Sergio Leone

Italian director Sergio Leone, famous for his film The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, had an unrealized ambition: directing a big-budget remake of Gone with the Wind.

From Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers by Robert Schnakenberg

Inherit the Wind

Here's an article from Time magazine about Gone with the Wind. The subtitle of the book is "At 75, Gone with the Wind is still mistaken for a romance. It's actually a gritty eulogy."

Time article