Gone With The Wind

Now we arrive at one of the all-time great epics. Gone with the Wind depicts the south torn apart by the Civil War as it follows the young Scarlet O’Hara while she attempts to navigate her romantic life as war ravages her home. The film was one of the longest ever, at over two hundred and twenty minutes, and remains iconic for its grand ambition and wide scope.

Production

Directed by Victor Fleming

Produced by David O. Selznick

Screenplay by Sidney Howard

Based on Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland

Music by Max Steiner

Cinematography by Ernest Haller

Edited by Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom

Production companies: Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by Loew's Inc.

Release date: December 15, 1939 (Atlanta premiere)

Running time: 221 minutes; 234-238 minutes with overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $3.85 million

Box office: >$390 million