What is Gone with the Wind about?

186 1 On the eve of the American Civil War, Tara's lovely daughter Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) fell in love with another manor owner's son Ashley (leslie howard), but Ashley chose the gentle and kind Melanie (Olivia de Havilland). Scarlett angrily married Melanie's brother Charles. After the civil war broke out, Charles went to the front and died. Scarlett is a widow, but she has been madly in love with Ashley.

Scarlett meets Rhett (clark gable), a dashing businessman, but refuses his pursuit. Seeing the horror of war, the wayward Scarlett has matured a lot. Many people began to flee their homes in panic, but it happened that Melanie was going to have a baby, so Scarlett had to stay and take care of her. After the war, Scarlett desperately went to borrow money from Rhett and ran into Frank, an upstart who should have married her sister. In order to save her family, she lured Frank to marry her.

Frank and Ashley joined an anti-government secret organization and were surrounded by the North Army at a rally. Frank was shot, Ashley escaped injured, and returned to Melanie with Rhett's help. Scarlett is a widow again. At this time, Rhett came to propose to her. She finally married Rhett, who had always loved her. He made a fortune by smuggling weapons and food. A year later, his daughter Bonnie was born, and Rhett poured all his feelings into Bonnie, but his relationship with Scarlett broke down because she couldn't forget Ashley.

Scarlett was pregnant again, but in an argument with Rhett, she fell down the stairs and had a miscarriage. Rhett feels guilty and is determined to make up with Scarlett, but just then, his little daughter Bonnie accidentally fell off her horse and died. Meanwhile, Melanie finally fell ill because of overwork.

Before she died, she entrusted her husband Ashley and her son to Scarlett. Scarlett threw herself into Ashley's arms and hugged him tightly. Rhett, who stood by, couldn't stand it any longer and turned away. Facing the heartbroken and unresponsive Ashley, Scarlett finally understands that the Ashley she loves does not exist. What she really needs is Rhett.

When Scarlett came home and told Rhett that she really loved him, Rhett no longer believed her. He is determined to leave Scarlett and go back to his hometown to find something beautiful. Scarlett, who was abandoned, stood in the foggy yard and remembered what her father had said to her: "Only the land is with tomorrow." She decided to stay on her own land and create a new life. She is looking forward to a better tomorrow.

Extended data:

Gone with the Wind is a love movie adapted from margaret mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind. Victor fleming wrote it. Directed by George Cukor and sam wood and starring Vivien Leigh and clark gable, it was released in the United States on June1940+1October 17, 2007.

Based on the American Civil War, the film tells the ups and downs of the love story between Scarlett and Rhett.

1940 this film won ten awards including best film, best director and best actress at the Oscar ceremony. 1998, this film ranked fourth among the 100 greatest films of the 20th century.

Creation background

1936 In May, the novel was not officially released. After reading the novel, Kay Brown suggested that David Selznick, president of Selznick International Film Company, buy the film adaptation rights of the novel and make it into a movie.

The casting of these two leading roles has been going on for two years. Until1938+February, there were still four actresses on the list, including Jean Arthur and joan bennett. Finally, on February 20, 65438, two actors participated in the audition in the special arts and colorful. They are paulette goddard and Vivien Leigh.

1938 February, Vivien Leigh was notified as a candidate for Scarlett. 65438+February 10, the first official sea election in Vivien Leigh. Two weeks later, Selznick said in a letter to his wife that Vivien Leigh was Scarlett's dark horse. After a series of auditions, Selznick announced that Vivien Leigh played Scarlett on June1939+1October 13, 2003.

Selznick thinks that clark gable is the best person to play the leading role of Rhett Butler. However, Selznick's company didn't have an actor with a long-term contract, so he had to negotiate with other companies to borrow an actor. So gary cooper became Selznick's first choice. Cooper signed a contract with producer Samuel Godwin and owned a distribution company, but godwin never made it clear. Warner Bros. offered to co-star bette davis, Eluofulin and Olivia de Havilland in exchange for distribution rights.

Finally, Selznick seconded clark gable from MGM through his father-in-law, and accepted harsh contract conditions in August 1938.

The scene of the fire in the film was shot first, including the King Kong scene of 1933. The film lasted 1 13 minutes, but it cost $25,000. In the process of filming Scarlett's escape from the fire, the crew urgently needed a bony horse. After several searches, they finally found one. However, a few weeks later, the horse was taken out of the set, and the original clear ribs disappeared because of the weight gain. As time was short, the makeup artist had to draw a shadow on the horse's ribs.

Shooting process

The film was shot on June 26th 1939, shut down on June 27th of the same year, and edited on June 27th 165438+ 10/. The director is George Chuck, Selznick's long-term working partner. It took him two years to prepare the film. Less than three weeks after the start-up, the contradiction between Chuck and Selznick became deeper and deeper, and they left the crew.

Victor fleming, who just finished filming The Wizard of Oz, took over the directing work of Chuk. Chuk continued to be the performance teacher of Vivien Leigh and de Haveland. Another MGM director, Sam Ward, took over Fleming's job in May for two weeks.

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