The Great Gatsby (1974) (1974)

Robert Redford Films Viewed by Kathy (25 movies items)

" Director: Jack Clayton Starring: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles, Howard Da Silva, Roberts Blossom and Edward Herrmann Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy."

Yellow Car in Movies (14 movies items)

" Bruce Dern, Sam Waterston and Lois Chiles 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Springfield Brewster 'Ascot' Tourer (IMCDb)"

Characters Wearing Bow Tie (47 movies items)

" Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby"

House (50 movies items)

" Mia Farrow"

Super Epic Lengthy Films (150 movies items)

"Running time: 144 mins"

A good movie

“Almost 40 years after this movie, Baz Luhrmann came up with an ambitious remake with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role but even though the whole thing had some potential, I still preferred this version though. Still, even though I did like this movie, it was still missing something to become truly amazing. Indeed, I did read the book before watching this movie and I really loved the damned thing but even though this adaptation was decent, it was really far from the awesomeness displayed by the book. Basically, in fact in both movies, what really bothered me was how annoying and vapid was Daisy Buchanan. Personally, I always believed that this character was already the weakest link in the book but the rest of it  was so mesmerizing that it still worked fine for me. However, in this movie” read more