Gone with the Wind - winner of 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, and still history's all time domestic box-office champion ($1.5 billion), has long been considered the most celebrated motion picture of all time. On November 17, Warner Home Video (WHV) will honor the romantic epic with a stunningly restored and remastered version, available for the first time on Blu-ray.  Gone with the Wind 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition is sure to be a "must-have" for collectors of classic films, available both in Blu-ray as well as on DVD. 

The highlight of this new Blu-ray version of Gone with the Wind is how it looks and sounds. As they've done with The Wizard of Oz, Warner Home Video continues to maximize what the Blu-ray format can do in terms of picture and sound.  With six times higher resolution than standard DVD along with the sonic excellence of Dolby TruHD, the film will be at its absolute pristine best.

"You're going to see, hear and experience so much more with this Blu-ray edition," said Jeff Baker, WHV Executive Vice President and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog.  Viewing Gone with the Wind again on Blu-ray is like seeing it for the first time. You're brought into the saga of the war torn Tara so intensely, you feel as if all the characters literally come alive. At times, I felt as if I was on the set standing next to the camera watching Gable and Leigh as the whole scene unfolded."

Brand new to these editions is a bonus disc with three new outstanding documentaries:

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year is a fascinating tribute to a year considered to be one of Hollywood's greatest. This documentary, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, had its on-air premiere in July as part of TCM's month-long festival saluting that year's ‘bumper-crop' of films.

Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On is an exploration of the legacy of this most beloved film through illuminating interviews, footage and visits to historical sites, events and museums.

Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara Wars -- a 1980 WBTV Special, never before seen on home video. 

This historic 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition,  limited and numbered, will be further enhanced with unique nostalgic premiums - a 40-page hardcover book with photos production notes and more; a reproduction of the 1939 original program; eight 5" x 7" frameable art prints, and a CD soundtrack sampler.  The UCEs will be available in Blu-ray for $84.99 and DVD for $69.92 SRP.  A Two Disc Special Edition will also be offered with the film and commentary for $24.98 SRP.  The documentary The Making of a Legend will also be available as a stand alone for $14.97 SRP. Orders for all are due October 13.

About the Movie

Gone with the Wind is the grandest, most ambitious and spectacular piece of filmmaking in cinematic history. With more than 50 speaking roles and 2400 extras, the film is the quintessential Hollywood epic - considered a "must have" for collectors, and one that can be watched again and again for generations to come.

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland star in Gone with the Wind, which for more than a half century has thrilled audiences with its eternal love affair, set in the South against the backdrop of the Civil War, between handsome Rhett Butler (Gable) and his sassy, headstrong heroine Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh). With each new generation, Gone with the Wind continues to grow in popularity as new audiences discover and embrace the David O. Selznick production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

TWO DISC DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
Disc 1

The Movie, Part 1

Remastered feature with Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio

Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer

DISC 2

The Movie, Part 2

Remastered feature

Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer

Offer for a numbered Limited Edition copy of the Original 1939 Poster

DVD & BLU-RAY ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITIONS

Includes everything listed in the Two Disc SE as well as the following:

Disc 3

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

1940 MGM historical short - The Old South

Atlanta Civil War Centennial 1961 premiere newsreel

International prologue

Foreign language version sample scenes

Theatrical Trailers

Disc 4

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 Plantation in 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

Disc 5

New Bonus Disc

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents 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

Trailers

PR Release Courtesy Warner Home Video