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©2004
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4 videodiscs (238 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
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Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
Disc 1. Gone with the wind, pt. one -- Disc 2. Gone with the wind, pt. two -- Disc 3. The making of a legend : Gone with the wind (123 min.) ; Restoring a legend (18 min.) ; Dixie hails "Gone with the wind" ; Historical theatrical short : The old South (11 min.) ; Atlanta Civil War centennial ; International prologue ; Foreign language versions ; Theatrical trailers ; Awards -- Disc 4. Melanie remembers : reflections by Olivia de Havilland (39 min.) ; Gable : the king remembered (65 min.) ; Vivien Leigh : Scarlett and beyond (46 min.) ; the supporting players
Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Hara's Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939
Booklet is a reproduction of 1939 souvenir program
Special features: Disc 1-2. Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer; Original mono. track
Musical score, Max Steiner ; production design, William Cameron Menzies ; photographic effects, Jack Cosgrove ; photography, Ernest Haller ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler ; interiors by Joseph B. Platt ; interior decoration by Edward G. Boyle ; costumes designed by Walter Plunkett ; supervising film editor, Hal C. Kern ; production manager, Raymond A. Klune ; assistant director, Eric G. Stacey ; historian, Wilbur G. Kurtz
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neill, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Cammie King, Eric Linden, J.M. Kerrigan, Ward Bond, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, L. Kemble-Cooper, Yakima Canutt, Marcella Martin, Louis Jean Heydt, Mickey Kuhn, Olin Howland, Irving Bacon, Robert Elliott, William Bakewell, Mary Anderson
DVD, region 1, NTSC; standard presentation preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
In English or dubbed French soundtracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
Academy Awards, 1939: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel); Best Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler); Best Cinematography, Color (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan); Best Director (Victor Fleming); Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom); Best Picture (David O. Selznick); Best Writing, Screenplay (Sidney Howard); Technical Achievement Award (Don Musgrave - For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production Gone with the Wind)
Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 1989