The Great Gatsby

A nouveau riche bachelor buys his way into 1920s Long Island society in order to win back his obsession, a woman from his past who is now married to “old money.”, A nouveau riche bachelor buys his way into 1920s Long Island society in order to win back his obsession, a woman from his past who is now married to “old money”., In this version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s elegiac novel, Robert Redford stars as self-made millionaire Jake Gatsby, who uses his fortune to buy his way into Long Island society. Most of all, Gatsby wants to win back the love of socialite Daisy Buchanan. The attempt is ultimately doomed to failure., Scott Fitzgerald’s celebrated story set in the Roaring Twenties focuses on a handsome playboy and his attempts to win back the girl who didn’t wait when he went off to the Great War. Now she is the flighty wife of a rich socialite, their loveless marriage cemented by money, and lives across the bay from the mansion where Gatsby sets up home and throws lavish parties in the hope of drawing his girl back., Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby’s circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy, A mysterious millionaire hosts lavish parties at his Long Island mansion, but may be harbouring a dark secret involving the beautiful, married, Daisy. Adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel.