Gone with the Wind (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gone with the Wind (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gone with the Wind
Theatrical pre-release poster. David O. Selznick demanded that Vivien Leigh be given higher billing, so in later posters, her name was billed right below Clark Gable's.
Directed by	Victor Fleming Uncredited: George Cukor Sam Wood
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Written by	Sidney Howard Margaret Mitchell (novel) Uncredited: Ben Hecht Jo Swerling John Van Druten Oliver H.P. Garrett
Starring	Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Hattie McDaniel Butterfly McQueen
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Ernest Haller Uncredited: Lee Garmes
Editing by	Hal C. Kern James E. Newcom
Studio	Selznick International Pictures
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	December 15, 1939 (Atlanta premiere) January 17, 1940 (United States)
Running time	224 minutes 238 minutes withoverture, entr'acte, and exit music
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.9 million[1]
Gross revenue	$400,176,459Unadjusted[2] $1,606,254,800 Adjusteddomestic box office[3]
Followed by	Scarlett

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic romance-drama film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed byVictor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard. The epic film, set in the Old South in and around the time of the American Civil War, stars Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard,Olivia de Havilland, and Hattie McDaniel. It tells a story of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era from a white, Southern point of view.

It received ten Academy Awards (8 competitive, 2 honorary), a record that stood for twenty years.^[4] In the American Film Institute's inaugural Top 100 Best American Films of All Time list of 1998, it was ranked number four. It has sold more tickets in the U.S. than any other film in history, and is considered a prototype of a Hollywood blockbuster. Today, it is considered one of the greatest and most popular films of all time and one of the most enduring symbols of thegolden age of Hollywood. The film was the longest American sound film made up to that time - three hours and forty four minutes in length, plus a four minute intermission.

Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Screenplay 3.2 Development 4 Release 4.1 First public preview 4.2 Reception 4.3 Later releases 4.4 Television 5 Legacy 5.1 Racial criticism 6 Music 7 Awards and honors 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links