Gone with the Wind Movie Basics

Year of Release: 1939
Running Time: 3 hrs. 42 min.
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Victor Fleming
Screenwriter: Sidney Howard
Producers: David O. Selznick
Studio: MGM

Synopsis

The ultimate "classic" this 1939 motion picture is based on Margaret Mitchell's bestselling novel that chronicles the end of the plantation culture in the post-Civil War south. Stars Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as the star-crossed lovers Rhett Butler and Scarlett O"Hara.
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Cast

Vivien Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara
Clark Gable - Rhett Butler
Leslie Howard - Ashley Wilkes
Olivia de Haviland - Melanie Wilkes
Hattie McDaniel - Mammy
Thomas Mitchell - Gerald O'Hara
Butterfly McQueen - Prissy

Awards and Nominations

1939 Academy Awards® Best Picture (Win)
Best Actress - Vivien Leigh (Win)
Best Director (Win)
Best Screenplay (Win)
Best Supporting Actress - Hatie McDaniel (Win)
Best Cinematography (Win)
Best Art Direction (Win)
Best Editing (Win)
Best Actor - Clark Gable (Nom)
Best Supporting Actress - Olivia de Haviland (Nom)
Best Sound Effects (Nom)
Best Visual Effects (Nom)
Best Sound (Nom)
Best Score (Nom)


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Scarlett O'Hara ( Vivien Leigh ):
"As God as my witness. As God as my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over I'll never be hungry again nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill as God as my witness I'll never be hungry again."

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