A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civi... Read allA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
- Won 8 Oscars
- 21 wins & 9 nominations total
- Ellen O'Hara - Gerald's Wife
- (as Barbara O'Neill)
- Directors
- Victor Fleming
- George Cukor(uncredited)
- Sam Wood(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaHattie McDaniel became the first Black person to be nominated for - and win - an Academy Award.
- GoofsAfter Ashley Wilkes is carried into his room from a night at Belle's place, Melanie picks up a lamp with an electric cord attached.
- Quotes
Scarlett: Rhett, Rhett... Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?
Rhett Butler: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow.. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...
- Alternate versionsWhen originally released theatrically in the UK in 1940, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating.
- ConnectionsEdited into Raintree County (1957)
- SoundtracksSelznick International Theme
(1937) (uncredited)
Written by Alfred Newman
Played for the Selznick International Logo
Scarlett, the eldest, worships her mother Yet, under her beauty and Southern coquetry, she is charming, but proud, willful and vain She believes she is in love with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), a good-hearted young army captain But Ashley loves his cousin, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland), a delicate, selfless woman He is frightened by Scarlett's energy and animation And although he admits his feelings for her, he is afraid to marry her and decides to take Melanie for his bride
When Scarlett loses Ashley she is more certain than ever that she must have him On their wedding day, she meets Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), a wealthy adventurer from an old Charleston family Rhett, a gamblerwho believes that self-interest is the motive of all human conductis attracted by Scarlett's beauty and realizes that they are equally merciless and conscienceless
Vivien Leigh is magnificent as the spoiled, selfish southern belle... She carries the picture, and controls it... She reproduces the spirited character of Scarlett in all its fluent complexity...
Clark Gablewith a smile and great light in his eyesis fascinating as the elegant, heroic gentleman ... He is perfect as the ladies man... His dramatic high point is his scene crying in Melanie's presence... His love scenes with Scarlett give the picture a vibrancy that is one of its great attractions... The film begins with their first stormy meeting in the library at Twelve Oaks and intensifies at the Atlanta bazaar, when he shocks the confederacy by bidding $l00 "in gold," to dance with the newly widowed Mrs. Hamilton who cares for nothing but herself
Hattie McDaniel gives a rich characterization as Mammy, Scarlett's shrewd black servant who was never fooled by Scarlett's airs and tears...
With a memorable music score by Max Steiner, the film was an instant classic, winner of eight Academy Awards...
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Gone with the Wind in 3-D
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,977,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $200,882,193
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,192,593
- Jun 28, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $402,382,193
- Runtime3 hours 58 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)
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