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| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Meyer Wolfsheim | |
| Steve Bisley | ... | Dan Cody | |
| Richard Carter | ... | Herzog | |
| Jason Clarke | ... | George Wilson | |
| Adelaide Clemens | ... | Catherine | |
| Vince Colosimo | ... | Michaelis | |
| Max Cullen | ... | Owl Eyes | |
| Mal Day | ... | The Boss-Probity Trust | |
| Elizabeth Debicki | ... | Jordan Baker | |
| Lisa Adam | ... | Weeping / Singing Woman | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Jay Gatsby | |
| Joel Edgerton | ... | Tom Buchanan | |
| Emmanuel Ekwenski | ... | Jazz Player | |
| Eden Falk | ... | Mr. McKee | |
| Isla Fisher | ... | Myrtle Wilson | |
| Emily Foreman | ... | Pammy | |
| Tiger Leacey Wyvill | ... | Pammy | |
| Charlize Skinner | ... | Pammy | |
| Garrett William Fountain | ... | Barman | |
| David Furlong | ... | Walter Chase | |
| Daniel Gill | ... | Police Commissioner | |
| Iota | ... | Trimalchio the Orchestra Leader | |
| Price Johnson | ... | Singer - Wilson's Garage | |
| Stephen James King | ... | Nelson | |
| Goran D. Kleut | ... | Head Waiter - Speakeasy | |
| Kim Knuckey | ... | Senator Gulick | |
| Barrie Laws | ... | Party Guest | |
| Mark Lemon | ... | The Professor | |
| John Maumau | ... | The Boxer | |
| Brendan Maclean | ... | Klipspringer | |
| Frank Aldridge | ... | Well Dressed Male Witness - Wilson's Garage | |
| Tobey Maguire | ... | Nick Carraway | |
| Callan McAuliffe | ... | Teen Jay Gatsby | |
| Ben McIvor | ... | Clerk - Probity Trust | |
| Hamish Michael | ... | Clerk - Probity Trust | |
| Brian Rooney | ... | Clerk - Probity Trust | |
| Kevin McGlothan | ... | Footman | |
| Nick Meenahan | ... | Train Conductor | |
| Olga Miller | ... | Russian Silent Film Actress | |
| Heather Mitchell | ... | Daisy's Mother | |
| Carey Mulligan | ... | Daisy Buchanan | |
| Gus Murray | ... | Teddy Barton | |
| Kate Mulvany | ... | Mrs. McKee | |
| Barry Otto | ... | Benny McClenahan | |
| John O'Connell | ... | Newton Orchid | |
| Corey Blake Owers | ... | Louisville Officer | |
| Tasman Palazzi | ... | Young James Gatz | |
| Brenton Prince | ... | Guard at Gatsby's Gates | |
| Bryan Probets | ... | Gardener | |
| Milan Pulvermacher | ... | Waiter - Hotel Sayre | |
| Alfred Quinten | ... | Party Guest | |
| Ghadir Rajab | ... | Footman | |
| Jake Ryan | ... | Motorcycle Cop | |
| John Sheerin | ... | The Police Captain | |
| Nicholas Simpson | ... | Second Policeman - Wilson's Garage | |
| Kasia Stelmach | ... | Silent Film Star Marlene Moon | |
| Nick Tate | ... | Taxi Driver | |
| Jack Thompson | ... | Dr. Walter Perkins | |
| Kieran van Bunnik | ... | Rowdie | |
| Sylvana Vandertouw | ... | European Woman | |
| Gemma Ward | ... | Languid Girl | |
| Matthew Whittet | ... | Vladimir Tostoff | |
| Felix Williamson | ... | Henri | |
| Bill Young | ... | Policeman - Wilson's Garage | |
| Nancy Denis | ... | Foxy Baker / Speakeasy Dancer | |
| Kahlia Greksa | ... | The Twins | |
| Karinna Greksa | ... | The Twins | |
| Natasha Marconi | ... | Puff Dancer | |
| Jaclyn Seymour | ... | Puff Dancer | |
| Briden Aspinall | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Charles Bartley | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Veronica Beattie | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Kane Bonke | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Kirby Burgess | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Henry Byalikov | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Thomas Egan | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Danielle Evrat | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Ryan Gonzalez | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Lyndell Harradine | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Sophie Rose Holloway | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Michelle Hopper | ... | Party Dancer | |
| James May | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Zac McAliece | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Lara Mulcahy | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Mikaela Smith | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Alex Stewart | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Romina Villafranca | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Mitchell Woodcock | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Kaylie Yee | ... | Party Dancer | |
| Tiana Canterbury | ... | Speakeasy Dancer | |
| Morgan Choice | ... | Speakeasy Dancer | |
| Eden Dessalegn | ... | Speakeasy Dancer | |
| Elenoa Rokobaro | ... | Speakeasy Dancer | |
| Lisa Viola | ... | Speakeasy Dancer | |
| Betsy Effie Nkrumah | ... | Dancing Couple | |
| Thabang Baloyi | ... | Dancing Couple | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jeff Duff | ... | Clarence Endive | |
| Alison Benstead | ... | Anita Loos (uncredited) | |
| Joel Amos Byrnes | ... | Rowdie (uncredited) | |
| Elliott Collinson | ... | Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Arthur Dignam | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Simon Edds | ... | Probity Trust Supervisor (uncredited) | |
| Conor Fogarty | ... | Gatsby's Butler (uncredited) | |
| Gareth Hamilton-Foster | ... | Gatsby's Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Nigel Harbach | ... | Ripley Snel (uncredited) | |
| Jacek Koman | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Alex Lissine | ... | Cocktail Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Corey Mills | ... | Bartender (uncredited) | |
| Stefan Mogel | ... | The Bell Boy (uncredited) | |
| Emma Mothersdill | ... | Michaelis Cafe Patron (uncredited) | |
| Jey Osman | ... | Wolfsheim Thugs (uncredited) | |
| Kai Pantano | ... | Guard (uncredited) | |
| Drew Pearson | ... | Party Guest - Hotel Sayre (uncredited) | |
| Chris Proctor | ... | William (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Ritchard | ... | Drowned Rat (uncredited) | |
| Alexander Roberts | ... | Gatsby Servant (uncredited) | |
| Roger Adam Smith | ... | Gardener (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Baz Luhrmann | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Baz Luhrmann | (screenplay) & | |
