Film Excess - Free Ukraine - Stop Putin - End the war NOW!!: The Great Gatsby (2013) - Luhrmann exuberance and great stars create thrilling adaptation

2/03/2021

The Great Gatsby (2013) - Luhrmann exuberance and great stars create thrilling adaptation

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+ Shooting Star Actor of the Year: Joel Edgerton

An inviting collection of smartly dressed stars invite from this metallic-designed, expressionism-invoking poster for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby

Nick Carraway is a young, hopeful bond salesman, who lives in Long Island as the neighbor of one of New York's richest, most mysterious bachelors, Mr. Jay Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby is written by Craig Pearce (Romeo + Juliet (1996)) and co-writer/co-producer/director Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom (1992)), adapting the same-titled 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (This Side of Paradise (1920)).

Luhrmann experiments with using 3D, visual maneuvers and music, and some of it is cool (such as the scenes of Carraway being drunk) and succeeds, while other things don't: One thing is that the visual style lays an unreality on top of everything, which is sometimes too substantial to look past. And there are sound issues in a driving scene between Carraway and Gatsby.

But the prevailing visual impression is lush and irresistible. The cast is sumptuous, and they make this adaptation riveting: Jason Clarke (You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)) and Isla Fisher (Rango (2011)) are good in supporting roles; and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator (2004)), Tobey Maguire (Roseanne (1991, TV-series)) and Carey Mulligan (The Greatest (2009)), - and especially awards-worthy is newcomer Joel Edgerton (Kinky Boots (2005)) as Tom Buchanan, - are all strong. The Great Gatsby is a thrilling, good-looking film, which is far superior to Jack Clayton's 1974 version.

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Watch a trailer for the film here

Cost: 105 mil. $

Box office: 353.6 mil. $

= Box office success (returned 3.36 times its cost)

[The Great Gatsby premiered 1 May (New York) and runs 142 minutes. Luhrmann moved with his family to New York in 2010 with the thought that he would shoot the film there. DiCaprio was paid 20 mil. $ for his performance. Shooting took place from September 2011 - January 2012 in Australia, including Sydney, and in New York. The film opened #2, behind hold-over hit Iron Man 3, to a 50 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another weekend in the top 5 (#3) and grossed 144.8 mil. $ (41 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Australia with 25.2 mil. $ (7.1 %) and the UK with 23.9 mil. $ (6.8 %). The film was nominated for 2 Oscars, which it both won: Best Costumes and Production Design. It also won 2/3 BAFTA nominations, was nominated for 3 Grammys, among other honors. Luhrmann returned with 2 commercials and The Get Down (2016, TV-series) but has yet to return to theaters again. DiCaprio returned in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Maguire in Labor Day (2013); Mulligan in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013); and Edgerton in Felony (2013). The Great Gatsby is rotten at 48 % with a 5.90/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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William Friedkin has died

Born in Chicago, Friedkin accrued TV credits prior to his advance to the big screen as the director of Good TImes (1967), The Birthday Party (1968), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and The Boys in the Band (1970) before his major breakthrough, The French Connection (1971), for which he won his only Oscar. He followed it up with the even bigger smash, The Exorcist (1973), arguably the best horror film of all time, for which he was Oscar-nominated. Later credits include Sorcerer (1977), Cruising (1980), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Rampage (1987), Rules of Engagement (2000), Killer Joe (2011) and The Devil and Father Amorth (2017, documentary). Friedkin passed away at age 87. R.I.P.

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