The Great Gatsby (2000)

TV movie
title	The Great Gatsby
Original title	The Great Gatsby
Country of production	United Kingdom , United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2000
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Robert Markowitz
script	John J. McLaughlin
production	Craig McNeil , David Roessell
music	Carl Davis
camera	Guy Dufaux
cut	David Beatty
occupation
Toby Stephens : Jay Gatsby Mira Sorvino : Daisy Buchanan Paul Rudd : Nick Carraway Martin Donovan : Tom Buchanan Francie Swift : Jordan Baker Heather Goldenhersh : Myrtle Wilson Bill Camp : George Wilson Matt Malloy : Klipspringer Richard Jutras : Owl Eyes Jerry Grayson : Wolfsheim

The Great Gatsby (Original: The Great Gatsby ) is a romantic drama based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald . The television film emerged from a British-American co-production and was first released on March 29, 2000, directed by Robert Markowitz .

content

After the less than successful Nick Carraway moves to New York to try his luck there, he finds himself a neighbor of the wealthy Jay Gatsby. They both meet at one of Gatsby's famous parties. Gatsby uses this friendship to establish contact with his great love, Nick's cousin Daisy Buchanan. However, she has been married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy polo player, for years. Tom is unfaithful, however, and meets regularly with Myrtle Wilson, wife of mechanic George Wilson. Gatsby tries everything to get Daisy back and they both have an affair for the time being. However, Daisy cannot fully surrender to him and Tom learns of the relationship. After an argument between Gatsby and Tom, Daisy is emotionally troubled and an accident occurs on the way home. Myrtle Wilson runs into the street and is hit by the car in which Daisy and Gatsby are sitting. Although Daisy was behind the wheel, Gatsby takes the blame for Myrtle's death. Tom convinces George Wilson that Gatsby was having an affair with Myrtle and is responsible for her death. Wilson locates Gatsby and shoots him on his estate before Wilson kills himself.

production

The television film was made in Montréal , Canada , under production by Granada Entertainment and A&E Television Networks in association with Traveler's Rest Films and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) . The fourth film adaptation of the novel was directed by Robert Markowitz , the script by John McLaughlin and the music by Carl Davis .

Awards

• OFTA Television Award 2001
• nominated for Best Costume Design in a Feature Film or Mini-Series

Web links

• The Great Gatsby in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Great Gatsby. Accessed January 31, 2019 . 
2. ^ Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The great Gatsby . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1950, ISBN 0-14-000746-6 .