Bruce Dern, Edward Herrmann, Howard Da Silva
In the 1920s, Nick, a young Midwestern man, rents a cottage among the mansions on Long Island and is drawn into the social circle of his wealthy neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. During his time wi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003
Stats: 771 reviews
I remember reading this book for my English class junior year, it wasn't so bad. We also had to watch the movie afterwards, which I enjoyed.
I thought of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great novel when I was watching Sunset Boulevard recently. If you know both, you'll know why (I think)--otherwise I'll leave it to you to get to know both. Oddly, I did not immediately jump to thoughts of the 1974 adaptation, which...( read more)
This is the great telling of the story of "JJ Gatsby" by Uptin Sinclair with Robert Redford in the starting role, it's a great story all the way across, and a true American classic.
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning--So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back
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Excellent!... if you haven't read the book. The entire (long) performance was a bit dry but the cast and plot make this movie a classic
Mia Farrow as Daisy and Karen Black in the smaller role of Myrtle are really the only outstanding parts. Dern and Redford and Waterson have moments to shine, as well as the actor playing Wilson who bears an uncanny resemblance to Edward Norton; but the movie is overall an awkwar...( read more)
Except for Mia Farrows voice being squeaky and the film being a bit too long it was a good film. The storyline was exciting and Robert Redford is a very handsome man in this.
Was a great disappointment. Karen Black, Scott Wilson, and Sam Waterston were terrific, but the leads were failures. Was nothing like the book and had no chemistry or excitement.
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