Warner Home Video has announced that it will release '
Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition' on Blu-ray on November 17, and has also listed its extensive special features. This BD edition will include more than eight hours of enhanced content, two of which are brand-new, as well as "nostalgic collectibles" in a limited, numbered velvet keepsake box.
"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."
Contents are as follows:
- Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer
- Offer for a numbered limited edition copy of the original 1939 poster
- 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
- The Old South: 1940 MGM historical short
- Atlanta Civil War Centennial: 1961 premiere newsreel
- International prologue
- Foreign language version sample scenes
- Theatrical Trailers
- 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 Plantationin 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
- New bonus features
- 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
- MGM: When the Lion Roars (BD exclusive)
Also included are unique premiums housed in a beautiful velvet keepsake box, limited and numbered:
- 20-page reproduction of the original and complete 1939 souvenir program
- 40-page production history book with photos and production notes
- Eight frameable 5x7 art prints
- CD soundtrack sampler featuring eight tracks
- Main Title
- Tara
- The Barbecue
- Escape From Atlanta
- I'll Never Be Hungry Again!
- Paddock Scene 5:27
- Scarlett In The Mist/Rhett Leaves
- Flashback/Finale