| Craig Pearce | (screenplay) | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | (based on the novel by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Bruce Berman | .... | executive producer | |
| Lucy Fisher | .... | producer | |
| Jay-Z | .... | executive producer (as Shawn 'Jay Z' Carter) | |
| Catherine Knapman | .... | producer | |
| Baz Luhrmann | .... | producer | |
| Catherine Martin | .... | producer | |
| Anton Monsted | .... | co-producer | |
| Barrie M. Osborne | .... | executive producer | |
| Douglas Wick | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Craig Armstrong | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Simon Duggan | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jason Ballantine | |||
| Jonathan Redmond | |||
| Matt Villa | |||
Casting by | |||
| Nikki Barrett | |||
| Ronna Kress | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Catherine Martin | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Damien Drew | |||
| Ian Gracie | (supervising art director) | ||
| Michael Turner | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Beverley Dunn | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Catherine Martin | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Catherine Biggs | .... | makeup artist | |
| Lara Jade Birch | .... | hair stylist (as Lara Jade) | |
| Lara Jade Birch | .... | makeup artist (as Lara Jade) | |
| Carol Cameron | .... | hair artist: dailies | |
| LuAnn Claps | .... | makeup artist for Tobey Maguire | |
| Wendy De Waal | .... | hair additional | |
| Andriana Demetrius | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Diane Dusting | .... | makeup artist | |
| Sian Grigg | .... | personal makeup artist for Leonardo DiCaprio | |
| Beth Halsted | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Warren Hanneman | .... | hair stylist | |
| Adam Johansen | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Adam Kealy | .... | senior mould maker | |
| Helen Magelaki | .... | hair dailies | |
| Wizzy Molineaux | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Debbie Muller | .... | additional makeup | |
| Selena Pertzel | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Matteo Silvi | .... | makeup artist | |
| Maurizio Silvi | .... | makeup designer | |
| Brydie Stone | .... | hair stylist | |
| Brydie Stone | .... | makeup artist | |
| Lesley Vanderwalt | .... | makeup department head | |
| Kerry Warn | .... | hair designer | |
Production Management | |||
| Bill Draper | .... | executive in charge of production | |
| Afnahn Khan | .... | post production executive | |
| Peter Neil | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Lehi Tahau | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Alex Taussig | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Maree Cochrane | .... | additional assistant director | |
| Luke Doolan | .... | second unit director | |
| Henry Downes | .... | additional assistant director | |
| Peter Dunlop | .... | additional assistant director | |
| Brooke Horne | .... | additional assistant director | |
| Emma Jamvold | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Jennifer Leacey | .... | first assistant director | |
| Glenn Ruehland | .... | action unit director | |
| Samantha Smith | .... | second assistant director | |
| Blake Ternacz | .... | insert unit director | |
| Eddie Thorne | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Sean Ahern | .... | construction coordinator | |
| I. Javier Ameijeiras | .... | illustrator | |
| Agnieszka Baginska | .... | stand-by props attachment | |
| Liam Beck | .... | modeler | |
| Colette Birrell | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Christopher Bruce | .... | senior buyer | |
| Raytheon Buna | .... | leading hand model maker | |
| Andrew Chan | .... | senior draftsperson | |
| Matt Connors | .... | head scenic artist | |
| Jamie Cranney | .... | art department attachment | |
| John Davis | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Richie Dehne | .... | property master | |
| Claire Dignam | .... | set draughtsman | |
| Mark d Drew | .... | set builder | |
| Simon Elsley | .... | assistant art director | |
| Anna Faigen | .... | set decorating coordinator | |
| Amby Giles | .... | scenic artist and set finisher | |
| Amby Giles | .... | set finisher | |
| Roger Gillespie | .... | hod plasterer | |
| Mark Harman | .... | stand-by assist | |
| Michael Henry | .... | senior mouldmaker | |
| Jenny Hitchcock | .... | assistant art director | |
| Michael Horvath | .... | art department coordinator: inserts unit | |
| Ciaran Jordan | .... | set dresser | |
| Geoff Kemmis | .... | concept model maker | |
| Jacinta Leong | .... | assistant art director | |
| Sam Lukins | .... | set dresser | |
| Chris Marinovich | .... | leading hand: mould shop | |
| Mel Milanovic | .... | prop maker | |
| Karyn-Lee 'Lilly' Miyoshi | .... | property assistant | |
| Brooke Morris | .... | property buyer | |
| Orlando Murray | .... | steelworker | |
| Helen O'Loan | .... | draftsperson | |
| Peter 'Babylon' Owens | .... | carpenter | |
| Maria-Rose Payne | .... | senior propmaker | |
| Andrew Pryer | .... | set builder | |
| Patrick Rohr | .... | art department runner | |
| Elsa Santos | .... | concept illustrator | |
| Katie Sharrock | .... | assistant set decorator | |
| Evan Shipard | .... | concept artist | |
| Olli Sillankorva | .... | carpenter | |
| Marc Trunk | .... | engineer | |
| Ben Walker | .... | props | |
| Daniel Willis | .... | standby props assistant | |
| Peter Wyborn | .... | prop manufacturing supervisor | |
| David Young | .... | stand-by props assistant: dailies | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Billy Aziz | .... | special effects buyer | |
| Genevieve Bevan-John | .... | special effects technician | |
| Julian Borbidge | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jabin Dickins | .... | on-set supervisor | |
| Juan Fabrellas | .... | special effects technician | |
| Lloyd Finnemore | .... | special effects assistant supervisor | |
