Gone With The Wind

1) "Miss. Scarlet, Miss Scarlet!"  Yes, Gone With The Wind.  America's favorite movie that hits the heart of America.  This extremely excellent movie was based on the novel by Margret Mitchell in 1936.  It took her 10 years to write! That is a long time!  Selenick purchased the rights to the book to make the movie for only $50,000.  They asked Margret if she wanted to help advise with the move, she simply refused.  This amazing cast includes the great Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh with the supporting cast of Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Olivia DeHavilland, and Leslie Howard as Ashley.  

This motion picture has many many academy awards (Oscars).  Best Picture: David O. Selznick.  Best Director: Victor Flemming.  Best Actress: Vivian Leigh.  Best Supporting Actress: Hattie Mc Daniel, the first black to attend the awards and the first black to win an Oscar. Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction.  Sadly, they didn't recieve the award for Best Actor (Clark Gable was nominated but Robert Donet starring in Goodbye Mr. Chips, won).  This motion picture has been honored by many, especially by the National Film Registry.  They selected this movie to be preserved.  It also was the first movie ever to be shot in technicolor.  This movie is still the most grossing film in american history!  It still has not been beat in the box office.  The production budget was $3.9 Million and the Actual domestic amount was $198,676,459 and the foreign was $400,000,000 PLUS.  This is just truly an amazing film and will be watched for ages to come. 

2) The site that I used for the summery is: http://www.filmsite.org/gone.html

This site basically gives us a summary of the film and what important historical things happened.  Gone With The Wind is considered the most beloved film of all time.  The film was originally rough-cut at 6 hours in length!  It was challenging to make due to the controversial subject matter including rape, drunkenness, moral dissipation, and adultery, and it's extraordinary qualities with more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras.  There were many things cut out of the movie especially anything that mentioned the KKK.  There was a massive search for the actress to play Scarlet.  There were about 30 actresses considered but they took the girl from over the pond named Vivian Leigh, which portrayed scarlet beautifully.  This amazing film has touched the hearts of young and old from the past to the present and beyond.  And "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!".  

3)  This article relates to the screening because it gives a greater look into the film by breaking down important parts from the movie.  It also shows the important historical events happening throughout the film.  Also discusses the ending when Clark Gable says frankly my dear I don't give a damn and how at first the Catholic Legency of Decency did not allow that ending but in the end they allowed it.  

4)  This motion picture has been deemed Americas beloved classic film.  Gone With The Wind on rottentomatos.com has been given a 95% approval rating from critics and a 91% approval rating with audiences.  This is the most approval rating on this site that I have seen!  One critic said that this movie defines Hollywood.   Anyone watching this film can see themselves being captivated by the beauty of Scarlet and can have the feeling of them actually living with these people, like you are apart of the film. This film takes place in a time when our country was divided and tells the story of a group of people that lived in the south and called the north a bunch of dirty yankees.  In my opinion, this movie is the best American made film that will ever be made.  I think I should start writing Gone With The Wind II.