Gone With the Wind Turns 80 December 15, 2019.

Eighty never looked so good.

Theatrical pre-release poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Screenplay by	Sidney Howard
Based on	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Starring	Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	Hal C. Kern James E. Newcom
Production companies	Selznick International Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.[1][nb 1]
Release date	December 15, 1939 (Atlanta premiere)
Running time	221 minutes 234–238 minutes (with overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.85 million
Box office	>$390 million

About 300,000 people came out in Atlanta for the film's premiere at the Loew's Grand Theatre on December 15, 1939. It was the climax of three days of festivities hosted by Mayor William B. Hartsfield, which included a parade of limousines featuring stars from the film, receptions, thousands of Confederate flags and a costume ball. Eurith D. Rivers, the governor of Georgia, declared December 15 a state holiday. An estimated three hundred thousand residents and visitors to Atlanta lined the streets for up to seven miles to watch a procession of limousines bring the stars from the airport.