query: who played tom buchanan in the great gatsby

pos: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) Globe" reserved special praise for DiCaprio's performance, saying "magnificent is the only word to describe this performance – the best movie Gatsby by far, superhuman in his charm and connections, the host of revels beyond imagining, and at his heart an insecure fraud whose hopes are pinned to a woman." "The Scene Magazine" gave the movie a "B-" rating, and praised the actors' performances, in particular saying that "the stand-out actor is Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan doing an excellent job of showing the character’s gruffness, despite the one-dimensionality given to him". A granddaughter of Fitzgerald praised the style and

pos: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) specific to this particular production of "The Great Gatsby", I was thrilled to pick up the phone an hour ago to the young Oscar-nominated British actress Carey Mulligan and say to her: 'Hello, Daisy Buchanan.'" In April 2011, Ben Affleck was in talks about playing the role of Tom Buchanan but had to pass due to a scheduling conflict with "Argo" (2012). Bradley Cooper had previously lobbied for the part and Luke Evans was a major contender. In May, Joel Edgerton was confirmed in the part of Tom. Isla Fisher was cast to play Myrtle Wilson. Australian newcomer Elizabeth Debicki

pos: Baz Luhrmann was very successful in Europe, maintaining the #1 slot at the box office for many weeks in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Scandinavian countries. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, next to "Crocodile Dundee" and ahead of "Happy Feet". In 2013, Luhrmann adapted F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", shot in 3D, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan, and Australian newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker. In 2016, Luhrmann collaborated with award-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis on the Netflix series

pos: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) The Great Gatsby (2013 film) The Great Gatsby is a 2013 romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name. The film was co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the eponymous Jay Gatsby, with Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki. Production began in 2011 and took place in Australia, with a $105 million net production budget. The film follows the life and times of billionaire Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio) and his neighbor Nick Carraway (Maguire), who recounts his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the

neg: Daisy Buchanan told, questioning if she really had a "voice full of money" as Gatsby claimed and wondered what her thoughts were on the love triangle between her, Gatsby and her husband. Daisy Buchanan Daisy Fay Buchanan is a fictional character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's magnum opus "The Great Gatsby" (1925). In the novel, Daisy is depicted as a married woman with a daughter who is reunited with her former lover Jay Gatsby, arousing the jealousy of her husband, Tom. She is widely believed to have been based on Ginevra King. She has appeared in various media related to the novel, including

neg: The Great Gatsby (2000 film) directed by Robert Markowitz from a teleplay by John J. McLaughlin. The music score was by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Guy Dufaux. The production was designed by Taavo Soodor. This is the fourth film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby". The Great Gatsby (2000 film) The Great Gatsby is a 2000 British-American romantic drama television film, based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It stars Toby Stephens in the title role of Jay Gatsby, Mira Sorvino as Daisy Buchanan, Paul Rudd as Nick Carraway, Martin Donovan as Tom Buchanan, Francie Swift as Jordan

neg: Daisy Buchanan Daisy Buchanan Daisy Fay Buchanan is a fictional character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's magnum opus "The Great Gatsby" (1925). In the novel, Daisy is depicted as a married woman with a daughter who is reunited with her former lover Jay Gatsby, arousing the jealousy of her husband, Tom. She is widely believed to have been based on Ginevra King. She has appeared in various media related to the novel, including feature films and plays. Daisy Fay was born into a wealthy Louisville family. By 1917, Daisy had several suitors of her same class, but fell in love with Jay Gatsby,

neg: The Great Gatsby (2000 film) The Great Gatsby (2000 film) The Great Gatsby is a 2000 British-American romantic drama television film, based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It stars Toby Stephens in the title role of Jay Gatsby, Mira Sorvino as Daisy Buchanan, Paul Rudd as Nick Carraway, Martin Donovan as Tom Buchanan, Francie Swift as Jordan Baker, Heather Goldenhersh as Myrtle Wilson and Matt Malloy as Klipspringer. The film was released on March 29, 2000. It was made in collaboration by the A&E Cable Network in the United States, and Granada Productions in Great Britain. It was

neg: The Great Gatsby (1949 film) of whom would later appear in the 1974 version. A mysterious figure, Jay Gatsby, who throws lavish parties at his Long Island Sound estate, asks neighbor Nick Carraway to arrange a private tea with Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan. It turns out Gatsby loved her before going off to war. Now a wealthy man, Gatsby wants her back, but Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan and has a daughter now. She is unhappy, however, and is aware her husband has been having an affair with Myrtle Wilson, wife of a gas station's owner. Daisy seems to welcome Gatsby's attentions. They socialize

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) coming from the Buchanan dock. Jordan tells Nick that Tom has a mistress who lives in the "Valley of Ashes", an industrial dumping site between West Egg and the City. Tom takes Nick there, stopping at a garage owned by George and Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress. Nick receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. Upon arrival, Nick learns he is the only one to receive an invitation and none of the guests have ever met Gatsby. Nick encounters Jordan, and both meet Gatsby. Gatsby later takes Nick to Manhattan for lunch. On the way, Gatsby tells Nick he is

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) divorce. He asks Nick and Jordan to accompany him to the Buchanan home, where he and Daisy plan to tell Tom that Daisy is leaving him. During the luncheon, Tom becomes suspicious of Gatsby and Daisy, but Daisy stops Gatsby from revealing anything to Tom and suggests they all go to the Plaza Hotel. Tom drives Nick and Jordan in Gatsby's car, while Gatsby drives Daisy in Tom's car. Tom stops for gas at George's garage, where George tells him that he and Myrtle are moving and that he suspects Myrtle is unfaithful. At the Plaza, Gatsby tells Tom of

neg: The Great Gatsby and allow him to present himself as a man of wealth and position. Having developed a budding friendship with Nick, Gatsby uses him to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy begin an affair over the summer. At a luncheon at the Buchanan estate, Daisy speaks to Gatsby with such undisguised intimacy that Tom realizes she is in love with Gatsby. Though Tom is himself an adulterer, he is outraged by his wife's infidelity.

