Welcome to the Movie Rewrite for “Gone With The Wind”
If you step back for a moment from the epic nature of this movie, it really was about a horribly dysfunctional relationship that in modern times would have come to an end and both parties would have moved on.
MOVIE REWRITE —
So let’s start out with the Movie “Back to the Future” from 1985. Remember the Doctor that created time travel with his Delorean Car? — Well that Doctor was always obsessed with the Movie “Gone with the Wind” and was not happy how it ended.
He decided to time travel back to 1939 when the movie was made to find Rhett Butler just after his timeless quote, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn”. The Dr. offered Rhett an immediate way out of his turbulent life once and for all.
Rhett knew he needed a complete revamping of his life and figured he could use all the karma he can get. Being Rhett is a “Risk Taking” type of guy, he jumps into the car with the Doctor and they time travel back to the 1970’s.
The Doctor thought this would be a good place for Rhett to start because there was a big movement going on back then called “Erhard Seminars Training”, officially known as The “EST Standard” — They specialized in helping people see life from a clear perspective.
Rhett spent two weeks in the program. He learned about self actualization and development for happiness. He saw the world in a whole new light. He told the Doctor from “Back to the Future” that he would like to stay in the 1970’s and start a brand new life.
Rhett was such a big hit amongst the people in his new Era that the “Bee Gees” offered him a spot as their fourth singer. Rhett turned it down. He didn’t want anymore drama in his life and going on the road was just too much. He was looking to settle down with a nice gal that would love him in return. Months later, Rhett was introduced to a very sweet, up and comer from Australia, named Olivia Newton John.
It was love at first sight. They picked up and moved to Australia to do the whole “family and kids” thing. After several years in Australia, Olivia and Rhett took over a famous Zoo named after the late great Steve Irwin, also known as the “Crocodile Hunter” — That was just Steve’s nickname of course. Nobody was a better friend to all species than Steven Irwin.
The Zoo became a huge success and set the bar for animal kindness across the glob. Rhett looked over at his family, then the zoo and whispered to himself, “Not bad for a man who came all the way from The Civil War Era” — Rhett finally had the peace he was longing for since the day he left the South.
Now let rewind back to Scarlett O’hara when she says at the end of the movie “Tomorrow is another day” — Scarlet turned out be very right. She learned some valuable lessons during those years.
1. She needed to deal with her addiction to chaos.
2. Her dad was wrong. Land means nothing if you don’t have a life to build on it.
3. Don’t be in a marriage unless you are sure who you want to be married to.
4. Don’t be in a serious relationship until you know who you are. As a result of these lessons, Scarlet learned to live more in the present and less in her head. Years later she married the Head Plantation worker on her land whom she always had a crush on.
I guess this is what Barry Manilow meant in 1978 when he sang, ♫♫♫ Ready To Take a Chance Again ♫♫♫
The End. The Movie still would’ve been great.
