| The Great Gatsby |
Theatrical release poster
|
| Directed by |
Baz Luhrmann |
| Produced by |
Baz Luhrmann
Douglas Wick
Lucy Fisher
Catherine Martin
Catherine Knapman |
| Screenplay by |
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Pearce |
| Based on |
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Starring |
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobey Maguire
Carey Mulligan
Joel Edgerton
Isla Fisher
Jason Clarke
Amitabh Bachchan |
| Music by |
Craig Armstrong |
| Cinematography |
Simon Duggan |
| Editing by |
Matt Villa
Jason Ballantine
Jonathan Redmond |
| Studio |
Village Roadshow Pictures
Bazmark Productions
A&E Television
Red Wagon Entertainment |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) |
|
| Running time |
142 minutes[1] |
| Country |
United States
Australia |
| Language |
English |
| Budget |
$105 million[2] |
| Box office |
$348.8 million[2] |
The Great Gatsby is a 2013 Australian-American
[3] 3D drama film. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, the film was co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Amitabh Bachchan and Elizabeth Debicki.
[4] It follows the life and times of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his neighbor Nick, who recounts his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties.
The film was originally going to be released on December 25, 2012, but
moved to May 10, 2013 in 3D. It received mixed reviews from critics, but
proved a financial success. The government of Australia contributed
financially to the making of the film with tax subsidies.
[5]
Plot
Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), a Yale University graduate and World War I veteran, is staying in a sanatorium to treat his alcoholism. He talks about a man named Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio),
describing him as the most hopeful man he had ever met. When he
struggles to articulate his thoughts, his doctor, Walter Perkins (Jack Thompson), suggests writing it down, since writing is Nick's true passion.
In the summer of 1922, Nick moves from the U.S. Midwest to New York, where he takes a job as a bond salesman after giving up on writing. He rents a small house on Long Island
in the (fictional) village of West Egg, next door to the lavish mansion
of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious business magnate who holds extravagant
parties. One day, Nick drives across the bay to East Egg for dinner at
the home of his cousin, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan), and her husband, Tom (Joel Edgerton), a college acquaintance of Nick's. They introduce Nick to Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki), a cynical young golfer with whom Daisy wishes to couple Nick.
Jordan reveals to Nick that Tom has a mistress who lives in the
"valley of ashes," an industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after this revelation, Nick travels with Tom to the valley, where they stop by a garage owned by George Wilson Jason Clarke and his wife, Myrtle (Isla Fisher),
who is Tom's lover that Jordan mentioned. Nick goes with Tom and Myrtle
to an apartment that they keep for their affair, where Myrtle throws a
vulgar and bizarre party with her sister Catherine (Adelaide Clemens), that ends with Tom breaking Myrtle's nose as she taunts him about Daisy.
As the summer progresses, Nick receives an invitation to one of
Gatsby's parties. Upon arriving, he learns that none of the guests at
the party, though there are hundreds, have ever met Gatsby himself, and
they have developed multiple theories as to who he is: A German spy, a
prince, even an assassin. Nick encounters Jordan, and they meet Gatsby,
who is surprisingly young and rather aloof, in person. Towards the end
of the party, Gatsby's butler informs Jordan that Gatsby wishes to speak
with her privately.
Gatsby seems to take a liking to Nick, inviting him out for numerous
occasions. Their friendship furthers when Gatsby takes Nick out to lunch
with his friend Meyer Wolfshiem (Amitabh Bachchan), a gambler who fixed the 1919 World Series,
where Nick learns that Gatsby was born to very wealthy people that have
already passed away. During the lunch, they run into Tom, Gatsby
appearing uncomfortable throughout the exchange. Through Jordan, Nick
later learns that Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy in 1917, and is
still madly in love with her, throwing his extravagant and wild parties
in the hopes that she will one day appear at his doorstep. On most
nights, he can be seen reaching out across the bay to the green light at
the end of Daisy's dock. He now wants Nick to arrange a reunion between
him and Daisy. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house, without
telling her that Gatsby will be there as well.
After a rather awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy begin an affair.
Gatsby is rather dismayed to learn that Daisy wants to run away from New
York with him, his initial plan being for them to live in his mansion.
Nick tries to explain to Gatsby that the past cannot be repeated, but he
dismisses the remark, claiming that it most certainly can be. Trying to
keep the affair a secret, he fires a majority of his servants and
discontinues the parties. Eventually, he phones Nick and asks that he
and Jordan accompany him to the Buchanans', where they plan to tell Tom
that Daisy is leaving him. Nick is hesitant at first, but Gatsby insists
that they need him.
During the luncheon, Tom becomes increasingly suspicious of Gatsby
when he sees him staring at Daisy with such passion. Gatsby begins to
announce their love when Daisy stops him, and suggests they all go into
town. Everyone leaves for the Plaza,
Tom driving Gatsby's car with Nick and Jordan while Gatsby and Daisy
take Tom's car. Out of gas, Tom stops at George and Myrtle's garage,
where George tells him he plans to move him and wife out west, much to
Tom's concern.
At the Plaza, Gatsby finally tells Tom that he and Daisy are
together, claiming that she never loved him. Outraged, Tom begins to
accuse Gatsby of bootlegging alcohol and conducting other illegal
endeavors with Meyer Wolfshiem, explaining how Gatsby earned so much
money. Pushed to his breaking point, Gatsby screams in rage at Tom,
frightening Daisy. She asks to leave and goes with Gatsby, this time in
his car. Nick realizes that it is his thirtieth birthday.
Later that night, Myrtle manages to flee from her husband, rushing
out onto the street. She sees Gatsby's yellow car approaching and runs
toward it, believing the driver to be Tom after seeing him in the same
car earlier. She is struck and killed. Afterwards, Tom, Nick, and Jordan
stop by the garage when they see a large crowd has gathered. There,
they learn of Myrtle's death. Tom tells George, her widowed husband,
that the yellow car belongs to Gatsby.
When they get back to East Egg, Nick finds Gatsby lingering outside
the Buchanans' mansion, where Gatsby reveals by accident that Daisy had
been the one who was driving, though he intends to take the blame. In
spite of everything, Gatsby is convinced that Daisy will call him the
next day. At Gatsby's mansion, he also tells Nick that he was born
penniless, and his real name is James Gatz. In the morning, Nick leaves
for work while Gatsby decides to go for a swim before his pool is
drained for the season. While swimming, he hears the phone ring, and
believes it to be Daisy. He climbs out of the pool while his butler
answers the call, looking out across the bay at Daisy's house with
anticipation. He is abruptly shot and killed by George, who then turns
the gun on himself. It is revealed that it is Nick on the phone, who
stays on the line long enough to hear the two gunshots.
When Nick calls the Buchanans to invite Daisy to Gatsby's funeral, he
learns that she, Tom, and their daughter are leaving New York. The
funeral is attended only by reporters and photographers, who Nick
angrily chases out. The media accuses Gatsby of being the lover and
eventual murderer of Myrtle, leaving Nick as the only one who knows the
truth. Disgusted with both the city and its people, he leaves New York.
He takes a final walk through Gatsby's deserted mansion, standing out on
the dock for the last time. Back in the sanatorium, he finishes his
memoir and titles it "Gatsby", but not long before adding to it with
pen, ultimately titling it "The Great Gatsby".
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