neg: The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald expressed intense enthusiasm for the title "Under the Red, White and Blue", but it was at that stage too late to change. "The Great Gatsby" was published on April 10, 1925. Fitzgerald remarked that "the title is only fair, rather bad than good." Early drafts of the novel have been published under the title "Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby". A notable difference between the "Trimalchio" draft and "The Great Gatsby" is a less complete failure of Gatsby's dream in "Trimalchio". Another difference is that the argument between Tom Buchanan and Gatsby is more even, although Daisy

neg: Daisy Buchanan was Gatsby that killed Myrtle. George goes to Gatsby's home in West Egg and shoots Gatsby dead before turning the gun on himself. After Gatsby's murder, Daisy, Tom, and their daughter leave East Egg, having no forwarding address. The first adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" was a silent film produced in 1926 and featured Lois Wilson as Daisy. The film is now considered lost. In 1949, another film was made, starring Alan Ladd as Gatsby and Betty Field as Daisy. Phyllis Kirk portrayed Daisy in a 1955 episode of the television series "Robert Montgomery Presents" adapting "The Great Gatsby". Jeanne

neg: The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan provides. Additionally, the theme of the female familial role within "The Great Gatsby" goes hand in hand with that of the ideal family unit associated with the great American dream—a dream that goes unrealized for Gatsby and Daisy in Fitzgerald's prose. The green light that shines at the end of the dock of Daisy's house across the Sound from Gatsby's house is frequently mentioned in the background of the plot. It has variously been interpreted as a symbol of Gatsby's longing for Daisy and, more broadly, of the American dream. "The Great Gatsby" was published by Charles Scribner's

neg: Daisy Buchanan Daisy will attend. Nick successfully sets up a meeting between Daisy and Jay at his neighboring cottage in West Egg where the two meet for the first time in five years, which leads to an affair. At the Buchanan home, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick and his girlfriend Jordan Baker decide to visit New York City, Tom taking Gatsby's yellow 1932 Duesenberg with Jordan and Nick while Daisy and Gatsby drive alone. Once the group reach the city, they throw a party that turns into a confrontation between Daisy, Tom and Gatsby. Though Gatsby insisted that Daisy never loved Tom, Daisy

neg: Gold Coast International Film Festival raised in Nassau County, Long Island, was the recipient of GCIFF's 2012 Artist of Distinction Award. He presented his latest film, "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas," which was filmed largely on Long Island. Actor Bruce Dern received the 2011 Legend Award. Dern played Tom Buchanan in the 1974 Robert Redford film, "The Great Gatsby" based on the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The "Great Gatsby" is set on Long Island's Gold Coast—the exact location of the Gold Coast International Film Festival—during the summer of 1922. "", a 2018 documentary film about the underdog Israel national baseball team competing for the first

neg: The Great Gatsby New York as a bond salesman. He rents a small house on Long Island, in the fictional village of West Egg, next door to the lavish mansion of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious multi-millionaire who holds extravagant parties but does not participate in them. Nick drives around the bay to East Egg for dinner at the home of his cousin, Daisy Fay Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, a college acquaintance of Nick's. They introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, an attractive, cynical young golfer. She reveals to Nick that Tom has a mistress, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the "valley of ashes,"

neg: Daisy Buchanan a poor soldier. Before Gatsby left for war, Daisy promised to wait for him. After Gatsby started attending Trinity College, Oxford, Daisy sent him a letter revealing that she had married Tom Buchanan. During the marriage, Daisy gave birth to a daughter, Pammy, who Daisy had hoped would be "a beautiful little fool." Daisy and her family settled in East Egg, a wealthy old money enclave on Long Island. After her cousin Nick Carraway arrives in West Egg, the neighboring island, he meets Gatsby, who by now has become extremely wealthy. Gatsby throws several large, extravagant parties in hopes that

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) had ever met. Nick's doctor suggests that he write his thoughts down, since writing is Nick's passion... In the summer of 1922, Nick moves from the Midwest to New York after abandoning writing. He rents a small groundskeeper's cottage in the North Shore village of West Egg, next to the mansion of Gatsby, a mysterious business magnate who often holds extravagant parties. Nick has dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom; Daisy plays matchmaker between Nick and another guest, Jordan Baker. When Nick returns home, he sees Gatsby standing on the dock, reaching towards the green light

neg: Daisy Buchanan admits that she loves both Tom and Gatsby. The party ends with Daisy driving Gatsby out of New York City in Gatsby's car, while Tom leaves with Nick and Jordan. Tom's mistress Myrtle Wilson, who earlier had a falling out with Tom, runs in front of Gatsby's car in hopes of reconciling with Tom. Daisy does not see her until it is too late, and runs her over. Daisy, panicked, drives away from the scene of the accident. In her home in East Egg, Gatsby assures her that he will take the blame. Tom tells George, Myrtle's husband, that it

neg: Rickey (cocktail) the home of Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Jordan Baker, Daisy's best friend and Nick's love interest, is also there. By this point, Gatsby and Daisy have rekindled their old romance. Although Tom is initially unaware, he suspects Gatsby to be a bootlegger and dislikes him anyway. Thus, the temperature is hot and the mood is tense. At one point, Daisy tells Tom to "make us a cold drink." Just as Tom leaves the room, Daisy kisses Gatsby and professes her love to him. When Tom returns, he is "preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice. Gatsby took up

neg: Madison Grant modern civilization as a violation of "survival of the fittest", whether it manifested itself in the over-logging of the forests, or the survival of the poor via welfare or charity. Grant became a part of popular culture in 1920s America, especially in New York. Grant's conservationism and fascination with zoological natural history made him very influential among the New York elite who agreed with his cause, most notably Theodore Roosevelt. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald featured a reference to Grant in "The Great Gatsby". Tom Buchanan, the husband of Daisy Buchanan, the novel's principal female character, was reading a book called

neg: Daisy Buchanan easily and the fact that she continues seeing Gatsby following this proves that she was not as concerned with the consequences of her cheating than that of her happiness. Looking at Daisy’s character, one can see she did care for Gatsby, though maybe not as much as she ended up caring for Tom. Daisy was important to Gatsby because Daisy made Gatsby feel loved. Though no matter what Gatsby did to win Daisy’s affection, she married Tom and remained married to him despite Gatsby’s pursuit of her. “[Gatsby’s] efforts to attain Daisy…are no more successful, as she abandons him and

neg: Daisy Buchanan DiCaprio, Daisy is portrayed by Carey Mulligan. Mulligan had two 90-minute auditions, which she found to be fun and served as her initial encounters with Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed Gatsby, and who read with her both days. Mulligan left the audition, unsure she had secured the role, but was satisfied to have played off DiCaprio. Mulligan read the novel in preparation for auditioning for the role, finding the book to be accessible due to its length. Mulligan was familiar with the dislike some readers of "The Great Gatsby" had for the character, but felt she could not "think that about