| David Goldie | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jasmin Lyford | .... | sfx dept coordinator | |
| Doug Meacham | .... | special effects technician | |
| Nick Morrell | .... | special effects technician | |
| Dan Oliver | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Tim Riach | .... | special effects technician | |
| Arthur Spink Jr. | .... | special effects workshop supervisor | |
| Taj Trengove | .... | special effects technician | |
| Tony Watt | .... | special effects technician | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Abubakar Abrar | .... | digital compositor | |
| Grant Adam | .... | lead technical director: Iloura | |
| Ajesh.k.t | .... | prep lead | |
| Juan Antonio Alamo | .... | 3d artist | |
| Juan Antonio Alamo | .... | lead lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Lee Allan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Elana Andersen | .... | support engineer: animal logic | |
| Laurence Andrews | .... | digital artist: layout | |
| Vasilis Antipas | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Shigeki Ao | .... | senior modeler: Animal Logic | |
| Chris Archer | .... | lead modeler: Iloura | |
| Vaughn Arnup | .... | roto supervisor | |
| Arunraj | .... | stereo paint lead | |
| Nicole Ashford | .... | stereo camera tracker | |
| Graham Ashworth | .... | modeler: Iloura | |
| Graham Ashworth | .... | texture artist: Iloura | |
| Ferda Guray Ayaokur | .... | senior stereo tracking artist | |
| Aloys Baillet | .... | cg software developer | |
| Garry Baker | .... | purchasing & asset management officer: animal logic | |
| Shamus Baker | .... | senior digital artist | |
| Sotiris Bakosis | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Priyanka Balasubramanian | .... | visual effects produceer: Baseblack | |
| Jesse Balodis | .... | texture/projection | |
| Steve Barnes | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Claudio Bassi | .... | digital compositor | |
| Bob Baxter | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Nicolas Beaufays | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Liam Beck | .... | modeler | |
| Jo Ann Cordero Belen | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Darren A. Bell | .... | visual effects producer: Prime Focus | |
| Dudley Birch | .... | matte painter | |
| James Bishop | .... | support engineer: animal logic | |
| Magdalena Bisogni | .... | resource manager: Iloura | |
| Peter Blackburn | .... | stereo compositor | |
| Stefanie Blatt | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Ann-Marie Blommaert | .... | senior visual effects coordinator: Prime Focus | |
| Michael Bongiorno | .... | matchmove artist: Iloura | |
| David Booth | .... | senior effects artist | |
| Richard Bradshaw | .... | camera operator: visual effects unit | |
| Mark Breakspear | .... | visual effects supervisor: Method Studios Vancouver | |
| Hayes Brien | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Andy Brown | .... | visual effects supervisor: Animal Logic | |
| Romain Buignet | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Andrew Bunday | .... | pipeline supervisor | |
| Genevieve Camilleri | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| J. Eric Camp | .... | director of photography: visual effects element unit | |
| Owen Carroll | .... | roto/paint artist: Animal Logic | |
| James Carson | .... | lighting/look development artist | |
| Stephen Casey | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Charmaine Chan | .... | digital compositor: ILM - uncredited | |
| Eric K. Chan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Can Chang | .... | compositor: ILM | |
| Steven Cheah | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Peter Chesloff | .... | digital artist | |
| Kai Hsin Chin | .... | compositor | |
| Carlos Cidrais | .... | layout artist | |
| Andrew Clarke | .... | matte artist: Iloura | |
| Tony Cole | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Tony Cole | .... | visual effects: digital color timer | |
| Michelle Cornwall | .... | visual effects coordinator: Method Studios Vancouver | |
| Cat Counsell | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Christopher Courtland | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jon Cowley | .... | visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus Vancouver | |
| Daniel James Cox | .... | visual effects art director | |
| Joyce Cox | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Ed Coy | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Cameron Crichton | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Jason Cuenco | .... | assistant technical director: ILM | |
| Murray Curtis | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Romain Côte | .... | surfacing artist | |
| Anthony D'Agostino | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Andrew Daffy | .... | digital artist: lighting | |
| Phil Dakin | .... | stereo matchmove artist: Prime Focus Vancouver | |
| Troy Darben | .... | digital compositor | |
| Aurore de Blois | .... | senior compositor | |
| Emmanuel De Lange | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| A.J. Del Cueto | .... | unit production manager: visual effects plates | |
| Jacques Dell | .... | modeler: Iloura | |
| Jacques Dell | .... | texture artist: Iloura | |
| Peter Demarest | .... | digital compositor: ILM | |
| Lindy DeQuattro | .... | visual effects supervisor: ILM | |
| Giancarlo Derchie | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Craig Dibble | .... | senior systems engineer: Animal Logic | |
| Ben Dickson | .... | digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures | |
| Julian Dimsey | .... | visual effects supervisor: Iloura | |
| Ivelina Dobreva | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Eran Dolev | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Yoav Dolev | .... | digital compositor: iloura | |
| Sam Doolan | .... | lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Steven Drew | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Laura Dubsky | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Dylan Dunford | .... | render wrangler | |
| Rachael Dunk | .... | digital artist: lighting | |
