The one and only

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2010)

Directed by: Victor Fleming mostly, getting the credit, among 4 directors during the amazing extended preproduction, production and post production of the film.
Writer: Sidney Howard, credited, was one of 14 writers for this film.
A little Hollwoodish, however, an excellent film overall, in many ways, from directing, writing, acting, cinematography, costumes, makeup, music score. Adjusted for inflation, it's still the box office champion, in the history of cinema, exceeding "Titanic", 1997 and "Avatar", 2009.
I actually did not see GWTW until a theatrical re-release in 1998. I was impressed and saw it a second time during that same theatrical re-release. I actually lived near Atlanta from 1988 to 1993, and could have visited CNN Center anytime to see it's perpetual run there.
How this film came to be made is a quite a story all by itself. Based on the Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winning, best selling novel of 1934, of which the rights were purchased for only $50,000.
A lot has been written and said about this most famous of all Hollywood films. With a running time just under four hours and one of the largest ensemble casts ever, the film has a huge canvas to paint on.
Dramatic, romantic, sentimental and highly entertaining.