neg: Seelbach Hotel Puck, and Shorty Rossi, reality TV personality of Pit Boss are among those celebrities who have stayed at the Seelbach. F. Scott Fitzgerald frequented the hotel in April 1918, while training for his deployment in World War I. One night after expensive bourbon and cigars however, he had to be restrained and was ejected from the hotel. This experience seemingly did not tarnish his memories however, as he later included a fictional hotel akin to the Seelbach as the setting for the wedding of Tom and Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby". In this story it is referenced that Tom

neg: Joel Edgerton Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of "A Streetcar Named Desire". He appeared in a production of the same play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2009. He appeared in the Crime Drama film Animal Kingdom as Barry Baz Brown in 2010 in which he won an AFI award. He starred as fictional MMA fighter Brendan Conlon in the MMA film "Warrior" (2011). In February 2010, Edgerton was cast in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s 2011 prequel to "The Thing", portraying helicopter pilot Sam Carter. He played Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 remake of "The Great Gatsby". He was

neg: The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, "The Great Gatsby" explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as

neg: The Great Gatsby (1926 film) film archives. The trailer is preserved by the Library of Congress (AFI/Jack Tillmany collection) and has a running time of one minute. It was featured on the Blu-Ray released by Warner Home Video of director Baz Luhrmann's 2013 adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" as a special feature. The Great Gatsby (1926 film) The Great Gatsby is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon. It is the first film adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Warner Baxter portrayed Jay Gatsby and Lois Wilson as Daisy Buchanan. The film was produced by

neg: The Great Gatsby (1926 film) The Great Gatsby (1926 film) The Great Gatsby is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon. It is the first film adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Warner Baxter portrayed Jay Gatsby and Lois Wilson as Daisy Buchanan. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. "The Great Gatsby" is now considered lost. A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his

neg: Nick Carraway Nick Carraway Nick Carraway is a fictional character and the main protagonist and narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" (1925). In his narration, Nick Carraway explains that he was born in the Middle West, and served in World War I. After the war, he moves to West Egg, a wealthy enclave of Long Island, from the Middle West to learn about the bond business. He lives near his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her wealthy husband Tom, who was Nick's classmate at Yale University. They introduce him to their friend Jordan Baker, a cynical young heiress and professional golfer,

neg: Jay Gatsby rich and from a patrician Louisville family. During the war, Gatsby reached the rank of Major in the U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment, and was decorated for valor for his participation in the Marne and the Argonne. After the war (as he also tells Nick Carraway years later), he briefly attended Trinity College, Oxford. While there, he received a letter from Daisy, telling him that she had married the wealthy Tom Buchanan. Gatsby then decided to commit his life to becoming a man of the kind of wealth and stature he believed would win Daisy's love. Gatsby returned home and settled

neg: Old money one-fourth of them had two votes. The ITV television series "Downton Abbey" frequently contrasts the differences between Old Money and New Money in Britain during the early 20th century. Notably between the newspaperman Sir Richard Carlisle and the heiress Lady Mary Crawley, the distinction being the aggression of the "parvenu" Sir Richard and the "noblesse oblige" of the Crawleys. Perhaps the greatest literary critique of the tension between Old Money and New Money can be found in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". The characters in possession of old money represented by the "Tom Buchanan" family (Tom and Daisy), get

neg: Oxford University Polo Club Oxford who runs himself into debts through gambling and his love for polo and hunting. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald loosely modeled two characters in his books on Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.: Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" (1925) and the Tommy Barban character in "Tender Is the Night" (1934). Oxford University Polo Club The Oxford University Polo Club (often referred to as OUPC) is the Discretionary Full Blue sports club for competitive polo at Oxford University. Founded in 1874 it is one of the four oldest continuing polo clubs world wide. Its annual Varsity Match against Cambridge established in 1878 is

neg: Eric Rauchway Depression and the New Deal" was recommended on NPR's "All Things Considered" as one of three books to read to understand the Great Recession and featured on C-SPAN Classroom. Rauchway is also the author of a novel, "Banana Republican", which continues the story of Tom Buchanan, the primary antagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". It was reviewed in "The New York Times Book Review" "Library Journal" and "Publishers weekly" and other publications He contributes to The Chronicle of Higher Education's group blog Edge of the American West and also the academic blog Crooked Timber. Eric Rauchway Eric Rauchway

neg: Cressida Bonas praised the "charm and energy of Bonas's performance". In June 2014 Bonas was rumoured to be going to appear in the film "Tulip Fever" (2015) as Mrs. Steen. In December 2016 and January 2017 Cressida Bonas played the female lead role of Daisy Buchanan in the musical play "Gatsby", at the Leicester Square Theatre, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Bonas was photographed by Mario Testino for "Vanity Fair" after being included in the magazine's annual "International Best-Dressed List" in 2014. In January 2015, after modelling for British brand Burberry, Bonas was announced to front the 2015 campaign

neg: The Passing of the Great Race set the quotas on immigrants from certain European countries. Even after the statute was passed, Grant continued to be irked that even a smattering of non-Nordics were allowed to immigrate to the country each year. He also assisted in the passing and prosecution of several anti-miscegenation laws, notably the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 in the state of Virginia, where he sought to codify his particular version of the "one-drop rule" into law. Grant became a part of popular culture in 1920s America. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald made a lightly disguised reference to Grant in "The Great Gatsby". Tom Buchanan

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) his affair with Daisy. Tom accuses Gatsby of having never attended Oxford and having made his fortune through bootlegging with mobsters. Daisy says she loves Gatsby but cannot bring herself to say she never loved Tom. Eventually, both Gatsby and Daisy leave. After fighting with George over her infidelity, Myrtle runs into the street and is fatally struck by Gatsby's car after mistaking it for Tom's. After learning about Myrtle's death, Tom tells George that the car belongs to Gatsby and that he suspects Gatsby was Myrtle's lover. Nick deduces Daisy was driving when the accident happened. Nick overhears Daisy

neg: The Great Gatsby He forces the group to drive into New York City and confronts Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel, asserting that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand. In addition to that, he announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal whose fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Daisy decides to stay with Tom, and Tom contemptuously sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt her. On the way back, Gatsby's car strikes and kills Tom's mistress, Myrtle. Nick later learns from Gatsby that

