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Gone with the Wind [VHS]

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Studio: Warner Home Video
Catalog: Video
Release date: 2000-03-07
Media: VHS Tape
released in theatres: 1941-01-17
Running time in minutes: 233
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
released in theatres: 1941-01-17
Ean: 9780790743141
Book Isbn: 0790743140
Upc: 012569500938
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Director:
George Cukorsee more VHS Videos by George Cukor
Sam Woodsee more VHS Videos by Sam Wood
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Actors:
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Vivien Leighsee more VHS Videos with Vivien Leigh
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Professional Review:
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

User Reviews:
 Rating 4   Written on December 29, 2008
   Summary: Tomorrow is another day!
This is a priceless classic. There is an audience for an authenic sequel. If not tomorrow, maybe next Christmas.

 Rating 5   Written on December 15, 2008
   Summary: I know I reviewed this one before!
It is my favorite movie and book of all time and I know I reviewed it earlier. This was a great set for anyone who loves "GWTW" at much as I do! Definitely recommend it!

 Rating 5   Written on November 30, 2008
   Summary: 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 is still regarded as the 6th best epic movie of all-time. That should be credentials enough to want to view this extraordinary movie.

Watching this movie is an absolutely delightful experience, and I can just imagine attending the movie in the theatre for the first time! I can just imagine the excitement and the buzz of conversation during the intermission, for the first half of this movie is quite unlike any other movie up to that date in time. This is a visual experience on film unlike any other. The cinematography is what amazed me. The magnificence of the sets, the lighting, the dramatic closing shots of scenes, and the sheer enormity of the film floors the viewer. I will never forget the camera shot of Scarlett looking for the doctor in the streets of Atlanta, going from wounded soldier to wounded soldier as the camera slowly backs away revealing the enormity of the wounded lying in the streets as Sherman's cannons bomb the city to flames. Similarly, there is also the shot of Scarlett declaring at Tara (her planation home) that she would never go hungry again. The sky backdrop is so vividly lit, and the indomitable spirit of life that resides in Scarlett's chin-up, upright silhouette speaks volumes about her ability to survive the war and the destruction of her beloved Tara.

Gone With The Wind is one of the greatest films of all-time as it transcends time itself. It is still as relevant today as it was in 1939 (the greatest year in film history by the way, as The Wizard of Oz and Mr. Smith Goes To Washington were also released this year). It is truly an epic of epic proportions, the best of its day by a wide margin, and not to be eclipsed for decades.

This is a wonderful movie experience; one you will never forget. And unlike Rhett Butler, at the end of this film dear reader, you frankly will "give a damn".

Jim Koenig


 Rating 3   Written on November 22, 2008
   Summary: 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!!

 Rating 5   Written on November 14, 2008
   Summary: Outstanding
I was very impressed with the packaging, movie and footage. I would recommend purchaasing from this seller anytime.


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