Wow. This is a lot of info to take in. I didn’t get the Gone With the Wind press release yet but it seems to have gone ’round the nets-with-the-wind today. So, I tell you what, I’ll just nik it from our good pals at Blu-ray.com and serve it up here, fresh for you.
Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition
(November 17, 2009 – MSRP: $84.99)
Packaged in limited and numbered velvet keepsake box with:
- 20-page reproduction of the original and complete 1939 souvenir program
- 40-page production history book with photos and production notes
- Eight frameable 5×7 art prints
- CD soundtrack sampler featuring eight tracks
Video: 1.37:1 1080p AVC
Audio: TBA
Special Features:
- Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer
- Offer for a numbered limited edition copy of the original 1939 poster
- About the Movie
- The Making of a Legend documentary: 1989 TV Special, narrated by Christopher Plummer
- Restoring a Legend: chronicles the film/video restoration process
- Dixie Hails Gone with the Wind: 1939 Premiere newsreel
- The Old South: 1940 MGM historical short
- Atlanta Civil War Centennial: 1961 premiere newsreel
- International prologue
- Foreign language version sample scenes
- Theatrical Trailers
- About the Cast
- Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland: Exclusive 2004 Documentary
- Cast profile – Gable: The King Remembered
- Cast profile – Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
- The Supporting Players – Cameo portraits of an unforgettable ensemble
- At Tara
- The O’Hara Plantationin Georgia
- Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O’Hara
- Barbara O’Neill as Ellen, his wife
- Their Daughters
- Evelyn Keyes as Suellen
- Ann Rutherford as Carreen
- The house servants
- Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
- Oscar Polk as Pork
- Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
- At Twelve Oaks
- Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
- Rand Brooks as Charles Hamilton, her brother
- Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy, a guest
- In Atlanta
- Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat Hamilton
- Eddie Anderson as Uncle Peter, her coachman
- Harry Davenport as Dr. Meade
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Merriwether
- Ona Munson as Belle Watling
- Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler
- At Tara
- New bonus features
- 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year: new documentary about Hollywood’s watershed year narrated by Kenneth Branagh
- Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On: exploring the legacy of the most beloved film through illuminating interviews, footage and visits to historical sites, events and museums
- Moviola: The Scarlett O’Hara Wars: 1980 WBTV Special never before on home video
- MGM: When the Lion Roars (BD exclusive)
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