Here are some facts about Gone with the Wind from 1939. If you'd like to directly jump to the list of sites where you can stream this movie and see a comparison of the prices, please scroll to the bottom of the article.
1939 was a great year at the Oscars. In 1939, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Oscar statuette to the producers of Gone with the Wind for the Best Picture award. A total number of 9 Oscars were awarded to that movie, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Acress.
Did you know that Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations? He was nominated 60 times and won 26 times! The Oscars have been handed out to outstanding movies and performances for more than 85 years. The Best Picture Oscar is given at the end of each year's ceremony to represent its importance.
According to Wikipedia, the movie Gone with the Wind can be described like this:
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel and produced by David O. Selznick, of Selznick International Pictures. Set in the 19th-century American South, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, and her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton,...
Some of the members of the cast of Gone with the Wind were:
- Clark Gable as Rhett Butler
- Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
- Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton
- Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
- Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
- Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
- Cammie King as Eugenie "Bonnie Blue" Butler
- Ann Rutherford as Carreen O'Hara
Gone with the Wind has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 95%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 93%. Stanley Kauffmann from The Atlantic has this to say about Gone with the Wind:
It's remarkable that after spending almost eight hours of my existence in front of this film, I can remember only two points vividly.
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Gone with the Wind won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actress for Vivien Leigh for her role as Scarlett O'Hara at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Hattie McDaniel for her role as Mammy at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Screenplay at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
- Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 12th Academy Awards in 1939
Findable.TV reports that Gone with the Wind can be watched online at 4 sources. Some ways you can watch this movie online in the UK are as follows.
Sites where you can rent Gone with the Wind:
- Rent for £2.49 at Amazon
- Rent for £2.49 at iTunes
- Rent for £2.49 at BlinkBox
- Rent for £2.49 at Wuaki
Sites where you can buy Gone with the Wind:
Go to Findable.TV to see their page for Gone with the Wind, and find out up-to-date information about where it can be watched online, and compare current prices at all services.
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