Gone with the wind

This landmark film, based on Margaret Mitchell’s mammoth novel, won eight Academy Awards. The siege of Atlanta and the hardships of the South during the Civil War are masterfully unfolded in this terrific spectacle. Vivien Leigh’s performance as the headstrong Scarlett O’Hara is magical, and Clark Gable makes the ladies’ hearts flutter as Rhett Butler. Supported by Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard, the stars make this part spectacle, part history an epic entertainment.

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Credits

director

Victor Fleming

producer

David O. Selznick

production company

Selznick International

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

03:35:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1939

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300521

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Drama

Drama → Melodrama

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Love

History → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Romance

War films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1939

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