The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind

Product Details

Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786301969215
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1989-09-26
Studio : MGM, (Warner)
UPC : 027616152732

ASIN : 6301969219

Customer Reviews

Great piece of film (2004-06-16)

This documentary was liking watching a newsreel of the time and the place where the stars were working and promoting this wonderful piece of work. It's historical and quite memorable of the achievement in the film itself which behind the scenes also had its dramatic twist and turns.

Excellent Documentary (2001-02-05)

Done in a style later made famous by Ken Burns, the secrets of GWTW unfold before our eyes in a dizzying whirl of letters, memos, newsreports, and oral histories. Ditto to both the reviewers below, especially regarding Paulette Goddard -- purists would disregard her as an interloper, but is it so hard to imagine her as Scarlett? Watch the incredible footage.

a film buff's must-have (2001-01-15)

Like a good movie, a good documentary will keep you enthralled even when you know the outcome in advance. "...Legend" absolutely does this. We all know who WAS Scarlett O'Hara in the end but I found myself rooting and hoping for Vivenne Leigh when I saw all the other actresses' screen tests for Scarlett. I also feared O'Selznick would never get the production completed. Clearly, he did and we're so fortunate he did. Like any other magic trick revealed, it's a little disheartening to see proof positive that the burning of Atlanta was just a stage set, but also interesting for the behind the scenes look at movie making.

A must have. So what do we do now?? Will it be available on DVD any time soon??? Please respond if you have any info. Tx!

Great! (1999-09-29)

The most fascinating aspect of this beautifully created documentary is how close we came to having Paulette Goddard--of all people--and not the mythical Vivien Leigh as our treasured Scarlett O'Hara. The screen tests were fascinating, as we watched everyone from Goddard to Lana Turner trying out for the greatest female role in movie history. Goddard was an all-American beauty, with a flat, nasal voice, which wasn't all that apparent in the movie comedies she played in. In real life, she had no other ambition than to be a party-girl and collecting fortunes from her many lovers and husbands. Only the fact that she was the mistress of Charlie Chaplin--and with David Selznick fearful of the puritanical reaction--did he reject her and wait around and then the miracle occurred. Vivien Leigh decided on the spur of the moment to fly to HOllywood to join her lover, Laurence Olvier. The whole making of GWTW sounds like a typical Selznick movie. Mistresses, battling film divas, the GWTW set being shut down on several occasions (the money ran out one time, Victor Fleming had a breakdown, George Cukor was fired as director, etc.) This is a "magic" movie. It could never be made again. And looked at that abominable mess of a TV mini-series, "Scarlett" which came and went and I don't know of anyone who can even remember who played Scarlett or any of the rest of those legendary figures. Equally fascinating is how the special effects transformed a Hollywood backlot to plantations and ballrooms and battlefields. Bravo to Vivien, David and GWTW.

A true piece of history (1999-06-08)

This was very interesting and just full of information about the people and the work that went into making this film. The entire country was involved and it shows a different era in American entertainment. If you liked the book or the movie, then this is a must for you.

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