Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind

 

1)   Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.

    Gone with the Wind was a 1936 novel that took a whole ten years to write, and it was written by Margaret Mitchell. Afterwards Selznick purchased the rights of the story for 50,000 and that was the last novel Margaret wrote. She wanted nothing to do with story after she sold the rights away. The lead casts of the film were Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh. Then there were Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Olivia De Havilland, and Leslie Howard. This film won nine academy awards. This film was the highest grossing film of all time until 1966. This film was 3hrs and 44 minutes. The premiere was in Atlanta, Georgia on December 15, 1939, and of course segregation was high, so the black cast was not allowed into the premiere. The production estimated a total of 3.9 million. Its actual domestic was 198,676,459. The actual foreign was 400,176,459, and the adjusted for inflation was the all time box office gross was number one.  

2)   Find a related article and summarize the content.

    What’s a girl to do when the man she loves is marrying another woman? Why is it that she is not good enough to be his wife but his own cousin is? Scarlett is from the old south back when it was the beginning of the civil war. She was a young beauty who could have anyone but Ashley Wilkes. Making her question herself, and love him harder she was mad about the circumstances. She had anticipations of attending his family barbeque so that she could be reunited with the man of her dreams, but was shortly warned not to go there acting a fool. She then married three men, and the first being Ashley’s wife brother Rhett Butler. This was a love story between Scarlett O’Hara, Ashley Wilkes, and Rhett Butler.

 

3)    Apply the article to the film screened in class.

This article explained the story very well, and gave a perfect summary of the plot. It made me understand that the way that I understood the film was correct. Although the article did not touch base on the actual characters and directing of the film I think that production was really good for this film. However I believe that if this film would have been portrayed by the person who wrote it, I would have enjoyed it much more.

 

4)    Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text material and the article.

This was an amazing film. The story behind the film is what saved it, this was captivating because all girls can relate to this. I believe there would have been a deeper connection, had the original author took part in it. This film deserved all of the success that it received, I really enjoyed this moving.

Bibliography

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/plotsummary

 

CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM

1) ( x ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.

2) ( x ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.

3) ( x ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.

4) ( x ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.

5) ( x ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.

6) ( x ) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.

7) ( x ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.

8) ( x ) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.

Name: Nabilah Smith___  Date: 3/27/2013__