Number of Discs
2
Certificate
12A/12
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Additional Information
An aspiring writer falls under the spell of an aloof millionaire with designs for the young scribe's unhappily married cousin in director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated novel. It's the spring of 1922, and wide-eyed Midwesterner Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) has just moved to New York City in pursuit of the American Dream. Settling into a home next door to wealthy Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), Carraway grows increasingly fascinated by the elaborate parties held at his new neighbor's estate. Meanwhile, across the bay, Carraway's cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) flounders in her marriage to philandering aristocrat Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). Inspired by the debauchery on display at Gatsby's wild parties and the lives of the wealthy elite, Carraway begins putting pen to paper as it gradually becomes clear that his cousin and the millionaire share a complicated romantic past that remains unresolved. Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, and Elizabeth Debicki co-star.
Reviews
New York Post - Baz LuhrmannÆs THE GREAT GATSBY is the first must-see film of HollywoodÆs summer season., The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - ItÆs a terrific adaptation that succeeds not only as a work of cinema but also, wonderfully, as proof of the novelÆs greatness. In short, the picture rebukes the revisionists even while entertaining them.
Screenwriter
Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann
Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Movie/TV Title
The Great Gatsby
Consumer Advice
Contains moderate sex, violence and bloody images