Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tom O'Dell directs. A long sit — settle in. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
• 2Released 11 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Johnny Van Zant and Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt5645196 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

170 min · 2h 50m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd (2015) ↗

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Key crew

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• rock band
• southern rock
• blues rock
• plane crash

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2015-10-16

Also known as

International titles

• Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gone With The WindUS