The Great Gatsby: The Movies!

The Great Gatsby is one of many films, of which I LOVE! There are several different versions of the film, but all of them do justice to the main charecters and the book, wirtten by F. Scott Fitzgerald. These movies were produced in 1926, 1949, 1974, and 2000.To add to those
wonderful versions, there will be another one comming out in 2012! How exiting! Altough the cast has not been revealed, i'm sure these lucky actors will be astoudning! (Johnny Depp please?!) In the 1926 version, very famous actors such as Warner Baxter as Jay Gatsby, Lois Wilson as Daisy Buchanan, (left) and Neil Hamilton as Nick Carraway play the unforgettable cast of The Gatsby Trio. In my opinon, that movie defines the glitz and glamour of the Roaring Twenties. In 1949, The Gatsby Trio developed into Alan Ladd, Betty Field, and Macdonald Carey playing Gatz, Daisy, and Nick. I don't really like this verios as much as i love the Twenties' version, but maybe it's because I'm so in love with the first one, that i am closed off to all other opinions. Under Jack Clayton's interperetation and veiws, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterson are the ones who earned 2 Oscars, 3 BAFTA Film Awards, A Golden Globe and a Best Cinematography Award in Great Britan. This is the version that most Eleventh-Graders watch in their english classes. The last Gatsby Film that some may or may not have heard of was made in 2000 for a Made-for-t.v-movie only starred the wonderful Paul Rudd (Knocked Up, I Love You, Man) as Nick Carraway, Mia Sorvino (Romy And Michelle's High School Reunion) As Daisy Buchanan. I absoultely love both Mia and Paul, but it is hard for me to picture them in said movie!

What is your favorite Gatsby film? Mine is deifately the black-and-white version on 1920's!

What two actors would you like to see in Gatsby as Daisy and Jay?