Great Gatsby, The Movie Summary and Review

70s Film Summary for Great Gatsby, The

Great Gatsby, The Movie Brief

This ‘70s film is an adaptation of the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. It stars Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.

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DVD Release For Great Gatsby, The

The DVD for the movie Great Gatsby, The runs 143 minutes , was released on December 2, 2003 by Paramount and is rated PG Click To Buy.

Film Plot For Great Gatsby, The

The Great Gatsby is a film set in the Jazz Age of the 1920s.

The Great Gatsby won several Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. It is the best known film adaptation of Fitzgerald’s novel.

Cast of Great Gatsby, The Film

Jay Gatsby - Robert Redford
Daisy Buchanan - Mia Farrow
Tom Buchanan - Bruce Dern
Myrtle Wilson - Karen Black
George Wilson - Scott Wilson
Nick Carraway - Sam Waterston
Klipspringer - Edward Herrmann
Comic - Sammy Smith
Catherine - Kathryn Leigh Scott
Thin Man - Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Gatz - Roberts Blossom
Jordan Baker - Lois Chiles
Mrs. McKee - Beth Porter
Meyer Wolfsheim - Howard Da Silva
Mourner - Tom Ewell
Gatsby’s Bodyguard - John Devlin

Great Gatsby, The Movie Trivia Items

The mother of actor Sam Waterston appears as an extra in some of the party scenes of The Great Gatsby.

Truman Capote was originally hired to write the script of The Great Gatsby. After turning Nick in to a homosexual and Jordan Baker a lesbian, Capote was fired from the project and replaced by Francis Ford Coppola, who finished Capote’s draft in three weeks.

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The Film Great Gatsby, The was released on March 29, 1974 by Paramount Pictures, and earned $26,533,200 in ticket sales in US theatres.

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