| Sarah Jane Dunlop | .... | digital asset manager | |
| Claire Duthie | .... | digital paint artist | |
| Chris Dwyer | .... | Data Wrangler: Iloura | |
| Matt Ebb | .... | visual effects artist: Animal Logic | |
| Chris Ebeling | .... | digital artist | |
| Julia Egerton | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Charlie H. Ellis | .... | roto/prep artist | |
| Stephen Elson | .... | visual effects executive producer | |
| Alan Fairlie | .... | compositing technical director: Iloura | |
| Caithlin Ferrier | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Vincent Fiere | .... | digital matte painter | |
| Paul Flanagan | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Prue Fletcher | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Daniel Flood | .... | digital artist: lighting | |
| Dom Francis | .... | matchmove artist: Iloura | |
| Jonathan Freisler | .... | lead effects artist: Iloura | |
| Neville Freitas | .... | lead stereo matchmove artist: Prime Focus London | |
| Wesley Froud | .... | matchmove supervisor | |
| Garrett Fry | .... | digital matte painter | |
| Joe Gaffney | .... | shading/lighting techncial director: Prime Focus | |
| Aron Galabuzi | .... | visual effects paint technician: Prime Focus | |
| Nathaniel Garbutt | .... | programming technical director: Iloura | |
| Patrick Gavin | .... | lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Scott Geersen | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Alec Geldart | .... | digital artist | |
| Peter Georges | .... | research and development: animal logic | |
| Peter D. Georges | .... | research and development: animal logic | |
| Andrei Gheorghiu | .... | digital compositor | |
| Justas Giedraitis | .... | lighter | |
| Jason Gilholme | .... | pipeline technical director: Iloura | |
| Anette Gjertsen | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Chris Godfrey | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Derik Gokstorp | .... | pipeline technical director | |
| Alex Goodfellow | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| David Gottlieb | .... | digital artist | |
| Jeff Grebe | .... | effects simulation lead: ILM | |
| Adam Gritt | .... | software developer: Prime Focus Film | |
| Michael Grobe | .... | visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus | |
| Ryan Grobins | .... | lighting lead | |
| Ben Gunsberger | .... | cg supervisor | |
| Alex Guri | .... | digital compositor | |
| Shane Hall | .... | animator: Iloura | |
| Gene Hammond-Lewis | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Christopher Harris | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Michael Hedges | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Aeon Henderson | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Connie Hendrix | .... | visual effects accountant: Prime Focus World | |
| Chris Henryon | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Sara Hilmarsdóttir | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Sam Hodge | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Tia Hoshizaki | .... | digital compositor | |
| Daniel Hourigan | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Jason Lei Howden | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Natapon Huangsakuncharoen | .... | creature technical director: ILM | |
| Levon Hudson | .... | stereo camera tracker | |
| Chris Hunt | .... | lighting artist: Iloura | |
| Chris Hunt | .... | lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Giselle Hunter | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Huck Hur | .... | matchmove artist: Iloura | |
| Paul Huston | .... | digital matte artist | |
| Justin Imhoff | .... | lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Jacek Irzykowski | .... | matte artist: Iloura | |
| Alexander Jacquet | .... | digital compositor | |
| Gemma James | .... | visual effects production manager: Rising Sun Pictures | |
| Alistair Jamieson | .... | visual effects data wrangler: second unit | |
| Manovigianek Jehman | .... | pipeline technical director: Method Studios Vancouver | |
| Ingrid Johnston | .... | visual effects producer: Animal Logic | |
| Adam Jones | .... | IT manager: Iloura | |
| Morgan Jones | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Marc Jouveneau | .... | co-visual effects supervisor: Prime Focus World London | |
| Gregory John Jowle | .... | CG supervisor | |
| Alexandra Junginger | .... | stereo conversion coordinator | |
| Peter Jurca | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Michael Karp | .... | tracking / layout supervisor | |
| Dushyant Kashyap | .... | pipeline td | |
| Gary Kelly | .... | lead compositor: Prime Focus London | |
| Jeremy Kelly-Bakker | .... | visual effects | |
| Timothy Kenyon | .... | digital artist: lighting | |
| Hemant Khairnar | .... | prep artist | |
| Hee Jin Kim | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Oscar Knott | .... | digital artist | |
| Michael Koorey | .... | digital artist | |
| Michael Koorey | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Martin Kossmann | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Konstantin Kovalenko | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Marshall Richard Krasser | .... | compositing supervisor: ILM | |
| Mike Kwan | .... | compositor | |
| Hyukil Kwon | .... | digital matte painter | |
| Sean Lahiff | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Alan S.L. Lam | .... | matte artist: Iloura | |
| Nathan Lane | .... | stereo matchmove artist: Animal Logic | |
| Wendy Lanning | .... | head of production: Prime Focus Vancouver | |
| Joe Laude | .... | digital compositor | |
| Andrew Lawson | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Daniel Le | .... | visual effects editorial | |
| Alan Ledger | .... | digital artist: lighting | |
| Jarett Lee | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Steven Lees-Smith | .... | support engineering supervisor: animal logic | |
| Benoit Lefebvre | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Jesse Lehrman | .... | software development | |
| Alana Lennie | .... | matchmove artist: Iloura | |
