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Film - Gone With the Wind
Presented at AFI Silver Theater

“There’s no place like home.” – Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz

The idea of what makes a house a home, and explorations of how and where Americans live, have powerfully informed many significant films over the years, in ways both subtly thought-provoking and farcically over-the-top. The National Building Museum is proud to partner with the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to present a film series associated with the Museum’s exhibition House & Home. "Reel Estate: The American Home on Film" presents a wide-ranging series of films focusing on the American home, from nostalgic classics like Gone With the Wind, to post-WWII suburban melodramas like No Down Payment, and to subversive comedies like Hal Ashby’s The Landlord.

Gone With the Wind*
March 2, Saturday, 3:30 pm
David O. Selznick's superproduction about the Old South, the Civil War and the indomitable Scarlett O'Hara was the culmination of a bidding war for the rights to Margaret Mitchell's bestseller, a wildly successful publicity campaign to cast Scarlett, endless script revisions, four different directors and obsessive tinkering by the tireless Selznick. The result was the most successful film in Hollywood history (adjusted for inflation, it still comes out on top).  Among the film’s 13 Oscar nominations and 8 wins, Lyle Wheeler won Best Art Direction for designing Tara, the O’Hara family’s iconic southern mansion, and war-torn Atlanta streetscape, all created on the RKO Forty Acres backlot. Oscar win include Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress for Vivien Leigh, Supporting Actress for Hattie McDaniel, Cinematography and Editing, plus an Honorary Oscar to production designer William Cameron Menzies, citing his “use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood.” DIR Victor Fleming; SCR Sidney Howard, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell; PROD David O. Selznick. US, 1939, color, 238 min plus 15 min intermission. NOT RATED

*Additional screening times available at AFI.com/Silver.

Ticket Information:
BUY TICKETS THROUGH AFI.com/Silver. $8.50 AFI and NBM members | $11.50 General Admission | $9 Seniors (65+), Students (with valid ID), and Military | $7 Children (12 and under).  Tickets may also be purchased at the box office (opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day).  Please note that tickets are not available for purchase through the National Building Museum.

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring Metro, Red Line. 


Support for House & Home and related education programming is provided by The Home Depot Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Hanley Wood, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Andersen Corporate Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, MASCO Corporation Foundation, and AARP, among others.

Date:
Time: 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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