neg: Tommy Hitchcock Jr. Hitchcock Jr.: Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" (1925) and the Tommy Barban character in "Tender Is the Night" (1934). Hitchcock married Margaret Mellon, daughter of William Larimer Mellon, in New York City on 15 December 1928. They had four children: daughters Louise Eustis Hitchcock and Margaret Mellon Hitchcock, and twin sons Thomas Hitchcock III and William Mellon Hitchcock. In 1937, with fellow polo player Robert Lehman, he became a partner in the Lehman Brothers investment firm. Serving as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, Hitchcock was assigned as an assistant air

neg: Matilda Sturridge series "Pramface" and the movie About Time. On stage, she portrayed Daisy Buchanan in a Fringe musical production of "The Great Gatsby" in 2013, and starred as Wendy in the Portobello Panto's production of Peter Pan in December 2014. Matilda Sturridge Matilda Sturridge is an English actress. One of three siblings, she is the sister of actor Tom Sturridge, and only daughter of film director Charles Sturridge and actress Phoebe Nicholls. She attended Harrodian School in Barnes along with other actors such as Robert Pattinson and Jack Whitehall, and then got training in RADA. Sturridge appeared in "Agatha Christie's Poirot"

neg: Yale University as an institution that produces some of the most elite members of society and its grounds, alumni, and students have been prominently portrayed in fiction and U.S. popular culture. For example, Owen Johnson's novel, "Stover at Yale", follows the college career of Dink Stover, and Frank Merriwell, the model for all later juvenile sports fiction, plays football, baseball, crew, and track at Yale while solving mysteries and righting wrongs. Yale University also is mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby". The narrator, Nick Carraway, wrote a series of editorials for the "Yale News", and Tom Buchanan was "one

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) Mansion. Features evoking the Long Island mansions were added in post-production. The inspiration for the film version of the Buchanan estate came from Old Westbury Gardens. The mansion exterior was built on a soundstage, with digital enhancements added. The interior sets for the Buchanan mansion were inspired by the style of Hollywood Regency. The home of Nick Carraway was conceived as an intimate cottage, in contrast with the grandeur of the neighboring Gatsby mansion. Objects chosen adhered to a central theme of what the designers saw as classic Long Island. The architecture conjures American Arts and Crafts, with Gustav Stickley-type

neg: Jay Gatsby in New York, which was being transformed by the Jazz Age. It is speculated, but never confirmed, that Gatsby took advantage of Prohibition by making a fortune from bootlegging and built connections with various gangsters such as Meyer Wolfsheim (who Gatsby claims is "the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919"). With his vast income, Gatsby purchased a mansion in the fictional West Egg (a reference to Great Neck or perhaps Kings Point) of Long Island. West Egg lies on the opposite bay from old-money East Egg (a reference to Sands Point), where Daisy, Tom, and their three-year-old

neg: The Great Gatsby Daisy, not Gatsby himself, was driving the car at the time of the accident. Myrtle's husband, George Wilson, falsely concludes that the driver of the yellow car is the secret lover he suspects his wife had. George learns during his confrontation with Tom that the yellow car is Jay Gatsby's, fatally shoots Gatsby, and then turns the gun on himself. Nick organizes an uncomfortably small funeral for Gatsby which none of Gatsby's business associates, only one of his party-goers and his estranged father Henry Gatz, attend. Later, Nick runs into Tom in New York and finds out that Tom told

neg: Lothrop Stoddard supremacy. They include Japan's rise as a major power; a war between Japan and the US; a second war in Europe; the overthrowing of European colonial empires in Africa and Asia; the mass migration of non-white peoples to white countries; and the rise of extremist Islamism as a rival to Western civilization because of religious radicalism. (Stoddard was anti-Islamic and would publish the book "The New World of Islam" in 1921.) In "The Great Gatsby" (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is an allusion, by re-worded title, to "The Rising Tide of Color", wherein the Tom Buchanan character says: In

neg: G (2002 film) G (2002 film) G is a 2002 American drama film directed by Christopher Scott Cherot. It is loosely based on the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The title character, "G", played by Richard T. Jones, is a Hip-hop music mogul who is looking to win back the love of his life, Sky (based on the character Daisy Buchanan from the original novel). "G" made its worldwide premiere on May 10, 2002 at the Tribeca Film Festival in United States. It made its theatrical premiere on October 28, 2005 in the US, more than 3 years from its

neg: G (2002 film) initial premiere. Since then, it has been released on DVD in Spain, Iceland, and Hungary. G (2002 film) G is a 2002 American drama film directed by Christopher Scott Cherot. It is loosely based on the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The title character, "G", played by Richard T. Jones, is a Hip-hop music mogul who is looking to win back the love of his life, Sky (based on the character Daisy Buchanan from the original novel). "G" made its worldwide premiere on May 10, 2002 at the Tribeca Film Festival in United States. It made its

neg: The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy Eastern and Asian colonies independence. A noted eugenicist, Stoddard supports a separation of the "primary races" of the world and warns against miscegenation. The book is referenced in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" (1925), in which antagonist Tom Buchanan attempts to comment on Stoddard's predictions. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy The Rising Tide of Color: The Threat Against White World-Supremacy (1920), later republished in other titles, like The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy, is a book about geopolitics and racial theory by Lothrop Stoddard, in which the author predicts the collapse of white

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) accepting Tom's promise to take care of everything, but he does not tell Gatsby. Gatsby admits to Nick that he was born penniless; his real name is James Gatz, and he had asked Daisy to wait for him until he had made something of himself after the war; instead, she married Tom, “America’s Wealthiest Bachelor”, just seven months after the war ended. The next day, Gatsby hears the phone ringing and thinks it is Daisy. Before he can answer it, he is shot and killed by a vengeful George, who then commits suicide. Nick is the only person other than

neg: The Great Gatsby no face, but instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose." Although this passage has some resemblance to the painting, a closer explanation can be found in the description of Daisy Buchanan as the "girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs." Ernest Hemingway wrote in "A Moveable Feast" that when Fitzgerald lent him a copy of "The Great Gatsby" to read, he immediately disliked the cover, but "Scott told me not to be put off by it, that it had to do with a billboard along a highway in

neg: Mia Farrow "Ivanov". She became the first American actress to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. During this time she appeared in several films, including the thriller "See No Evil" (1971), French director Claude Chabrol's "Docteur Popaul" (1972) and "The Great Gatsby" (1974), in which Farrow played Daisy Buchanan. She appeared in director Robert Altman's "A Wedding" (1978). In 1977, she played the title role in "The Haunting of Julia". Farrow appeared in several made-for-television films in the 1970s, which included portraying the title role in a musical version of "Peter Pan" (1976). In 1979, she appeared on Broadway opposite Anthony Perkins in

