Gone With The Wind was the most commercially successful film ever made. Decades later, it still retains all the excitement, drama, glamour and romance that the world flocked to see in 1939 and 1940. This is a lavish behind the scenes look at how it was made - from David O. Selznick's inspired determination to bring it to life, the hiring and firing of script writers, directors and cameramen; the casting of Clark Gable as Rhett and the year long search for the perfect Scarlett...followed by the seemingly unending editing, the sneak previews, the sneers of Hollywood and finally, the triumphant Atlanta premiere attended by four Civil War veterans and ten Academy Awards. This is a unique pictorial record of a film that sums up the madness and the genius of the Hollywood system and a tribute to the men and women who all contributed to Gone With The Wind .