Gone with the Wind | |
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Directed by | Victor Fleming George Cukor (uncredited) Sam Wood (uncredited) |
Written by | Margaret Mitchell (novel), Sidney Howard (adapted screenplay), Ben Hecht (uncredited), David O. Selznick (uncredited), Jo Swerling (uncredited), and John Van Druten (uncredited) |
Produced by | David O. Selznick |
Starring | Vivien Leigh Clark Gable Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Hattie McDaniel |
Cinematography | Ernest Haller Lee Garmes (uncredited) |
Music by | Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | Loew's Incorporated |
Release date | December 15, 1939 |
Running time | 222 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,900,000 (estimated) |
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American movie based on Margaret Mitchell's book of the same name. It premiered in Atlanta, Georgia. It stars Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. The movie tells the story of the American Civil War as it was seen by a young southern woman named Scarlett O'Hara. The movie was very popular at the time. Considering inflation, it is the highest-grossing movie yet made. The movie has been criticized for inaccurately showing slavery and the South. The movie changed how African Americans appeared on the screen. Gone with the Wind is considered one of the greatest movies of all time.