Today we are saluting one of the most celebrated and acclaimed films of all time in honor of its Fathom & TCM 75th anniversary re-release next week, GONE WITH THE WIND.
What A Woman Based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of love and war, the film adaptation of GONE WITH THE WIND virtually defines the word epic. Utilizing no less than three directors of major import to bring the grand story of the South, slavery and the Civil War to the screen, GONE WITH THE WIND is just about as iconic and identifiable as cinematic endeavors can possibly get - and understandably so. Originally slated to be helmed by versatile director George Cukor, he was soon replaced by THE WIZARD OF OZ mastermind Victor Fleming - with Hollywood history dictating that the twosome would also collaborate on THE WIZARD OF OZ that same year, as a matter of fact. During the tumultuous shoot, Fleming fled filming citing exhaustion and was briefly spelled by Sam Wood. Subsequently, the combined efforts of Cukor, Fleming and Wood collectively created the cinematic masterpiece coming back to movie theaters nationwide in the form of the Fathom presentation of the Turner Classic Movies re-release of GONE WITH THE WIND in honor of its 75th anniversary.
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