Gone With the Wind (1939) (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition; With Book)

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 19, 2003 | 1 out of 1 found this Gone With the Wind (1939) review helpful

Pros: Upliftingggg

Cons: none

I never cried in a threate. I did with Gone with the Wind, five minutes in til the end. Dick Clarke would be a no name without this performance. I sure would like to see the bloopers.

Nathan Grimsure

A Story of Passion and War

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 18, 2001 | 1 out of 2 found this Gone With the Wind (1939) review helpful

Gone with the Wind is one of the greatest classics. It is set in the deep south, during the Civil War. It involves a young woman, Scarlett,(Vivian Leigh)who sets herself apart from the other privileged women of her social status with her independent ...and almost devious nature. It also stars the unforgettable and breath taking Rhett Butler,(Clark Gable) a sophisticated, yet passionate man. Gone with the Wind effectively portrays the destruction that occurred in the south during the Civil War and is also a love story filled with passion and betrayal. Read more Less

Best Movie Ever!!!!!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 4, 2007

Pros: fantastic acting and scenery

Cons: Absolutely None

This is one of the best movies ever based on a novel. I cant help but watch it again and again! Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable were stunning together. I cry at the end and read the novel over and over again!!!!!! I recomnd it for any one willing to wat...ch it. David O Selznic put together a wonderful movie! Read more Less

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 18, 2007

Pros: Features

Cons: Music

Wanna be gone with the wind...

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 10, 2007

Pros: رما
06;تیک

Cons: عشق

GONE WITH THE WIND is without doubt a great, great film. It has probably been seen by more people than any other film in history. I saw it for the first time in a theater in 1968, when, on its re-release, it was playing to capacity houses. I saw it ...again on its re-release in 1971 and again in 1976. In both instances it was again playing to full theaters. When the movie was released in 1939, the average movie ticket was probably around fifty cents. Today, if the average price for a movie ticket is nine dollars, it is easy to calculate that GONE WITH THE WIND is the most fiscally successful film in history, and the reason for this can only be because it is one of the most beloved. And with good reason. This is a magnificent cinematic achievement, whether by the standards of 1939 or of any other year. I would take it any day over the computer-generated nonsense being churned out today. It is probably the most written-about movie ever, with the exception of CITIZEN KANE, so there isn't much to add to it except a few personal observations: 1. Watching the film again recently, it seemed that every single scene was perfectly written, directed and acted. There isn't a moment I would like to see discarded. 2. Many people think that the sexiest moment in movie history comes when Scarlett is shown the morning after she's been taken forcibly up the stairs to the bedroom of her husband, Rhett Butler. 3. The character of Scarlett is the most memorable heroine in film history and quite likely the greatest feminine role ever adapted for the screen from a novel. Vivien Leigh's performance is no less than spectacular. It was Miss Leigh's great fortune to have played not only Scarlett but A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE's Blanche DuBois, who is arguably the greatest role ever written for a stage play. 4. The character of Rhett Butler was probably written with Clark Gable in mind, and he brings a stalwart virility to the role which is exactly what is needed. But does it matter whether Gable or Gary Cooper (who was certainly considered) or anyone else played Rhett? Anyone who played him would certainly have been deemed the definitive Rhett. 5. Olivia de Havilland's Melanie tends to remain a stereotype of a too-good-to-be-true counterpart to Scarlett, although there are a handful of scenes when she breaks away from the mold and shows true mental and moral fortitude. In the scene where Scarlett shoots the Yankee deserter on the staircase at Tara, Melanie, appearing from above with a sword almost too heavy for her to lift, quickly assesses the situation and shouts to the family that Scarlett had just been tinkering with the gun when it went off. Later, she covers for Rhett in the scene where be brings the wounded Ashley home from the raid on Shantytown, pretending that Ashley had been with him all evening at Belle Watling's. Her best moment comes when she approaches Scarlett at Ashley's birthday party after rumors of an affair have been circulating; her face is eloquently neutral, as though she were ready for all-out warfare, and we wait for the worm to turn. It doesn't. Instead, she embraces Scarlett and asks her to help her receive her guests. She never sees the bad in anybody. She is a true lady. 6. The early scenes in the movie are relatively light and frothy as the principals emerge and the atmosphere is established. The first change of tone comes from the reading of the Gettysburg death list--and it's a shocker. From a shot of the hushed crowd waiting outside the newspaper office, the camera zooms to a list of the names of those killed in action as cries of horror penetrate the soundtrack. We see Scarlett and Melanie breathlessly scanning the list in fear that Ashley's name may be among the casualties, and then there is a shot to the mournful crowd and finally to the pitiful band who defiantly strike up "Dixie" as tears flow down their anguished faces. 7. The atmos Read more Less

IT IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 21, 2006

Pros: EVERYTHING!!!

Cons: nothing.

I absoloutly love this movie!!! It is the best!!! I love the pretty Vivein Leigh who plays the beautiful and childish Scarlett O'Hara!!! I love Clark Gable who playes the charming and manly Rhett Butler!!! I love Leslie Howard who plays the smart... and honorable Ashley Wilkes and I love Olivia De Havilland who plays the sweet and kind Melanie Hamilton!!!! It is soooo good!!! Perfect casting and perfect backgrounds!!! I am a die hard Gone with the wind fan and own as many things possible related to it! It over exceated my expectachions!!! I recommend it to everyone and is something everyone my must see!!! Best Movie ever!!!!! Everything is perfect!!! But, don't watch the secound movie it ruins the first!!! Hope this rating helped! Thanks!!!! Read more Less

BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 10, 2006

Pros: Everything from Vivian Leigh to the badly stereotyped black slaves

Cons: NOTHING 'T ALL

Gone With The Wind is a classic that will live through the ages -- even if it does feature some "po' black slaves who don't know no betta". It's a testament to the inequality and the skewed views on "colored people" of... that day. But... it's also WICKED romantic! Clark Gable is so devestatingly masculine, and Vivian Leigh is so heartbreakingly fragile and tenacious all at the same time. She is one of the most beautiful women who've ever lived. The dresses were to die for, the boyz in suits... wowsers, and the colorization of this film really brings it home. The special features on the DVD are extensive and fascinating. I recommend this to anyone who's a romantic at heart... or anyone who appreciates flawless beauty and true femininity. Read more Less

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 8, 2003

the best movie ever made for it's time. a classic A+ one to watch over & over again

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 26, 2003

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