The Great Gatsby (TV 2000)

Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married first cousin Daisy Buchanen and her former love, wealthy Jay Gatsby.

Director:

Robert Markowitz

Writers:

F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel), John J. McLaughlin (teleplay)

Stars:

Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, Paul Rudd

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mira Sorvino	...	Daisy Buchanan
Toby Stephens	...	Jay Gatsby
Paul Rudd	...	Nick Carraway
Martin Donovan	...	Tom Buchanan
Francie Swift	...	Jordan Baker
Heather Goldenhersh	...	Myrtle Wilson
Matt Malloy	...	Klipspringer
William Camp	...	Wilson
Richard Jutras	...	Owl Eyes
Jerry Grayson	...	Wolfsheim
Janine Theriault	...	Catherine
Alexander Bisping	...	Buchanan's Butler
Martin Kevan	...	Gatsby's Butler
Claudia Besso	...	Lucille
Gillian Ferrabee	...	Lil

Storyline

Nick Carraway moves from the Midwest to New York a bond salesman and finds himself the neighbor of Jay Gatsby. He's a wealthy bootlegger and forger, who has a huge estate bordering his modest cottage. Gatsby is well-known for throwing fabulous, hedonistic summer parties in 1922 West Egg, Long Island. Gatsby befriends Nick and enlists him in to broker a meeting between him and his former love Daisy Buchanen, Nick's cousin. She is now married to the snobbish and selfish Tom Buchanen, who flaunts an extramarital affair he is having with the proletarian wife of a local garage owner. Nick consents to arrange a meeting with Gatsby and Daisy, a rendezvous that will have tragic consequences.

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Plot Keywords:

love | bond | bootlegger | extramarital affair | party | 

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Taglines:

He risked it all to give first love a second chance.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

El gran Gatsby: su historia

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Entertainment, A&E Television Networks, Traveler's Rest Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Broadway production of "The Great Gatsby" by Owen Davis based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald opened at the Ambassador Theater on February 2, 1926, ran for 112 performances and directed by future movie director George Cukor.

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Quotes

Jordan Baker: When I first met you, Daisy came up to my room later and woke me. She wanted to know what Gatsby. When I described him, she said in the strangest voice it must be a man she knew. Then it all came back to me. They knew each other in Louisville five years ago. We ran with different crowds then but I remember seeing them together once in her car. And I remember he looked at her in that way that all young girls want to be looked at sometime.
Nick Carraway: A strange coincidence.
Jordan Baker: It wasn't a coincidence at all. I ...
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Connections

Version of The Great Gatsby (1926)

User Reviews

Truly a great movie...

The Great Gatsby, which premiered Jan. 14 on A & E, was one of the better 'Great Gatsby' versions I have seen to date. Infinitely better than the 1974 movie, this Gatsby re-make has excellent acting, realistic costumes, and a down-to-earth, heartbreaking tone which propels the movie beyond the bounds of mediocre and into something sorrowful and wonderful to watch.