neg: Andrew Scott (actor) Dillon and Tom Burke in the Old Vic comedy about a three-way love affair, Noël Coward's "Design for Living". In 2011, he played the lead role of Julian in Ben Power's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's epic "Emperor and Galilean" at the National Theatre in London. He had a part in BBC2's original drama "The Hour" as Adam Le Ray, a failed, secretly gay, actor. In addition to his stage and TV work, Scott is also known for his voice acting in radio plays and audiobooks, such as the roles of Jay Gatsby in Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Stephen Dedalus

neg: Jay Gatsby the 2000 television adaptation. Mr. Burns is heavily based on Gatsby in "The Simpsons" episode "The Great Phatsby". Kirk Douglas starred as Gatsby in an adaptation broadcast on CBS' "Family Hour of Stars" on January 1, 1950. Andrew Scott played Gatsby in the 2012 two-part BBC Radio 4 "Classic Serial" production. Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby (originally named James "Jimmy" Gatz) is the title character of the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel "The Great Gatsby". The character, a millionaire and the owner of a luxurious mansion where extravagant parties are often hosted, is described by the novel's narrator, Nick Carraway, as

neg: Lois Wilson (actress) in several films at various studios, Wilson settled in at Paramount Pictures in 1919, where she remained until 1927. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922, and all told appeared in 150 movies. Her most recognized screen portrayals are Molly Wingate in "The Covered Wagon" (1923) and Daisy Buchanan in the silent film version of "The Great Gatsby" (1926). She acted opposite male stars such as Rudolph Valentino and John Gilbert. Wilson played both romantic leads and character parts. Despite making a successful transition to sound, Wilson was dissatisfied with the roles she received in the 1930s, and she

neg: Old Westbury Gardens of Oliver Barrett IV, played by Ryan O'Neal. Other movies filmed on the grounds include "North by Northwest", "The Age of Innocence", "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), "Wolf", "Hitch", "Cruel Intentions", "8MM", "Bernard and Doris", "American Gangster", and "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar". Scenes from the television series "Royal Pains", "Pushing Daisies" and "Gossip Girl" also used the location in filming. It served as the inspiration for the Buchanan Estate featured in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film adaption of "The Great Gatsby" by his wife and production designer Catherine Martin. Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury Gardens is the former

neg: Jay Gatsby Daisy, Gatsby and Tom. In a fit of anger, Gatsby insists that Daisy always loved him, not Tom, and that she only married Tom for his money. Daisy admits she loved both Tom and Gatsby. The party then breaks up, with Daisy driving Gatsby out of New York City in the yellow Rolls-Royce and Tom leaving with Daisy's friend Jordan Baker and Nick in Tom's car. From her upstairs room at the gas station, Myrtle sees an approaching car. Mistakenly believing Tom has returned for her, she runs out towards the car, but is struck and killed instantly. Panicked, Daisy

neg: Daisy Buchanan had left: “Wild rumors were circulating about her…After that she didn’t play around with the soldiers any more but only with a few flat-footed, short sighted young men in town who couldn’t get into the army at all.” Then there came the time for Daisy to marry Tom, but she wanted to “change’ her mind!” for she knew that she loved Gatsby still, but decided not to do anything about her conflicted heart. Daisy has become associated with wealth, victims of marital affairs, and glamour. Since the Baz Luhrmann live action film was released, featuring Daisy with a bob cut,

neg: The Great Gatsby (2013 film) reporters to attend Gatsby's funeral, as Daisy and Tom are leaving New York. The media paints Gatsby as Myrtle's lover and killer. Disgusted with both the city and its inhabitants, Nick leaves after taking a final walk through Gatsby's deserted mansion and reflecting on Gatsby's ability to hope. In the sanatorium, Nick finishes typing his memoir, titling it "The Great Gatsby". Prior to this version, there had already been an opera and numerous other dramatic adaptations of F. Scott Fitzgerald's acclaimed 1925 novel of the same name. In December 2008, "Variety" reported that this film adaptation was to be made

neg: Ain't We Got Fun Van and Schenck increased its popularity, and grew into a popular standard. The song appears in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel "The Great Gatsby", when Daisy Buchanan and Gatsby meet again after many years, and the latter insists Klipspringer, his apparently permanent "guest," to play it for them. It also appears in Dorothy Parker's 1929 short story, "Big Blonde." Warner Brothers used the song in two musicals during the early 1950s: The Gus Kahn biopic "I'll See You in My Dreams" and "The Eddie Cantor Story". Woody Allen used the song in his 1983 film "Zelig". Ain't We Got Fun

neg: The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film hip-hop elements, and 1920s-style dance music as well as the use of a ukulele. "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" is a swing, hip-hop, and dubstep song which references the novel's viewing parties held by Gatsby. "Young and Beautiful" was written by Del Rey and Rick Nowels. Musically, it is a lush ballad which contains Del Rey's sweeping vocals accompanied by dreamy strings and canned percussion. Lyrically, the song is written from the perspective of Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby's lover, and it talks about being young forever, going to parties, nostalgia, and vulnerability as shown in the lyrics

neg: Daisy Buchanan he realizes too late that he has set his sights on the wrong goal.” Daisy is “a woman who gives birth to a child, cheats on her husband, kills another person, and allows Gatsby to take the blame for her mistake.” This says much about Daisy’s character, because Daisy seems to think that she can do what she wants without needing to worry about the consequences of her actions, nor how they affect other people. Beginning when Gatsby left the first time for the army, for she could never seem to find someone to fill the hole that which Gatsby

neg: High School English to read American novels to the audience. On Long Island during the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway (Stewie) rents a small summer house. He soon encounters a party at a mansion that belongs to Jay Gatsby (Brian). Gatsby meets Nick and they go down to the dock where he says that he is in love with a girl named Daisy Buchanan (Lois). Nick states that Daisy is his cousin and sets up a meeting between him and Gatsby in his house. Gatsby arrives and takes Daisy to his mansion and impresses her with his stuff. Soon, Gatsby is invited by

