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Summary: Great movie, but you think there'd be more!
Review: Gone With the Wind is one of the most famous movies of all time. It's a classic and SUCH a great movie. The DVD has a great quality picture. I only have 2 complaints:1) It's one of the greatest movies of all time. You'd THINK that the DVD would have some kind of extras like behind the scenes or footage from the premiere, since it was such a big deal. I was so disappointed to find out that there was nothing of the sort!
2) Half the movie is on one side of the DVD and half is on the other. It gets annoying having to flip sides, but maybe it's not possible to have it all on one side because the movie is so long...I don't know the technical side of it. I just know it's annoying. Other than that, great movie. A definite must see for EVERYONE.
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Summary: no romance is complete without scarlett and rhett
Review: What can i say its a classic and a must have
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Summary: Wonderful, All-Time, Favorite Classic
Review: Ever since the frist time I have seen this movie I have fallen in love with it. It's such a wonderful tale of how a way of life was literaly gone with the wind. Scarlet was not one of my favorite character when I first saw the movie but after awhile you realize that she had a tremendous impact. Also, that she didn't follow the women streotype; that she was definatley a trend setter. The movie was fantastic and I hope that you will by it, watch it, and enjoy it as much as I do.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: You can't really say anything about this film because it just leaves you breathless. Words can't express the excellence and beauty of this film. It's legend will live forever...
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Summary: A Masterpiece Of Cinema, Fans Will Be Thrilled
Review: 1939: Gone With The Wind swept the Oscars with more than 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It was a blockbuster then, with thousands of fans and audiences captivated by the monumental saga of the Civil War. It was a trend setting film, ahead of its time, and only later in the 50's would historic epics return (such as The Ten Commandments, Spartacus, Ben-Hur and Doctor Zhivago, which comes closer to the romantic and epic verisimilitude of GWTW)Gone With The Wind takes its place among cinema's masterpieces. On DVD, the experience is sensational and worth the price. This limited edition comes equipped with photographs and a wealth of information on the making of the film. It's a dream. Gone With The Wind was Margaret Mitchell's only novel. Thank God it was a masterpiece and considered by many to be the "Great American novel". From the best-selling book came the idea for the movie. Director David O. Selznick would die being honored for this film (eventhough he tried to be more than just the Gone With The Wind director with the later film "Duel In The Sun"). On his tomb is written, "Here lies David O. Selznick, the man who directed Gone With The Wind." Because the film was unlike any other before its time, it instantly made Selznick a Hollywood legend, eventhough it was a one-time event for him. This can be said of James Cameron, who directed Titanic, also likened to Gone With The Wind. 30's sex symbol Clark Gable portrayed Rhett Bulter, the wealthy maverick who attempted to win the heart of the seemingly untamable Scarlett O'Hara (played by the beautiful Vivien Leigh in her debut cinematic role). Scarlett is a strong and courageous Southern belle, whose only goal in life was to have the man of her dreams- Ashley Wilkes (played by the British actor Leslie Howard). But tragically for Scarlett, things never got to be the way she wanted them. The dignified Ashley married the meek, sensitive Victorian lady Melanie Hamilton. Throughout the lush, dramatic film, which covers the Civil War and the Reconstruction, Scarlett endures hardships, war, death and loss (she loses her mother and father). When Tara, her plantation home is threatened, Scarlett's heroic nature emerges. She will do anything to protect and preserve Tara. She goes as far as to marry men she did not love - Frank Kennedy, her own sister's boyfriend. Although Scarlett is willful, vibrant, lusty and strong, and many would argue incredibly selfish, she has the side to her that remains true to her better nature- that of her love for family and home. She even does good to Melanie Hamilton, her own rival sort to speak. Scarlett is a complex, anti-heroine whom we all want to be like. She could survive anything and she was herself, perhaps unconsciously to the viewers in 1939 and afterward, a symbol of hope, figurative resurrection and survival in America. America was going through the Great Depression and World War 2 was just around the corner. The film has a romantic, sweeping soundtrack by the composer Max Steiner. "Tara's theme" is unforgettable and nostalgic. Although straying far from the novel in many aspects, the film has its great moments. The most memorable are Scarlett at the barbecue flirting with every man in a gorgeous green gown and yellow hat, the fire as Atlanta burns and falls to the Yankees, Scarlett's great vow "I will never be hungry again!" as the sun sets across her plantation, the dead soldiers by the thousands and of course, the finale in which Clark Gable, disenchanted and resigned, understands that Scarlett did not love him and would not give him a chance, decides to abandon the marriage. "But, Rhett, what shall I do ? Where shall I go ?" Scarlett asks in tears. "Frankly, my dear," replies Rhett, "I don't give a damn." During this time, the censors must have had a field day. Above all, the theme of Gone With The Wind, is that of hope. Scarlett's real love was never Ashley, nor Rhett Butler, but her home in Tara. With courage and with renewed strength, we know that Scarlett will eventually win Rhett back. The novel said of her "There was nothing she could not do or have if she put her mind to it." She says proudly, "After all, tomorrow is another day."
