Short storyline
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.
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Runtime: USA: 238 min (restored DVD version) | Sweden: 223 min (1969 re-release) | Sweden: 234 min (1985 re-release) | UK: 224 min (1994 re-release) | UK: 233 min (1989 re-release) | 226 min (copyright length)
Release Date: 17 January 1940 (USA)
Country: USA
Box office: Budget: $3,900,000 (estimated). Opening Weekend: $1,192,593 (USA) (28 June 1998) (214 Screens) (reissue). Gross: $198,655,278 (USA) (15 November 1998) (re-issue)
Soundtrack: The Bonnie Blue Flag