neg: Jay Gatsby daughter Pammy live. At his West Egg mansion, Gatsby hosts elaborate parties every weekend, open to all comers, in an attempt to attract Daisy as a party guest. Through Daisy's cousin Nick Carraway, Gatsby finally has a chance to reunite with her. Gatsby does not reveal to Daisy or to Nick the truth of how he came to acquire his wealth. During several meetings, Gatsby tries to revive his relationship with Daisy to what had been five years ago. He seeks to woo her with his wealth and asks her to leave her boorish, faithless husband. At the Buchanan home,

neg: Edith Cummings next year. This time, she won, earning her the cover photo on "Time" magazine, in addition to profiles in "Vogue", "Ladies' Home Journal", and many newspapers. She also won the Women's Western Amateur in 1924 Her literary fame, however, would endure because in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby", the character of Jordan Baker was modeled directly after Cummings, just as the character Daisy Buchanan was modeled after Cummings' friend King. Buchanan and Baker were socialites and friends. Baker "wore all her dresses like sports clothes -- there was a jauntiness about her movements as if she had

neg: Kings Point, New York Great Neck Estates, which is probably Great Neck's greatest claim to fame. It was a modest house, not dissimilar to that of Nick, the protagonist of his novel, "The Great Gatsby". It is said that Fitzgerald modeled West Egg, the fictional town in which Nick lived, next to the mansion of Jay Gatsby, after Great Neck (specifically Kings Point), for its epitome of "nouveau riche" gaudiness, atmosphere, and lifestyle. He modeled East Egg, the town where Daisy and Tom lived, after Great Neck's eastern neighbor Sands Point, which is part of Port Washington. Kings Point, New York Named for John

neg: The Great Gatsby everything he wanted, even as she led him toward everything he despised. In her book "Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby" (2013), Sarah Churchwell speculates that parts of the ending of "The Great Gatsby" were based on the Hall-Mills Case. Based on her forensic search for clues, she asserts that the two victims in the Hall-Mills murder case inspired the characters who were murdered in "The Great Gatsby". In the summer of 1922, Nick Caraway, a Yale graduate and veteran of the Great War from the Midwest—who serves as the novel's narrator—takes a job in

neg: Marc Vann in his early career at Wisdom Bridge Theatre and Center Theatre. Marc added immeasurably to the success of the Wisdom Bridge Theatre production of "The Great Gatsby" production of Wisdom Bridge that also starred the actor Harry Lennix who was race/color blind cast as Gatsby. On February 28, 2008, Vann pulled off a special feat, guest starring back to back in new episodes of two different series, both on ABC. First, he played a ship's doctor on the cult phenom "Lost", and then played an automotive worker who was bribed into moving to Hawaii and not testifying in a trial

neg: Robbie Buchanan Robbie Buchanan Robbie Buchanan (born 1957) is a Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Buchanan, who hails from Vancouver, began playing the piano at age six. He acquired his first paying gig as a pianist at age twelve playing six nights a week in Dawson City, Yukon. While still a teenager, Buchanan joined a band called Soul Unlimited, at the suggestion of friend Tom Baird. In the years that followed, Buchanan eventually moved to Los Angeles, California to write music with Carl Graves. In 1978, Buchanan played a piano player in the Bette Midler film, "The Rose". Buchanan would also

neg: Daisy Buchanan of the most discussed and polarizing female characters in American literature." An afterward in the 1992 edition of the novel by publisher Charles Scribner III claimed that Fitzgerald blamed the initial commercial failure of "The Great Gatsby" on it containing "no important woman character and women control the fiction market at present.” The line was inferred that Fitzgerald did not believe it contained any sympathetic female characters. Daisy has become a role model for young women who aspire to attain wealth, be considered physically attractive and fashionable and portray appealing personal qualities. This desire has been critiqued due to the

neg: The Great Gatsby party and they meet Gatsby himself, an aloof and surprisingly young man who recognizes Nick because they were in the same division in the Great War. Through Jordan, Nick later learns that Gatsby knew Daisy through a purely chance meeting in 1917 when Daisy and her friends were doing volunteer service work with young officers headed to Europe. From their brief meetings and casual encounters at that time, Gatsby became (and still is) deeply in love with Daisy. Gatsby had hoped that his wild parties would attract an unsuspecting Daisy, who lived across the bay, to appear at his doorstep

neg: The Great Gatsby (1949 film) with her friend, Jordan Baker, and Nick in the city. Daisy drives off with Gatsby, taking the wheel of the car, and hits Myrtle in the street, killing her. Wilson believes at first that his wife was deliberately killed by Tom, but Gatsby takes the blame for the accident. He is shot by Wilson while in the pool of his mansion, and only Jordan and Nick attend his funeral. This was the second film adaptation of the novel, after the now-lost 1926 silent version. Producer Richard Maibaum had worked with Alan Ladd on "O.S.S." and the two men became friends.

neg: Jay Gatsby drives away from the scene of the accident. At Daisy's house in East Egg, Gatsby promises Daisy he would take the blame if they are ever caught. Tom tells George that it was Gatsby's car that killed Myrtle. George goes to Gatsby's house in West Egg, where he shoots and kills Gatsby before committing suicide. Gatsby is later found dead, floating in his pool. Despite the many guests who attended Gatsby's parties, only one (an individual known as "Owl Eyes") attends his funeral. Also at the funeral are Nick Carraway and Gatsby's father, Henry C. Gatz, who states that he

neg: The Great Gatsby Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama. There he met and fell in love with a wild 17-year-old beauty named Zelda Sayre. Zelda finally agreed to marry him, but her preference for wealth, fun, and leisure led her to delay their wedding until he could prove a success. Like Nick in "The Great Gatsby", Fitzgerald found this new lifestyle seductive and exciting, and, like Gatsby, he had always idolized the very rich. In many ways, "The Great Gatsby" represents Fitzgerald's attempt to confront his conflicted feelings about the Jazz Age. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald was driven by his love for a woman who symbolized

neg: The Great Gatsby still returns to Tom. Sarah Churchwell sees "The Great Gatsby" as a "cautionary tale of the decadent downside of the American dream." The story deals with the limits and realities of America's ideals of social and class mobility, and the inevitably hopeless lower class aspirations to rise above the station(s) of their birth. The book in stark relief through the narrator, Nick Carraway, observes that: "... a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth." Using elements of irony and tragic ending, it also delves into themes of excesses of the rich and recklessness of youth. Journalist

