June 26, 1998: “Gone with the Wind” Re-Released
On this day in 1998, the then-60-year-old film Gone with the Wind was digitally restored, its sound was remastered, and for the first time was shown in its original aspect ratio that didn’t leave the characters’ heads cut off.
Originally released in 1939, Gone with the Wind, adapted from a Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name, went on to receive ten Academy Awards and retains a constant place in the top ten of the American Film Institute’s “100 Movies” list.
Explore the biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning woman behind the classic novel and watch footage of the original Gone with the Wind grand premiere.
Source: to.pbs.org
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