| Joe Leveson | .... | pipeline technical director: Prime Focus Film London | |
| John M. Levin | .... | layout supervisor: ILM | |
| Manuel Llamas | .... | digital compositor | |
| Alex Llewellyn | .... | compositing supervisor: Prime Focus Vancouver | |
| Harshada Lodha | .... | matchmove artist: prime focus | |
| Rajavel Loganathan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Armando Lombardo | .... | digital compositor | |
| Daniel Lopez | .... | support engineer: animal logic | |
| Jacqueline Lopez | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Daniel Loui | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jane Lovell | .... | administration manager: Iloura | |
| Daniel Lowenberg | .... | senior stereo tracking artist | |
| Sophie Luto | .... | prep artist | |
| Demis Lyall-Wilson | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Duncan MacDonald | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Adam MacGowan | .... | lead effects artist: Iloura | |
| Jason Madigan | .... | compositor | |
| Rajendra Maharana | .... | prep artist | |
| Ineke Majoor | .... | visual effects producer: Iloura | |
| Zachary Mallett | .... | visual effects coordinator: Prime Focus | |
| Etienne Marc | .... | senior lighting artist | |
| Veronica Marino | .... | digital artist: : Animal Logic | |
| Justen Marshall | .... | software development manager | |
| Romain Maurer | .... | software engineer | |
| Zack Mazerolle | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Chris McClintock | .... | stereo conversion producer: Prime Focus | |
| Ben McEwan | .... | stereo compositor: Rising Sun Pictures | |
| Brett McManus | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Andrew McPhillips | .... | cg supervisor: Method Studios | |
| Keith Meure | .... | lead digital artist: Iloura | |
| Vicki Mifsud | .... | visual effects production assistant: Iloura | |
| Abel Milanes | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Kirsty Millar | .... | visual effects supervisor: Animal Logic | |
| Jay C. Miller | .... | lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Neil Miller | .... | matte painter: Prime Focus World | |
| Ryan Mintenko | .... | lead CG artist | |
| Carlos Miras Sepulveda | .... | digital compositor | |
| Stephanie Molk | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jerome Moo | .... | digital matte painter: Animal Logic | |
| Steve R. Moore | .... | editor: visual effects | |
| Adrian Moyes | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Fabian Mueller | .... | layout artist | |
| Kathrin Julia Mueller | .... | digital compositor | |
| Chris Mulcaster | .... | visual effects artist: Prime Focus | |
| Andy Mulligan | .... | matchmove artist: Iloura | |
| Norah Mulroney | .... | digital compositor | |
| Gayle Munro | .... | visual effects producer: method studios | |
| Eoin Murphy | .... | lead pipeline developer | |
| Payankulath Nandakumar | .... | digital artist | |
| Torsten Neuendorf | .... | digital compositor | |
| Martin Newcombe | .... | surfacing artist | |
| Dan Newlands | .... | stereo matchmove artist: prime focus | |
| Kevin Ng | .... | support engineer: animal logic | |
| Reika Nishio | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Ole-Aleksander Nordby | .... | prep/paint artist | |
| Joshua Nunn | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Rodney O'Sullivan | .... | IT support: Iloura | |
| Matt Omond | .... | lead compositor: Iloura | |
| Phil Outen | .... | digital compositor | |
| Fraehan Pagdiwalla | .... | visual effects line producer: Prime Focus Film | |
| Daniel Painter | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Andrew Palmer | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Francisco Palomares Pozas | .... | digital compositor | |
| Om Parab | .... | stereo matchmove artist: prime focus | |
| Prakash Parmar | .... | paint artist | |
| Adam Paschke | .... | shot supervisor: rising sun pictures | |
| Matthew Pascuzzi | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Noah Pascuzzi | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Kaustubh Patil | .... | digital artist | |
| Kaustubh Patil | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Stephen Martin Paull | .... | stereographer: Prime Focus | |
| Kim Pearce | .... | DI/IT infrastructure engineer | |
| Brian Peluso | .... | digital compositor | |
| Miriam Pepper | .... | senior stereo matchmove artist: Prime Focus | |
| Chi Pham | .... | visual effects systems administrator | |
| Julie Podolski | .... | production coordinator | |
| Felix Pomeranz | .... | lead data wrangler | |
| Bruce Powell | .... | digital artist | |
| Daniel Powter | .... | data lead | |
| Richard Pritchard | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jeremy Pronk | .... | lead lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Aled Prosser | .... | digital compositor | |
| Will Pryor | .... | modeler: Iloura | |
| Will Pryor | .... | texture artist: Iloura | |
| Eugene Purugganan | .... | senior systems engineer: Animal Logic | |
| Sinisa Radosavljevic | .... | digital compositor: Prime Focus Film | |
| Ana Rankovic | .... | senior surfacing artist | |
| Dheeren Raul | .... | matchmove artist: prime focus | |
| Wajid Raza | .... | assistant technical director: ILM | |
| Colin Riley | .... | senior compositor | |
| Andrew Ritchie | .... | senior layout artist | |
| Stephen Robertson | .... | digital compositor | |
| Lesley Robson-Foster | .... | visual effects supervisor: New York | |
| David Rose | .... | senior compositor: Prime Focus | |
| Simon Rosenthal | .... | visual effects executive producer: Iloura | |
| Luca Gabriele Rossetti | .... | senior matte painter | |
| Angel Gil Ruiz | .... | lead matchmover: prime focus Vancouver | |
| Chris Ryan | .... | cg supervisor | |
| Mayur Samant | .... | digital artist | |
| Raphael Santos | .... | compositor: Prime Focus London | |
| Charles Santoso | .... | concept artist | |
| Andrew Savchenko | .... | compositor | |
| Gourdal Sebastien | .... | senior lighting artist | |
| Felix Serwir | .... | digital compositor | |
| Nidhi Seth | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Rasoul Shafeazadeh | .... | lead matte painter | |
