
Academy Awards Best Picture 1939
Academy Awards Best Actress 1939 Vivien Leigh Oscar winning actress, GONE WITHT THE WIND, A STREETCAR NAME
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1939 Hattie McDaniel Oscar winning actress, singer, GONE WITH THE WIND
Academy Awards Best Director 1939 Victor Fleming American director, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay 1939 Sidney Howard Screenwriter/Novelist
Academy Awards Best Interior Decoration (b&w) 1939 Lyle Wheeler Art Director
Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1939 Ray Rennahan American Director Of Photography
Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1939 Ernest Haller American Director Of Photography
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Credits

Clark Gable, William Gable, Vivien Leigh, Vivien Mary Harley, Leslie Howard, Leslie Stainer, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory, Howard Hickman, Rand Brooks, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie Anderson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Harry Davenport, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Eric Linden, Ward Bond, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, Yakima Canutt, Enos E
Critic Reviews

"...For contemporary audiences, a vertiable shock of pleasure....Weep for the fearlessness with which Hollywood once believed the sublime was possible..." -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly
"...Greater than ever....The older it gets, and we with it, the more we're able to see in it..."
Los Angeles Times
"Leigh is electric, wicked, incorrigible, lovely."
Uncut
"...It is still a great film, above all, because it tells a great story..."
Chicago Sun-Times
"...[A] masterpiece....Gorgeous whether you're watching moving images or frozen ones..."
USA Today
"...The Everest of grand Hollywood moviemaking..."
Premiere
"One of those rare moments when stars align, and the perfect actress finds the perfect role at the perfect time."
Total Film