Gone with the Wind

1939 "The greatest romance of all time!"
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Released: 15 December 1939 Released
Producted By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America
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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

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cinephile-27690 I went to the house of a friend of my Grandma's and she let me look through her DVD collection-which wasn't that big. One movie she had was Gone With The Wind. My Grandma commented on how I have that, too. "You've got to love Gone With The Wind!" I said. "That's a masterpiece!"I was amazed that I said that, I don't think I had ever used that word for a movie at that moment. But that's true! This movie IS a masterpiece! Few movies are as iconic as this. From lines like "Frankly my dear,I don't give a damn" to iconic scenery-it'd be shocking to know someone who knew nothing of this classic movie. The movie is almost 4 hours long, but every minute is well worth it.(You can skip the credits, and intermission section to speed it up a little.)Can't watch it today? That's alright-tomorrow...is another day!
paulclaassen This is undoubtedly the greatest film ever. The scale of the film is simply mind blowing. It is almost inconceivable to think this was done in a time before computers, before the advanced technology available today, and it STILL looks incredible! The visuals are great, the acting is great, the story itself is fantastic. The role must have been very demanding for Vivien Leigh, who is in almost every single scene of the movie, with a running time of 221 minutes. An absolute masterpiece and true epic!
Anssi Vartiainen One of the most well-known films even today. Still the highest-grossing film ever released if you account for inflation. A grand epic about the times of American Civil War and how it affected a group of Southern landed gentry.Starring the indomitable Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, the oldest daughter and presumed heir of the Tara plantation, and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, her on and off mentor slash rival slash romantic interest. The story revolves around Scarlett in the months leading up to the Civil War and in the years that followed. And what a character. Very few movies I've seen in my life I have been able to call Films with a capital F. But this belongs on that elusive list.I find it especially intriguing how jaded they portray Scarlett. She is not a pleasant person, not at all. She's scheming, manipulative, almost purely after her own interest and she most certainly does not take a no for an answer. And yet the scene just before the interlude, where she swears that she and hers shall never suffer like they have suffered, is one of the strongest scenes I've ever see put on film. And the reason for that is the fact that you can understand where she is coming from. Likable she may not be. Admirable, on the other hand, oh so very much.And it's not like she's a pure villain or a monster either. She is not immune to the suffering of others, she is loyal to those she considers hers and her sheer willpower and force of personality are certainly something to be praised.She's also beautifully set up and contrasted by those around her. From Rhett Butler's more relaxed scheming to Melanie's (Olivia de Havilland) straight up sainthood.The only real problem I have with the film is the way it shows its age. More specifically the way it portrays slaves. It is told from the point of view of the South, and it tends to portray slaves as a simpler people, who are being gently looked after by their white masters. More often than not the slaves are shown either as people of limited understanding or as straight up mentally handicapped. It usually isn't the focus of the film, but the story is about the Civil War so it's always on the background. And it is uncomfortable, to tell the truth.Aside from that, the film is really good. A masterpiece. Masterfully acted, masterfully scripted, masterfully made. It is hard to recommend a film almost eighty years old and almost four hours in length to anyone. But in this case I believe the recommendation is more than warranted.
mrushkoski Considered one of the greatest love stories of all time, Gone with the Wind is a classic romance tale from 1939. A story of love and loss during the Civil War era the star crossed lovers Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh, attempt to survive Atlanta as the Union Army approaches. It was originally released in black and white but was later rereleased in 1969 in color. It was well known for its iconic wardrobes and clothing, it had over 1,500 extras in huge scenes (with around1,000 dummies since there weren't enough extras at the time) and it actually had three directors during filming that its almost alarming that the film made it to editing let alone theaters. It even made one of the first historic slips through the Hays Code at the time, the iconic line "frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" almost wasn't in the movie due to the word damn but after much convincing the director at the time was able to get the censors to allow it. Probably the only huge issue with the film was it's usage of racism from the Civil Way era, although historically accurate it was a little raunchy even for 1930's folks.