| Cameron Sharp | .... | visual effects editor: Prime Focus Film | |
| Matthew Shaw | .... | digital compositor | |
| Pippa Sheen | .... | visual effects production manager: Iloura | |
| Nathan Sheldrick | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Kieran Shepherd | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Evan Shipard | .... | digital matte painter: Cartel Artists | |
| Joshua Shull | .... | production supervisor: visual effects unit, New York | |
| Domenick Simpson | .... | digital artist: lighting | |
| Ashwin Singh | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| David Sjodin | .... | compositor | |
| Stephen Sloan | .... | technical director | |
| Karen Smith | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Michael Smith-Kennard | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Eric So | .... | digital compositor | |
| Davi Soesilo | .... | visual effects data wrangler: second unit | |
| Cameron Sonerson | .... | lead previsualization artist | |
| Kapil Soni | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Barry St. John | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Jon Stanley | .... | systems administration: Iloura | |
| Marc Stephen | .... | render wrangler: Iloura | |
| Grant Street | .... | senior systems engineer: Animal Logic | |
| Helen Streeter | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Lee F. Sullivan | .... | CG Supervisor: Prime Focus World | |
| Jonathon Sumner | .... | digital artist: Iloura | |
| Francesco Surace | .... | lighting technical director: Iloura | |
| Sutrayepavankumar | .... | compositor: prime focus | |
| Takahiro Suzuki | .... | digital compositor | |
| Vinod Talwar | .... | stereo vfx compositor: Prime Focus | |
| Vinod Talwar | .... | digital compositor: Prime Focus | |
| Ronen Tanchum | .... | fx technical director | |
| Katrina Taylor | .... | visual effects coordinator: Prime Focus | |
| Raphael Thiery | .... | stereo matchmove artist | |
| Andrew K. Thompson | .... | digital compositor | |
| Joel Thompson | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Otto Thorbjørnsen | .... | digital compositor: Iloura | |
| Brendan Thorncraft | .... | data services technician: Animal Logic | |
| Richard Thwaites | .... | visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures | |
| Alex Timbs | .... | head of it: animal logic | |
| Elena Topouzoglou | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Elena Topouzoglou | .... | digital compositor | |
| Justin Ngy Tran | .... | Mistika artist | |
| Justin Ngy Tran | .... | native stereo optimization | |
| Curtis Tsai | .... | digital production manager: Method Studios Vancouver | |
| Eric Tsui | .... | visual effects artist | |
| John Vanderbeck | .... | compositing td | |
| Armando Velazquez | .... | digital compositor | |
| Michael J. Viera | .... | digital compositor | |
| Anu Vijayan | .... | stereoscopic artist | |
| Artur Vill | .... | surfacing artist | |
| Heidy Villafane | .... | pre-visualization artist | |
| Radu Vintila | .... | lead systems engineer: Animal Logic | |
| Gopalarathinam Viswanathan | .... | matchmove lead: Prime focus Mumbai | |
| Rebecca Vujanovic | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Ned Walker | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jordan Walsh | .... | effects artist: Iloura | |
| Michael Wannenmacher | .... | digital asset coordinator | |
| Colin Ware | .... | modeller | |
| Adrian Watkins | .... | digital artist | |
| Ian Watson | .... | pipeline developer: Bazmark Film III | |
| Jeremy Webber | .... | senior systems engineer: Animal Logic | |
| Ben Weller | .... | modeler: Iloura | |
| Ben Weller | .... | texture artist: Iloura | |
| Alexander Whyte | .... | matchmove artist: Iloura | |
| Tom Wild | .... | head of production: Iloura | |
| Stephen Willey | .... | head of systems and engineering | |
| Jeff Wozniak | .... | digital artist: ILM | |
| Pip Wright | .... | visual effects coordinator: Iloura | |
| Trevor Wyatt | .... | rotoscope and matchmove coordinator: method studios | |
| Douglas Zablocki | .... | digital compositor: Animal Logic | |
| Salvador Zalvidea | .... | digital compositor | |
| Alyssa Zarate | .... | matte painter | |
| Kaspar Zwirner | .... | compositor: Iloura | |
| Christopher Hale | .... | data engineer (uncredited) | |
| Greg O'Connor | .... | visual effects artist (uncredited) | |
| Chris B. Schnitzer | .... | director of visual effects (uncredited) | |
| Kenny Yong | .... | stereo camera tracker: Rising Sun Pictures (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Lee Adamson | .... | stunt driver | |
| Andrea Berchtold | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Andrea Berchtold | .... | stunts | |
| Joel Amos Byrnes | .... | stunt performer | |
| Rea Corcoran | .... | stunt performer | |
| Nash Edgerton | .... | stunt double: Joel Edgerton | |
| Ashley Fairfield | .... | assistant stunt coordinator | |
| Ashley Fairfield | .... | stunts | |
| Neal Horton | .... | stunt performer | |
| Ingrid Kleinig | .... | stunt double: Elizabeth Debicki | |
| Ingrid Kleinig | .... | stunt performer | |
| Blake Lindsell | .... | stunt performer | |
| Che McGuinness | .... | safety diver | |
| Stephen Murdoch | .... | stunt performer | |
| Philip Partridge | .... | stunt performer | |
| Philip Partridge | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Salomon Passariello | .... | stunt player | |
| Glenn Ruehland | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Leon Stripp | .... | stunt performer | |
| Ben Toyer | .... | stunt performer | |
| Karl Van Moorsel | .... | stunt performer | |
Animation Department | |||
| Dhaliwal Upinder | .... | digital artist rigging | |
Casting Department | |||
| Noa Franco | .... | casting assistant | |
| Nerida Groth | .... | extras casting: on set | |
| Barbara Harris | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Kate Leonard | .... | extras casting director | |
| Morgan Smallbone | .... | extras casting coordinator | |
| Natalie Wall | .... | casting associate | |
