Page 1 of Gone with the wind @ £8.99

All time classic :
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=80896

Interesting post - BUT - this one is 4:3. Is there a widescreen version available? There should be, the original movie was Cinemascope. Maybe a restored special edition is on the way.

This is a crap movie. Why would you want to wast £9 of hard earned money on a movie as boring as this?

Frankly, my dear, I don`t give a damn.

I would pay £9 just for the most beautiful babe on celluloid, Vivien Leigh.
She was such a star of her time. The search for Scarlett took over a year and David O Selnick could not have chosen a better actress.
Vivien was the perfect choice for the role.
This film is an all time classic and I want the widesceen version, anyone know if this is available?
I know there was a box set out about a year ago, was this widescreen?

"Frankly my dear I do give a damn"

A lot of painters were involved back then, no computer effects were available. Just this thought will judge the film a true classic!

An English woman playing a southern belle, unheard of back then!

There is not,and never will be a widescreen version of GWTW,due to the fact that widescreen didn`t exist in 1939.Widescreen was created in the mid-fifties to combat television.

There is a box set due out any day according to Play but even with lots of extra bits and price to match they still recon it`s 4:3.

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=96738

Steve..

shand is spot on : this movie was shot in "Academy" (i.e. 4:3)

Correct, it was shot in 4:3 but there was a Cinemascope version released in the cinema in the 1960s - that`s why I remember seeing it in wide screen. BBC On-line has the following review of the Buena Vista DVD which spells that out:

"It is DVDs like the new release of "Gone With the Wind" that should convince any movie lover that they must own a DVD player.

Filmed in the 1.33:1 Academy ratio, a widescreen version was produced in the 60s for cinema release that reduced considerably the impact of the movie, not least because the colour composition was altered. Thankfully a restored full-screen print has been used for this DVD transfer, and what a joy it is to witness. The Technicolor tones must surely look as vivid as the original release and the freshness of some scenes is quite astonishing.

A new 5.1 sound mix accompanies the film and it concentrates mainly on diffusing the music score through the front three speakers. There are some great effects, as you`ll soon find out when the explosive Civil War charges up your subwoofer.

It`s not often that we`d recommend a DVD without a single extra feature, but for the quality of the transfer, this disc is well worth owning. It is certainly the format of choice to introduce new generations to a film that does not look as if it was made over 60 years ago. Our only complaint is that the menu screens look horribly cheap, but undoubtedly there will be a special extras laden edition along one day to correct that.

Region: 2
Chapters: 56
Ratio: 1.33:1 (original fullscreen Academy ratio)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Technical Features: Scene selection, muliple languages and subtitles, and English for the hearing impaired."

This item was edited on Saturday, 3rd August 2002, 11:06