- General Note:
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Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell.
Booklet is a reproduction of 1939 souvenir program.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Special features: Disc 1-2. Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer; Original mono. track.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Musical score, Max Steiner ; production design, William Cameron Menzies ; photographic effects, Jack Cosgrove ; photography, Ernest Haller ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler ; interiors by Joseph B. Platt ; interior decoration by Edward G. Boyle ; costumes designed by Walter Plunkett ; supervising film editor, Hal C. Kern ; production manager, Raymond A. Klune ; assistant director, Eric G. Stacey ; historian, Wilbur G. Kurtz.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neill, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Cammie King, Eric Linden, J.M. Kerrigan, Ward Bond, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, L. Kemble-Cooper, Yakima Canutt, Marcella Martin, Louis Jean Heydt, Mickey Kuhn, Olin Howland, Irving Bacon, Robert Elliott, William Bakewell, Mary Anderson.
- System Details Note:
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DVD, region 1, NTSC; standard presentation preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
- Language Note:
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In English or dubbed French soundtracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
- Awards Note:
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Academy Awards, 1939: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vivien Leigh); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel); Best Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler); Best Cinematography, Color (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan); Best Director (Victor Fleming); Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom); Best Picture (David O. Selznick); Best Writing, Screenplay (Sidney Howard); Technical Achievement Award (Don Musgrave - For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production Gone with the Wind).
Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 1989.
