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Monday, February 23, 2009

For the 3 people on the planet who have not seen Gone With The Wind - Here's A Teaser


Gone With The Wind
(1939) is often considered the most beloved, enduring and popular film of all time. Sidney Howard's script was derived from Margaret Mitchell's first and only published, best-selling Civil War and Reconstruction Period novel of 1,037 pages that first appeared in 1936, but was mostly written in the late 1920s. Producer David O. Selznick had acquired the film rights to Mitchell's novel in July, 1936 for $50,000 - a record amount at the time to an unknown author for her first novel, causing some to label the film "Selznick's Folly." At the time of the film's release, the fictional book had surpassed 1.5 million copies sold. More records were set when the film was first aired on television in two parts in late 1976, and controversy arose when it was restored and released theatrically in 1998.

The famous film, shot in three-strip Technicolor, is cinema's greatest, star-studded, historical epic film of the Old South during wartime that boasts an immortal cast in a timeless, classic tale of a love-hate romance. The indomitable heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, struggles to find love during the chaotic Civil War years and afterwards, and ultimately must seek refuge for herself and her family back at the beloved plantation Tara.

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Vivian Leigh, who was in almost every scene, gave the performance of a lifetime. Her changes from an innocent young girl to a dominating yet vulnerable (in some instances) woman is nothing short of amazing. This film has it all...it will make you laugh, cry, and think. Forget about the crap that is being shown today, this film defines what it means to be a classic.

2 comments:

  1. Time to get with the program.

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  2. I was watching House and didn't leave the proper message.

    The last one should have been, "I'll see your Slumdogs and raise you a Gone with the Wind."

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