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14 January 2001 (USA)
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He risked it all to give first love a second chance.
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Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married first cousin Daisy Buchanen and her former love, successful bootlegger and forger Jay Gatsby. full summary | add synopsis
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(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 |
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Nick Carraway: In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had." While reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope...
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Nick Carraway: In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had." While reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope...
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Remake of The Great Gatsby (1949)
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Sorvino, Rudd and Donovan are very good; Sorvino, in fact, is excellent, better than Farrow in the 1974 version. But Toby Stephens is badly miscast as Jay Gatsby; there's no sense of romance to him, no yearning; he has none of Gatsby's strengths NOR his weaknesses. He looks like a cigarette ad.
But the real problem here is to reveal Gatsby's background much, much too early; he should remain mysterious to us for longer than he does. The production lacks the richness required, and ducks away from important scenes; it's sentimental instead of wryly wistful, and doesn't capture the period very well.
The Great Great Gatsby remains to be made. We're left with a lost silent version, the elusive Ladd version (which is quite good) and the good, but not outstanding, version from 1974. This one is just a footnote.