Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Mia Farrow & Robert Redford star in this romantic drama based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald adapted for the screen by Francis Ford Coppola & directed by Jack Clayton Set in the decadent 1920s the story follows Yale graduate & former soldier Nick Carraway (Sam Waterston) as he begins a new life in New York While there he becomes intrigued by the life of his neighbour Jay Gatsby (Redford) a self-made hedonistic millionaire who rekindles his affair with the now unhappily married Daisy (Farrow) Becoming involved in Gatsby&s social circle Nick bears witness to their intense relationship which ultimately results in tragedy Actors Robert Redford Mia Farrow Bruce Dern & Karen Black Director Jack Clayton Certificate 12 years & over Year 1974 Languages English ...

Baz Luhrmann writes directs & produces this adaptation of the F Scott Fitzgerald novel starring Leonardo Di Caprio Tobey Maguire & Carey Mulligan Set in the 1920s the story follows aspiring writer Nick Carraway (Maguire) as he moves to New York & becomes intrigued by his neighbour Jay Gatsby (Di Caprio)&s lavish lifestyle & mysterious past As Nick finds himself caught up in the world of the wealthy he witnesses romantic entanglement & betrayal Gatsby&s true nature is slowly exposed & his involvement with old flame Daisy Buchanan (Mulligan) ultimately leads to tragedy The soundtrack was overseen by Jay-Z & features music from amongst others Beyonce Andre 3000 William Lana Del Rey & Florence & the Machine as well as Jay-Z himself ...

The Great American Novel of love & betrayal in the Jazz Age is now a major film Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction Fitzgerald's glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance energy & decadence of an era After the war the mysterious Jay Gatsby a self-made millionaire pursues wealth riches & the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination He buys a mansion across from her house & throws lavish parties to try & entice her When Gatsby finally does reunite with Daisy Buchanan tragic events are set in motion Told through the eyes of his detached & omnipresent neighbour & friend Nick Carraway Fitzgerald's succinct & powerful prose hints at the destruction & tragedy that awaits ...

Set in the post-Great War Long Island New York world of the rich The narrator Nick Carraway sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption the insulated selfishness of Tom & Daisy & the cutting edge of violence ...

Generally considered to be F Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the roaring twenties & a devastating expose of the Jazz Age Through the narration of Nick Carraway the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan Jay Gatsby & the mystery that surrounds him ...

He talked a lot about the past & I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy His life had been confused & disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place & go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was The Great Gatsby (1925) F Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece stands among the greatest of all American fiction Jay Gatsby's lavish lifestyle in a mansion on Long Island's gold coast encapsulates the spirit excitement & violence of the era Fitzgerald named 'the Jazz Age' Impelled by his love for Daisy Buchanan Gatsby seeks nothing less than to recapture the moment five years earlier when his best & brightest dreams
- his 'unutterable visions'
- seemed to be incarnated in her kiss A moving portrayal of the power of romantic imagination as well as the pathos & courage entailed in the pusuit of an unattainable dream The Great Gatsby is a classic fiction of hope & disillusion This edition is fully annotated with a fine Introduction incorporating new interpretation & detailing Fitzgerald's struggle to write the novel its critical reception & its significance for future generations ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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Jay Gatsby is a self-made man famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright & beautiful he longs only for Daisy Buchanan In shimmering prose Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion ...

A beautiful new edition of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby to coincide with the release of Baz Luhrmann's film' There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights In his blue gardens men & girls came & went like moths among the whisperings & the champagne & the stars' Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg east of New York The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden coolly debating Gatsby's origins & mysterious past None of the frivolous socialites understands him & among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man' A detached onlooker Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates but always seems to be watching & waiting though no one knows what for As writer Nick Carraway is drawn into this decadent orbit Gatsby's destructive dreams & passions are revealed leading to disturbing & tragic consequences' Not only a page turner & heartbreaker it's one of the most quintessentially American novels ever written' Time F Scott Fitzgerald was born in St Paul Minnesota in 1896 He studied at Princeton University before joining the army in 1917 In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre Their traumatic relationship & subsequent breakdowns became a major influence on his writing Among his publications were five novels This Side of Paradise The Great Gatsby The Beautiful & the Damned Tender is the Night & The Last Tycoon (his last & unfinished work); six volumes of short stories & The Crack-Up a selection of autobiographical pieces F Scott Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940 ...

Fitzgerald's classic tale of jazz-era New York & the mysterious party-throwing millionaire Jay Gatsby It's 1922 & New York is electric A hotbed of jazz glamour & scandal The playground of the super-rich & the new home of Nick Carraway a Mid-Western man chasing his American dream For eighty dollars a month Carraway finds himself the unlikely neighbour of his beautiful cousin Daisy Buchannan & a mysterious millionaire
- Jay Gatsby From the shadow of Gatsby's mansion Carraway is drawn into the glittering captivating world of the wealthy
- their parties their love affairs & their lies & as he watches his new friends he writes their story A tale of roaring excess impossible love & the devastating tragic consequences

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This volume is part of a new series of novels plays & stories at GCSEKey Stage 4 level designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus Each text

Includes:: an introduction pre-reading activities notes & coursework activities Also provided is a section on the process of writing often compiled by the author The fabulous parties at Gatsby's mansion are legendary; guests dance until dawn at the home of their mystery host But whose face is he searching for in the crowds? What secret sorrow lies behind his great fortune? & what was it that made Gatsby great?

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