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Scarlett (Special Collector's Editon) [VHS] | ![Scarlett (Special Collector's Editon) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5192NYT0RBL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: John Erman
Actors: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Barbara Barrie, Stephen Collins, Annabeth Gish
Studio: Hallmark
Category: Video
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Rating:  212 reviews
Sales Rank: 100
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, EP, NTSC
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 360 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304274742
UPC: 707729853534
EAN: 9786304274743
ASIN: 6304274742
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1994
Release Date: January 14, 1997
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This soapy but highly watchable television "sequel" to Gone with the Wind, the most popular Hollywood movie ever made, has nothing to do with memories of a vanished antebellum South. But it does end up in Ireland, where the determined Scarlett O'Hara Butler (played with frosty passion by Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) turns hard times into an opportunity by buying the ancestral home of her family. Before that happens, however, Scarlett fights to win back the estranged Rhett Butler (manfully portrayed by Timothy Dalton), often seen in the company of other women, struggles for control over the homestead Tara, and gets caught in yet another compromising position with poor Ashley Wilkes (Stephen Collins). The troubles never stop (Scarlett's Ireland adventures land her in a heap of trouble from which only Rhett can save her), but this TV miniseries wisely keeps the focus on these captivating characters, their entangled histories, and the collective destiny that refuses to part them. The show also looks good: the location scenes in Ireland are particularly handsome, and there is something unaccountably satisfying about seeing Scarlett and Rhett walking through peaceful green hills. Enjoy. --Tom Keogh
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 Movie unrelated Gone With The Wind...or Scarlett book... August 15, 2010
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Scarlett, the movie, bears scant resemblance to either the Gone With the Wind book or its squeal. The plots have only the most superficial resemblance. Ashley Wilkes for one does not appear in Charleston at anytime, and he has nothing to do with why Scarlett left after the boating accident. The movie portrays Scarlett getting thrown out of Rhett Butler's house after word reaches Rhett's wife of a illict meeting between her and Ashley. That never happened in the book, quite the contrary in fact---Rhett's letter pleading for her to please leave after he admits he cannot stand the truth of his feelings is why she leaves, and her note to his mother is that she loves her; the angry confrontation is pure fabrication.
After Charleston the movie deviates almost entirely from the book story. First Rhett does not divorce Scarlett while she is Savannah, nor does she leave America for Ireland with any expectation that he will. The story once she arrives in Ireland is completely different. Firstly, Earl Fenton is not there when she arrives at Ballyhara, nor does he appear in the book until 4 years after her arrival. She returns to America to sell here Atlanta real estate holdings some time after Rhett divorces her, but that has nothing to do with Suellen, and certainly has nothing to do with Fenton's growing violence as portrayed in the movie. Rhett discovers where Scarlett is on her return trip to Ireland with a port call in Charleston where they see each other, him from the dock, her from the boat deck, as the boat pulls out to sea. Rhett does come for her, but most certainly not with his new wife Ann Hampton in tow. Scarlett proves remarkably successful in rapidly advancing up the ranks Anglo aristocratic society in Ireland. That ultimately is how she gets Rhett back, as Rhett, an Anglo aristocrat himself, cannot stand the richest men in England and Ireland fawning over her while he's left out. He makes repeated trips to Ireland, purportedly to buy horses, employing his friends to keep tabs on her. Lord Fenton, the richest man in England, takes note after her début in Dublin Castle and dance with the Viceroy (and Rhett), and when he moves in to court Scarlett, this after his wife Ann Hampton has died, it is the last straw for Rhett. In the movie Fenton's role and character is completely misrepresented; his movie portrayal as a rapist is all wrong. Fenton never displays any violence toward Scarlett (except a brief encounter on horseback which she rather enjoyed). He displays supreme aristocratic arrogance viewing his marriage plans for her as an exercise in horse breeding (and tells her as much)---the plan being to mix his aristocratic blood with her quality strains and traits, which he sees in Cat her daughter, and produce an heir which he needs. She agrees knowing she cannot conceive a child anyway anymore. But he certainly does not rape her or anyone else in the book; nobody kills Fenton; and of course there is no murder trial. Rhett rushes to Scarlett after learning that she is to be married to Fenton, whilst Scarlett discovers from Moreland, Rhett's friend, the truth about Ann's death, convinced that he will come for her...
