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Article: DVD REVIEWS OF NEW RELEASES FRANKLY, DEAR READER, YOU'LL GIVE A DAMN.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- November 9, 2004
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Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor
This is a week in which special editions of older films overshadow recent releases.
First, there is the four-disc digitally restored ``Gone With the Wind,'' the 1939 Civil War epic that nearly swept the Oscars. (Clark Gable as the rakish Rhett Butler was shut out, much to his displeasure.)
Having seem ``GWTW'' more times than I can count because I once managed a movie theater where it played in revival, I wasn't keen on seeing it again. But I did watch enough to report that the restored color is quite eye-opening.
And even if you are not a huge fan of ``GWTW,'' the story behind it is ...