The Great Gatsby | 
| Director: Jack Clayton
Actors: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 1599
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 144 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: PARD084694D
ISBN: 0792189426
UPC: 097360846942
EAN: 9780792189428
ASIN: B0000AUHQT
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: December 2, 2003
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F. Scott fitzgeralds jay gatsby shady 1920s millionaire tragically loves daisy another mans wife. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Robert Redford Kathryn Leigh Scott Run time: 144 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Jack Clayton
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This adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, scripted by Francis Ford Coppola, puts costume design and art direction above the intricacies of character. It's certainly a handsome try, and perhaps no movie could capture The Great Gatsby in its entirety. Robert Redford is an interesting casting choice as Gatsby, the millionaire isolated in his mansion, still dreaming of the woman he lost. And Sam Waterston is perfect as the narrator, Nick, who brings the dream girl Daisy Buchanan back to Gatsby. No, the problem seems to be that director Jack Clayton fell in love with the flapper dresses and the party scenes and the Jazz Age tunes, ending up with a Classics Illustrated version of a great book rather than a fresh, organic take on the text. While Redford grows more quietly intriguing in the film, Mia Farrow's pallid performance as Daisy leaves you wondering why Gatsby, or anyone else, should care so much about his grand passion. The effective supporting cast includes Bruce Dern as Daisy's husband, and Scott Wilson and Karen Black as the low-rent couple whose destinies cross the sun-drenched protagonists. (That's future star Patsy Kensit as Daisy's little daughter.) The film won two Oscars--not surprisingly, for costumes and musical score. --Robert Horton
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 Not A Great Movie October 10, 2008
H. F. Corbin (ATLANTA, GA USA)
Perhaps some classics cannot be made into movies. THE GREAT GATSBY, which makes anybody's list of the great American novels, may just be one. Having just seen this film again for the first time since its release, I think I need to reread the novel. The chief flaw of the movie is the casting of Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan. While she certainly can act and become hysterical at the smell of a room full of roses, it is difficult to understand the power that she holds on Gatsby. While Redford makes an adequate if not outstanding Gatsby, Sam Waterston, a very fine actor indeed, is perfectly cast as Gatsby's neighbor. Bruce Dern works as the boorish Tom Buchanan, Karen Black isn't bad as his woman on the side, and Scott Wilson as her cuckolded husband who seeks revenge is well cast.
The music by Nelson Riddle, who won an Oscar for his efforts, is really quite wonderful. And the wardrobe department must have gone over its budget. As Buchanan snidely remarks at one point, Gatsby wears pink suits.
While the movie get better towards the end, for much of over its two hours it moves far too slowly. Some of the photography should have been edited out. I refer to one scene in particular where we see a closeup of Gatsy and Daisy in an upside down reflection in an aquarium as they kiss while gold fish swim through them. Ugh.
As I watched this terribly static film, I keep thinking how much better it could have been if it had been a Marchant Ivory production. It probably deserves a C but I'd give it a B-.
Daisy, Daisy, Daisy. September 13, 2008
ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, and Sam Waterston is a pretty interesting adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel of the same. I like this film, I don't think the movie treads far from the book even though others disagree. The ending is sad and may not satisfy the viewer but hey this is how real life is, no happily ever after. Check this under-rated film out sometime, enjoy!
The "Greatest" Great Gatsby Movie August 16, 2008
Anton Batey (Detroit, MI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As with any movie that's based on a book, the book will always be superior. I've seen all the Gatsby movies, and this is by far the best one. I can't think of anyone better to play Jay Gatsby than "The Natural", Robert Redford. Mia Farrow played a good Daisy Buchanan, as Farrow's over-acting, exaggeratedly-dramatic hallmark fit well in her character. Sam Waterston played a great Nick, as the objective third party between Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan (Bruce Dern). I suggest that every read the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald of course before you watch the movie. The 1949 movie with Alan Ladd and Betty Field was okay, and the 2000 made-for-TV movie with Toby Stephens was decent, but this one was superb.
A Great "Gatsby"! July 20, 2008
F. S. L'hoir (Irvine, CA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This stunning production with its splendid cinematography and its intelligent script by Francis Ford Coppola captures the essence of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the man who pursues his preposterous dream. Robert Redford is utterly convincing as the enigmatic protagonist, Gatsby, whose personality "seemed to face . . . the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you, with an irresistible prejudice in your favor" [Fitzgerald, Chapter 3]. Young Sam Waterston portrays a believable Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald's narrator and empathetic observer; and while some reviewers have criticized Mia Farrow's performance, in my view, she is pitch perfect as the shallow, spoiled young woman whose "artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes" [F. Ch. 8]. Farrow's performance makes us understand how Daisy's porcelain beauty and fecklessness could ignite the obsession of a man who has, after all, invented his own persona. Both of them are equally unreal.
The production values are superb. The settings, the music, and magnificent costumes--the pastel beaded silks and satin pumps, the feathered head-dresses--convincingly portray privileged wealth of the 1920s, which would soon plummet into the Depression--the great Valley of Ashes that infected the 1930s and indeed contaminated the entire twentieth century.
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