Gone with the Wind (movie)

Gone with the Wind
An early Gone with the Wind poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming George Cukor (uncredited) Sam Wood (uncredited)
Written by	Margaret Mitchell (novel), Sidney Howard (adapted screenplay), Ben Hecht (uncredited), David O. Selznick (uncredited), Jo Swerling (uncredited), and John Van Druten (uncredited)
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	Vivien Leigh Clark Gable Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Hattie McDaniel
Cinematography	Ernest Haller Lee Garmes (uncredited)
Music by	Max Steiner
Production companies	Selznick International Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Incorporated
Release date	December 15, 1939
Running time	222 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$3,900,000 (estimated)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American movie based on Margaret Mitchell's book of the same name. It premiered in Atlanta, Georgia. It stars Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. The movie tells the story of the American Civil War as it was seen by a young southern woman named Scarlett O'Hara. The movie was very popular at the time. Considering inflation, it is the highest-grossing movie yet made. The movie has been criticized for inaccurately showing slavery and the South. The movie changed how African Americans appeared on the screen. Gone with the Wind is considered one of the greatest movies of all time.