neg: Daisy Buchanan would be alive at the end of it." Bloom then dedicated the subsequent list of her top ten detestable literary characters to Daisy. Despite the criticism, some commentators have sympathized with the character. Katie Baker of "The Daily Beast" concluded that though Daisy lives and Gatsby dies, "in the end both Gatsby and Daisy have lost their youthful dreams, that sense of eternal possibility that made the summertimes sweet. And love her or hate her, there’s something to pity in that irrevocable fact." Dave McGinn listed the character as one who needed their side of the story in their novel

neg: Pat Buchanan (musician) George" in 2005. Buchanan recorded and toured with his band the Idle Jets, with Tom Bukovac and Greg Morrow Buchanan played in the band Swan Dive with Bill DeMain. Buchanan won the Academy of Country Music award for Guitarist of the Year in 2005. Pat Buchanan (musician) Patrick "Pat" Jay Buchanan is an American guitarist, known for his work with the band Cameo and as a Nashville-based session musician. Buchanan grew up in Jacksonville, Lake City, and Tallahassee, Florida. His father played bass in jazz bands and his mother is a singer. Buchanan started played guitar while in second or

neg: High School English Daisy's husband Tom (Peter) to his and Daisy's home for dinner, with Tom's friend Jordan Baker (Meg) and Nick also in attendance. Nick narrates that the part about him going out with Jordan which will be left out of this version. Tom insults Gatsby and soon they all go on a drive across the city. Tom stops at a gas station run by George (Joe) where he quickly sleeps with George's wife Myrtle (Bonnie Swanson). At a motel, Tom tries to one-up Gatsby, but Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy loves her and not him. Soon after, Daisy decides to leave

neg: The Great Gatsby (1974 film) The Great Gatsby (1974 film) The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola. The film stars Robert Redford in the title role of Jay Gatsby, along with Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson and Lois Chiles, with Howard Da Silva (who previously appeared in the 1949 version), Roberts Blossom and Edward Herrmann. The music content on the home entertainment and TV versions differ from the

neg: Jeff Buchanan Jeff Buchanan Jeffrey J. Buchanan (born May 23, 1971) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche. Buchanan was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Undrafted, Buchanan played with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League. After his overage year with the Blades in 1992, Jeff signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning on July 13, 1992. Jeff was then assigned to the Lightning's affiliate the Atlanta Knights of the IHL. Buchanan spent the next two seasons with the Knights before he was traded by the Lightning, along with Jim Cummins and Tom

neg: USS Buchanan (DD-484) USS Buchanan (DD-484) USS "Buchanan" (DD-484), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Franklin Buchanan, who was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. "Buchanan" (DD-484) was launched on 22 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss Hildreth Meiere, great-granddaughter of Admiral Buchanan. The ship commissioned on 21 March 1942, Lieutenant Commander R. E. Wilson in command. "Buchanan" got underway for the Pacific 28 May 1942. She played an effective role in

neg: Zelda Fitzgerald it was a suicide attempt. Scott returned to writing, finishing "The Great Gatsby" in October. They attempted to celebrate with travel to Rome and Capri, but both were unhappy and unhealthy. When he received the proofs from his novel he fretted over the title: "Trimalchio in West Egg", just "Trimalchio" or "Gatsby," "Gold-hatted Gatsby," or "The High-bouncing Lover". It was Zelda who preferred "The Great Gatsby." It was also on this trip, while ill with colitis, that Zelda began painting. In April 1925, back in Paris, Scott met Ernest Hemingway, whose career he did much to promote. Hemingway and Scott

neg: The Great Gatsby of the Gatsby idea." After the birth of their only child, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, the Fitzgeralds moved to Great Neck, New York, on Long Island, in October 1922. The town was used as the scene of "The Great Gatsby". Fitzgerald's neighbors in Great Neck included such prominent and newly wealthy New Yorkers as writer Ring Lardner, actor Lew Fields, and comedian Ed Wynn. These figures were all considered to be "new money," unlike those who came from Manhasset Neck or Cow Neck Peninsula—places that were home to many of New York's wealthiest established families, and which sat across the

neg: The Producers (Smash) "Bombshell" cast working hard on promotion since ticket sales are not where they want them to be. Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) does a promotional bit with Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford (playing herself), where she and the "Bombshell" ensemble, with a little assist from Gifford, perform "The 20th Century Fox Mambo" for several musical theater children. Ivy blows off Derek Wills (Jack Davenport), citing her workload. Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) finds out from Eileen that his writing partner Julia Houston (Debra Messing) is planning to do an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" without him. He wants to do "Gatsby"

neg: Jay Gatsby the heart and soul of "The Great Gatsby". It's the classic story of the fresh start, the second chance." "Jay Gatsby... appears to be the quintessential American male hero. He is a powerful businessman with shady connections, drives a glamorous car... and pursues the beautiful, privileged Daisy," Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson write. In the "Handbook of American Folklore", Richard Dorson sees Gatsby as a new American archetype who made a decision to transform himself after his first chance encounter with his mentor Dan Cody, who opens the door to riches in bootlegging. "The ragged youth who some months later

neg: The Great Gatsby (opera) The Great Gatsby (opera) The Great Gatsby is an opera in two acts written by American composer John Harbison. The libretto, also by Harbison, was adapted from the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Additional popular song lyrics were by Murray Horwitz. The opera was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in honor of music director James Levine's 25th anniversary with the company. "The Great Gatsby" had its premiere performance on December 20, 1999. Conducted by Levine, the cast included Jerry Hadley, Dawn Upshaw and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. The stage production was by Mark Lamos. The opera has been

neg: The Great Gatsby the e-book alone sold 185,000 copies. Scribner's copyright is scheduled to expire in 2020, according to Maureen Corrigan's book about the making of the novel, "So We Read On". "The Great Gatsby" has resulted in a number of film and television adaptations: The New York Metropolitan Opera commissioned John Harbison to compose an operatic treatment of the novel to commemorate the 25th anniversary of James Levine's debut. The work, called "The Great Gatsby", premiered on December 20, 1999. The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of

neg: Nick Carraway help in winning her over. Nick invites Daisy over to his house without telling her that Gatsby will be there. When Gatsby and Daisy resume their love affair, Nick serves as their confidant. Nick later discovers that Daisy struck and killed George's wife (and Tom's lover), Myrtle Wilson, in Gatsby's car. Tom then tells George that Gatsby had been driving the car. George then kills Gatsby and then himself. Nick holds a funeral for Gatsby and decides to leave West Egg and return to his native Midwest, reflecting that the era of dreaming that Gatsby represented is over. Nick Carraway