| Leslie Woo | .... | casting associate | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Millie Adams | .... | milliner | |
| Whitney Anne Adams | .... | costume design assistant | |
| Dannielle Alexander | .... | wardrobe assistant: VFX | |
| Gloria Bava | .... | key men's costume cutter/tailor | |
| Rosy Boylan | .... | head milliner | |
| Sarah Brest | .... | costume stand-by | |
| Bernadette Croft | .... | costumer | |
| Nina Edwards | .... | costume workroom supervisor | |
| Amanda Enders | .... | costume assistant | |
| Margaret Gill | .... | milliner | |
| Leonie Grace | .... | costume cutter: women | |
| Silvana Azzi Heras | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Cookie Lopez | .... | dresser | |
| Sarah Lumsden | .... | costume maker | |
| Sarah McKinley | .... | costume maker | |
| Suzannah McRae | .... | costume maker | |
| Amanda Nichols | .... | costume maker | |
| Lynn Ollie | .... | costumer | |
| Dan Owen | .... | key extras costumer | |
| Damir Peranovic | .... | extras costume supervisor | |
| Farah Pidgeon | .... | costume stylist | |
| Cheryl Rounsefell | .... | milliner | |
| Olivia Simpson | .... | costume runner | |
| Jade Sims | .... | costume buyer | |
| Zoe Skinner | .... | assistant textile artist | |
| Sarah Spackman | .... | assistant costume illustrator | |
| Jane Strutt | .... | costume maker | |
| Jane Strutt | .... | costumer | |
| Kerry Thompson | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Christina Validakis | .... | costume buyer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Luca Byrne | .... | second assistant editor | |
| Angela Cerasi | .... | 3d digital intermediate conform assistant | |
| Christine Cheung | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Dhirendra Chhatpar | .... | stereoscopic editor | |
| Adrian Hauser | .... | lead digital intermediate colorist | |
| Adrian Hauser | .... | stereoscopic finishing artist | |
| Paul Hirsch | .... | additional editor | |
| Alison Ingram | .... | opticals coordinator | |
| Eliot Knapman | .... | second assistant editor | |
| Daniel Le | .... | vfx assistant editor | |
| Steve R. Moore | .... | editor: visual effects | |
| Basia Ozerski | .... | assistant editor | |
| Monica Sender | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Girish Takle | .... | dailies editor | |
| Vanessa Taylor | .... | colorist | |
| Tim Weyers | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Jon Otazua | .... | assistant editor: dailies (uncredited) | |
| Jim Passon | .... | color timer (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Craig Beckett | .... | music editor | |
| Tony Blondal | .... | orchestrator | |
| Kaz Boyle | .... | music programmer | |
| Richard Bronskill | .... | additional orchestrations | |
| Stephen Coleman | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| David Donaldson | .... | programmer: orchestra | |
| Matt Dunkley | .... | orchestrator | |
| Geoff Foster | .... | score engineer & mixer | |
| Scott Fraser | .... | music programmer | |
| Adam Grace | .... | music programmer | |
| Kim Green | .... | music licensing | |
| Isobel Griffiths | .... | orchestral contractor | |
| Dave Hage | .... | music preparation | |
| Jay-Z | .... | executive music producer | |
| Dorina Markoff-McNulty | .... | musician | |
| Anton Monsted | .... | music supervisor | |
| Padraic 'Paddy' Murphy | .... | music coordinator | |
| Jason Ruder | .... | music consultant | |
| Jason Ruder | .... | supervising music editor | |
| Tim Ryan | .... | supervising music editor | |
| Jeymes Samuel | .... | executive music consultant | |
| Dave Foster | .... | music preparation (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Joel Allan | .... | driver | |
| Roger Baker | .... | driver | |
| Georgette Boehm | .... | driver: cast | |
| Gary Bonnar | .... | driver: cast | |
| Brendon 'Moose' Boyd | .... | transportation manager | |
| Carl Firth | .... | driver | |
| Teri Giroux | .... | driver | |
| Matt Hart | .... | driver: Baz Luhrmann | |
| Max Haymes | .... | assistant action vehicle coordinator | |
| Warwick King | .... | driver: Leonardo DiCaprio | |
| Daniel Kirkham | .... | driver: minibus | |
| Albany Livingstone | .... | driver (as Albany Dighton) | |
| Thomas McSweeney | .... | driver | |
| Charlie Mortimer | .... | driver: cast | |
| Clint Mufford | .... | driver: cast | |
| Melinda Mutton | .... | driver: cast | |
| Guven Paternoster | .... | driver | |
| Shalie Sweetnam | .... | driver: cast | |
| Rosi Tuck | .... | driver | |
| Paul Wambach | .... | transportation captain | |
Other crew | |||
| Jes Anderson | .... | craft service | |
| Shawn K. Anderson | .... | craft service | |
| Simmone Ardilley | .... | craft service | |
| Jeremy Atcliffe | .... | production accountant | |
| Carl Blacklidge | .... | marine coordinator | |
| Kira Bohn | .... | additional script supervisor | |
| Naomi Bombardi-Wilson | .... | assistant office production coordinator: New York | |
| James Bramley | .... | first assistant accountant | |
| Lisa Breitman | .... | adr voice | |
| Sam Bromell | .... | script assistant to Baz Luhrmann | |
| Alex Cardy | .... | epk assistant editor | |
| Alex Cardy | .... | epk camera operator | |
| James Carrick | .... | personal assistant to Mary Ellen Mark | |
| Kieran Cato | .... | unit assistant | |
| Al Cerullo | .... | helicopter pilot | |
| Merilyn Cook | .... | production coordinator | |
| Lauren Cooper | .... | location manager | |
| Isabella Cramp | .... | adr voice | |
| Matt Cranleigh | .... | stand in/double (as Matt Lee) | |
| Tony Cypres | .... | first assistant accountant: New York | |
| Chloe Donaldson | .... | art accountant | |
| Tim Dyson | .... | operations manager: Cutting Edge | |
| Robert Eberlein | .... | executive producer additional visual effects: Image Streams, Inc. | |
| Guy Efrat | .... | location consultant | |
| Hannah English | .... | assistant: Mr. Wick | |
| Rachael Fung | .... | executive assistant to Catherine Martin | |
| Tony Garland | .... | armorer | |
| Katie Harris | .... | unit nurse | |
| Nick Hore | .... | recruiter | |
| Craig Hosking | .... | aerial coordinator/pilot | |
| Jason Huberman | .... | post-production accountant | |
| Leah James | .... | assistant: Barrie M. Osborne | |
| Drew Johnston | .... | producers asssistant | |
| Richard Keeshan | .... | production coordinator: New York | |
| Geoff Kelly | .... | equipment coordinator | |
| Isabelle Kostic Crosley | .... | location scout | |
| Jon Kuyper | .... | production executive | |
| April Lamb | .... | assistant: Anton Monsted, New York | |
| Hamish Mason | .... | production runner | |
| Charlie McSpadden | .... | office production assistant: New York | |
| Khanya Mkhize | .... | adr voice group | |
| Tim Monich | .... | dialect coach | |
| Sophie Mullen | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Kylie Muller | .... | accountant: art department | |
| Padraic 'Paddy' Murphy | .... | production assistant | |
| Laura Nagy | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| John O'Connell | .... | choreographer (as John 'Cha Cha' O'Connell) | |
| Lacey Darlene Paulson | .... | assistant to bill draper (as Lacey Paulson) | |
| Luke Polti | .... | mold maker: plaster dept | |
| Bruce Rieck | .... | craft service | |
| Patrick Rohr | .... | production assistant | |
| Phillip Roope | .... | location supervisor | |
| Stephanie Scott | .... | assistant: Jon Kuyper | |
| Kane Senes | .... | assistant: Anton Monsted | |
| Safka Sintmaartensdijk | .... | accounting assistant | |
| Kris Smith | .... | additional script supervisor: reshoots | |
| Sam E. Smith | .... | stand in/double: Tobey Maguire | |
| Shay Spencer | .... | assistant to douglas wick and lucy fisher: red wagon entertainment | |
| Lauren Swift | .... | accountant: animal logic | |
| Regina Taufen | .... | loop group | |
| Blake Ternacz | .... | assistant to Baz Luhrmann | |
| Robert Threadgold | .... | financial controller | |
| Taris Tyler | .... | personal assistant to Tobey Maguire | |
| Michael Wannenmacher | .... | production assistant | |
| Anwyn Watkins | .... | assistant: Catherine Knapman | |
| Matthew Webb | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Justin Weinberger | .... | assistant to Barrie Osborne | |
| Carl Wood | .... | on-set location manager | |
| Shane Wynter | .... | IT support | |
| Fiona Young | .... | craft service | |
| Patrick Gooing | .... | on-set production assistant: additional photography (uncredited) | |
| Jason Mack | .... | cast security (uncredited) | |
| Ardeshir Radpour | .... | polo trainer to joel edgerton (uncredited) | |
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What I thought worked in Luhrmann's Gatsby:
I thought DiCaprio was a better Gatsby than Robert Redford (Redford was too old and underplayed the character). I thought DiCaprio understood a complex character and was adequately convincing.
I Love Carey Mulligan and thought she was mostly convincing as Daisy.
I liked it when the story stuck to Fitzgerald - which was about 75% of the time. (having just read the book again in the last 6 months, I recognized most of the Dialogue as true to the book)
I thought the Costume Design was exquisite. Catherine Martin has done costume work for all of Baz Luhrmann's films and won an academy award for costumes in Moulin Rouge!(as well as being nominated for Romeo + Juliet and Australia. Her work is again superior here - one of the real strengths of the film...
I thought the 2nd half of the movie was much better than the 1st. While I generally did not like the soundtrack I loved that Gershwin's' Rhapsody in Blue' snuck in there in the first scenes in Manhattan.
The "Valley of Ashes" and the "Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, Occulist" sign are really well done - but sadly, the scenes there are so rushed and so downplayed as to prevent that location from being the symbol of death Fitzgerald intended it to be...
The scene in Nick's house where Daisy is invited to tea and re-meets Gatsby.
What I did not like about it:
Every scene with Tobey Maguire in it. His Nick Carraway is too much of Gatsby's lapdog. He is too wide-eyed throughout the story. By the end of the movie I was praying for George Wilson to shoot him.
Luhrmann's story telling device (Nick Carraway in a Sanitarium telling the story to a Doctor who encourages him to write it) - Really Baz Luhrman, you're gonna improve on Fitzgerald?
Luhrmann's other story telling device: the words on the screen. Yuck!
The Art-direction. Everything was too over-the-top and garish. Gatsby's house looks like a Disney creation. One might argue that this is okay because the new-rich are often garish. But part of the character that Fitzgerald wrote was that he was convincing as a monied man.
The sound-track of the 1st half of the movie. Typically Luhrmann; and I have loved it in other contexts. It did not work in Gatsby. After the last party scene, the soundtrack was much better and the rest of the movie felt like Fitzgerald to me.
BTW - I generally am a fan of Baz Luhrmann's work. I loved Romeo + Juliet while it was being panned by professional critics. And I found Moulin Rouge! delightful..
Moet Champaign (which apparently bought huge stock in this movie)
Joel Edgerton ('nuff said)
The over-the-top garishness of the production is so distracting that the great social themes of the day are almost completely lost. They are so subtle int he book and they must be subtly depicted in cinema. They are so subtle as to be almost entirely lost in this production. When I first read the book I felt such sympathy for almost every character (except Tom Buchanan). I did not really care about the characters in this movie at all.
That Damn green light - much too much. It is a powerful but subtle symbol in the book. Let a symbol be a symbol without having to constantly refer to it and without hitting your audience over the head with it.
Because I did not think it entirely sucked, I will give it a 5. Adolescent girls will disagree with me (even as they are failing their Gatsby finals because they based it this mediocre retelling of the story). Fitzgerald and Gatsby fans will think I am being too generous
Note to Hollywood - If you are going to make a movie based on a great work of literature, respect and humbly submit to that greatness, and make a movie worthy of the original.