The movie is alternate sequel to Gone with the Wind, not one "based" on the book...The objective of the movie seems to be to create a role for Sean Bean to play another villain, thus necessitating the changing of the story to make a villain out of Fenton...Joanne Whatley plays an excellent Scarlett O'Hara and carries the story, in many ways far more credibly than Vivian Leigh (1939) who is a bit too young and for her role...Whatley displays the mature Scarlett O'Hara remarkably.
 so dissappointed July 12, 2010
CP (Greeneville, TN)
The character of scarlett is just plain awful...she doesn't even have green eyes...did the director even read GWTW or Scarlett, Timothy Dalton is not so much of a bother. The Scarlett book sequel was slightly different than expected by Alexandra Ripley but the movie was just way out in left field-not so much the story but just the actors...do watch it if your a fan just like I am but don't hold your expectations too high, in this movie Scarlett is not likable, not beautiful, and not endearing to us and the feeble attempt she makes at talking like a southerner is irritating...why the directors chose English actors is a mystery to me??? Timothy is handsome and big of course and he fits Rhett decent-not Clark Gable of course but still I know none of us expect either of them to equal Vivien Leigh or Clark but it would have been nice to at least seen a good attempt for a novel that was a sequel to such a phenomenal book like GWTW.
 it's not GWTW... June 27, 2010
thepeachesareevil (Seattle, WA)
...but it's not bad either. I like it. If you come into it expecting it to be GWTW, you will be disappointed. But honestly, Gone With the Wind was a cinematic and literary masterpiece. How many of those do we get? Not so many. I love GWTW, but after every time I watch or read it, I long to see Scarlett and Rhett reunited. Or at least to see Scarlett pursue him some more. Once she realizes she truly loves him, how can she just let him go? That's not the stubborn selfish Scarlett we know and love. So mainly I watch and read Scarlett to see her try and get Rhett back. It appeases the hopeless romantic in me to think they could still end up together. The movie itself is of course not on the scale of GWTW, but it's definitely enjoyable. I particularly liked Scarlett's adventures in Ireland, where she gets in touch with her heritage. So if you just can't let go of Rhett and Scarlett being together, watch it. If you're looking for a cinematic masterpiece like GWTW, I suggest you you watch Casablanca instead.
Scarlett January 30, 2010
I am a lover of Gone With The Wind this book is the continuation of the story of Sarlett O'Hara. When you read Scarlett you will finally have an end to her story. Loved it
The Best Possible Continuation for Frankly, My Dear! January 17, 2010
George R. Wills (Daytona Beach Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I must admit, I had reservations about this film. With the Liberal media of the day being so against anything Southern, and GWTW having been so very race-relations friendly, I wondered if this movie really would take up where Clark and Vivien left it! I was more than happy with the choices of Joanna Kilmer, and Timothy Dalton. He makes a much better Rhett than he does a 007! The feel of this movie - it's so... immediate! Every aspect, every character, and every angle is extremely well planned. This movie makes you feel good about the South, and goes literally back to its Celtic roots. Several times the symbology can bring a tear, like when Scarlett is scooping dirt at the original Tara in Ireland! Or meeting Katy Scarlett, the original, her grandmother, for the first time! Where do they get such great actors and actresses?
True, most of the Southerners are depicted as either over-moneyed socialites or with morals bad enough to shame Oscar Wilde... but it is such a break from Southerners being depicted as race-crazed rednecks that I barely noticed... I know we will never get a movie about real Southerners like Thomas Jefferson, or Jefferson Davis (unless you count my film, The Great Sacrifice of President Jefferson Davis (2007) - Coming Soon to Amazon.com ), but in the interim, we'll take Rhett and Scarlett... again! When Rhett rushes home to see Mammy die, that's just priceless! I give it however many stars I can, and am glad it is six hours long! It is well worth it, and is quite re-watchable!
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