One film that lived up to the hype

Rating: 10/10 (1 November 2004)

The speculation about and anticipation of "Gone With the Wind" was greater than for any other film of my lifetime (at least over the age of 10).
Everyone was talking about the novel earlier, and David O. Selznick exacted the maximum interest in the movie. It had better be good; it had better be epic, and it was.
A great success story.
It was perfectly cast, and wonderfully directed. One might not think so, since two directors were involved, with a change to Victor Fleming from George Cukor early on. Usually this doesn't work, but this time it did. It also worked for "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938 with Errol Flynn) -- although in that case two directors were credited.