neg: The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (also known as Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby) is the soundtrack album to the 2013 film "The Great Gatsby", an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name. Interscope Records released it on May 6, 2013. The album was produced by Baz Luhrmann and Anton Monsted, with Jay-Z serving as the album's executive producer. The soundtrack comprises fourteen songs, including new material and cover versions performed by various artists. It contains a mixture of genre, including hip hop, jazz,

neg: The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film gave the album a similarly negative review, heavily criticizing the production by Jay-Z and referring to the album as "a commercial shotgun marriage that threatens to go awry, damaging the credibility of both the movie and the brands".<nowiki> He did praise the track "Young and Beautiful" and said, "If it were all this good, '</nowiki>"Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film: 'The Great Gatsby"<nowiki>' would be 4-stars. In the event, it's barely 1-star."</nowiki> Credits for "Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby" adapted from Allmusic. The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film

neg: The Great Gatsby pursued by Gatsby "is, in reality, a nightmare," bringing nothing but discontent and disillusionment to those who chase it as they realize that it is unsustainable and ultimately unattainable. In addition to exploring the trials and tribulations of achieving the great American dream during the Jazz Age, "The Great Gatsby" explores societal gender expectations as a theme, exemplifying in Daisy Buchanan's character the marginalization of women in the East Egg social class that Fitzgerald depicts. As an upper-class white woman living in East Egg during this time period, Daisy must adhere to certain societal expectations, including but certainly not limited

neg: The Great Gatsby Nick Gillespie sees "The Great Gatsby" as a story of the underlying permanence of class differences, even "in the face of a modern economy based not on status and inherited position but on innovation and an ability to meet ever-changing consumer needs." This interpretation asserts that "The Great Gatsby" captures the American experience because it is a story about change and those who resist it, whether the change comes in the form of a new wave of immigrants (Southern Europeans in the early 20th century, Latin Americans today), the nouveau riche, or successful minorities. Americans from the 1920s to the

neg: The Great Gatsby Edmund Wilson, who was Fitzgerald's friend. In 1951, Arthur Mizener published "The Far Side of Paradise", a biography of Fitzgerald. He emphasized "The Great Gatsby"s positive reception by literary critics, which may have influenced public opinion and renewed interest in it. By 1960, the book was steadily selling 50,000 copies per year, and renewed interest led "The New York Times" editorialist Arthur Mizener to proclaim the novel "a classic of twentieth-century American fiction." "The Great Gatsby" has sold over 25 million copies worldwide as of 2013, annually sells an additional 500,000 copies, and is Scribner's most popular title; in 2013,

neg: Nick Carraway and she and Nick have a brief romance. Another neighbor, Jay Gatsby, invites Nick to one of his legendary parties. Nick is immediately intrigued by the mysterious socialite, especially when Gatsby introduces him to the gangster Meyer Wolfsheim, who is rumored to have helped Gatsby make his fortune in the bootlegging business. Nick and Gatsby served together during the Great War. Gatsby takes a liking to Nick, and confesses to him that he has been in love with Daisy since before the war and that his extravagant lifestyle is just an attempt to impress her. He asks Nick for his

neg: Mira Sorvino starred as Daisy Buchanan in the 2000 television film "The Great Gatsby. In 2002, Sorvino appeared as the lead in "The Triumph of Love", an adaptation of the 1732 Marivaux play. In 2006, she received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the Lifetime film "Human Trafficking". The following year, she had a supporting role in the drama "Reservation Road" (2007), with Mark Ruffalo. In February 2008, she guest-starred in the "Frozen" episode of the medical television drama "House". Making her character, psychiatrist Cate Milton, a recurring character, was mentioned, but the

neg: Carey Mulligan began filming Steve McQueen's sex-addiction drama "Shame" alongside Michael Fassbender in New York in January 2011. "Drive" debuted at 2011 Cannes Film Festival and "Shame" debuted at 2011 Venice Film Festival, both to good reviews. Of her performance in "Shame", "Rolling Stone" film critic Peter Travers wrote, "Mulligan is in every way sensational." She starred as Daisy Buchanan, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, in "The Great Gatsby", which was released in May 2013. Mulligan auditioned for the role of Daisy in late 2010. While attending a "Vogue" fashion dinner in New York City in November, Baz Luhrmann’s wife, Catherine Martin, told her

neg: A Lost Lady an inspiration for his Daisy Buchanan character in "The Great Gatsby". The first film version of the novel was created in 1924, adapted by Dorothy Farnum. Directed by Harry Beaumont, it starred Irene Rich, Matt Moore, June Marlowe, and John Roche. It would also be adapted very loosely into a film of the same name in 1934 by Gene Markey, and starred Barbara Stanwyck as Marian Forrester. The film did not live up to the novel's reputation and is generally regarded as mediocre. A Lost Lady Willa Cather's A Lost Lady was first published in 1923. It tells the story

neg: Witchy Woman be a mix of Zelda Fitzgerald "along with amorphous images of girls [he] had met at the Whisky and the Troubadour". Zelda, the muse behind her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald, was known as a wild, bewitching and mesmerizing "Flapper" of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties, and is sometimes thought to be the model for the character of Daisy Buchanan in his novel, "The Great Gatsby". In "Witchy Woman", the line "She drove herself to madness with the silver spoon" may be a reference to Zelda's time in a mental institution and the special slotted silver spoon used to

neg: Zelda Fitzgerald Woman", the song of seductive enchantresses written by Don Henley and Bernie Leadon for the Eagles, after Henley read Zelda's biography; of the muse, the partial genius behind her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald, the wild, bewitching, mesmerizing, quintessential "flapper" of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties, embodied in "The Great Gatsby" as the uninhibited and reckless personality of Daisy Buchanan. Zelda's behavior in the lyrics of "Witchy Woman" refer to her partying excesses that were detrimental to her psyche: "She drove herself to madness with the silver spoon," is a reference to Zelda's time in a mental institution and

neg: Zelda Fitzgerald then shared it with George Jean Nathan. There was allegedly discussion between the men of publishing it under the name of "The Diary of a Popular Girl". Zelda's letters stand out for their "spontaneous turn of phrase and lyrical style" and tendency to use dashes, visually similar to the poems by Emily Dickinson, and experimental grammar. According to Nancy Milford, Scott and Zelda's first encounter was at a country club dance in Montgomery, which Scott fictionalised in his novel, "The Great Gatsby", when he describes Jay Gatsby's first encounter with Daisy Buchanan, although he transposed the location in the novel