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Summary: Almost Fabulous
Review: GWTW is my favorite movie ever, but I had to take away a star because I was disappointed in the DVD itself. I hoped it would have some of the "Making Of..." story that is such an interesting sideline to the film.
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Summary: best film ever made
Review: Gone with the wind is really the best and most beautiful film ever made! But pity, that they didn't put the "Making of" on the DVD.
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Summary: The DVD LACKs!
Review: OK, here is what I NEED to see on a future DVD release of this fantastically beautiful film: 1.) Single-Sided, Dual-Layered
2.) True 5.1 Remastered/Remixed Surround Sound
3.) Improved Visual - More details in Shadowy Scenes
4.) Including a 2nd Disk of Extras
5.) Making of Documentary
6.) Deleted Footage
7.) Any and All Other Possible Bonus Material My 5-Star rating goes to the movie masterpiece itself, of course. This DVD release deserves maybe 1.5 stars.
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Summary: Still the Best!
Review: Still the best example of good old fashioned Hollywood storytelling. Not a moment is wasted onscreen. Every line of dialogue and every camera shot keeps the movie rolling along at a quick pace--it's the fastest 3 1/2 hours ever put on film. Memorable lines and performances abound, especially Vivian Leigh's starmaking turn as Scarlett O'Hara. A brilliantly clear restoration on DVD only enhances its quality.
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Summary: After more than 400 reviews...
Review: ...you can't say much else!! A spectacle to end all spectacles; the epitomy of costume, art direction, and cinemagraphic grandeur (Technicolor film was still rare in the 1930's, and the industry was already engulfed in production of at least one *other* color movie that same year). I wasn't enthralled with this film when I first saw it years ago but I have come to appreciate its epic presentation and gothic, almost soapy, storytelling. And the cast is entirely first-rate, from the leading lady (whose historical casting was a mini-series in itself) to the supporting roles (Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Ona Munson, Laura Crews, Ann Rutherford, Harry Davenport, Oscar Polk, 'Superman's' George Reeves, et al) to the hundreds (thousands?) of extras who populated the pre-and-postwar South (the tracking shot of the Twelve Oaks mansion at the start of the barbecue and the sprawling, widening shot of Scarlett walking amidst all the wounded soldiers come to mind). It is a great script ("Waste always makes me angry;" "Do you ever shy away from marrying men you don't love?") and great direction (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and Sam Wood- anyone else?). It is a record-holder of sorts among Oscar nominated (or Oscars won) films, but it came out in an extraodrinary year of films. 1939 also saw the releases of, among others, GOODBYE MR. CHIPS, DARK VICTORY, THE OLD MAID, GUNGA DIN, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, JUAREZ, ON BORROWED TIME, THE WOMEN, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, AT THE CIRCUS, BABES IN ARMS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, LOVE AFFAIR, MADE FOR EACH OTHER, and THE WIZARD OF OZ.
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