Gone with the wind

A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor (uncredited)

Writers: Margaret Mitchell (story of the old south "Gone with the Wind"), Sidney Howard (screenplay)

Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell

Details:

Official Sites: Warner Bros. [United States]

Country: USA

Language: English

Release Date: 17 January 1940 (USA)

Also Known As: Lo que el viento se llevó

Filming Locations: Agoura Hills, California, USA

Box Office:

Budget: $3,977,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $1,192,593 (USA) (26 June 1998)

Gross: $198,655,278 (USA) (13 November 1998)

Storyline:

Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.