One of the Greatest Epics Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2004)

The movie is about a woman who must deal with the Civil War. She's a beautiful woman but the man she loves is going to marry her cousin.

She decides that at a party she will try to make the man she loves marry her instead of her cousin. But she doesn't know that another man is in the same room that she is in.
That man ends up being the one she marries. They have a fun life together. But the woman is too selfish to admit her true feelings for the man.

The ending is very amazing. From the beginning with the romances, to the intermission with the fantastic speech, to the final words at the end, Gone with the Wind is not to be missed. It's an excellent film and it's one of my favorites.
It has many great performances. Vivien Leigh plays Scarlett O'Hara, the woman. Clark Gable plays Rhett Butler, the man she marries. Leslie Howard plays Ashley Wilkes, the man she loved. Olivia de Havilland plays her cousin. And Hattie McDaniel plays the wonderful maid, who gives Scarlett advice from time to time.
The film won a total of eight Academy Awards and two special awards. It was a record at the time. The awards were for Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Art-Direction, Cinematography, and Editing. It was also nominated for Actor, Supporting Actress, Score, Sound, and Special Effects.