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One of the most legendary films Gone with the Wind in cinematography, projecting one of the most controversial topics of its time brought about many distasteful comments from some viewers and even ambivalent feelings from others it is still appraised today as a cinematic masterpiece by its fans. Gone with the Wind was nominated by the American Film Institute to receive fourth place on its One hundred greatest list in 1977 and later in 1989 was selected for preservation in the U.S. Film Registry one of the highest honors a movie can receive. Summary Scarlett O'Hara played by Vivien Leigh, is the owner of a plantation in Georgia during the time of the Civil War where slavery and discrimination is prominent. Scarlett lives her life caught in a fierce web of scandal and unreturned love. Her true love, Ashley Wilkes, lost to war and married to another Scarlett marries into a political relationship and loses her husband to racists' raids in more poorer parts of the town and remarries once again only to find out her husband does not love her and she can never have the man she loves most. Famous Quotes "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." "Dreams, dreams always dreams with you, never common sense."(Scarlett to Ashley) |