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Review: The "Great" Gatsby

8:30 AM 5/10/2013 by Sara Vizcarrondo

Baz Lurmann’s Great Gatsby is garish and bright, chocked with the bling you hoped he’d throw around like it’s cheap—and it is. His high-budget/low-brow spectacles are perfect for reproducing the moral vacuum of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, and for all its anachronisms, Lurmann’s reproduction couldn’t be more loyal to the text:

Box Office Report: 'Great Gatsby' Scores Strong $3.3 Million in Thursday Night Runs

feedproxy.google.com – Females are flocking to see Baz Luhrmann's ebullient adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio. 7 years 36 weeks ago via jetli

New in Theaters: 'The Great Gatsby,' 'Peeples'

7:53 AM 5/10/2013 by Logan Falk

This week brings us an interesting bundle of new releases—one is a film adaptation of a classic novel about the excess and waste of the Jazz Age, while another is one in a seemingly endless stream of formulaic, generic comedies from Tyler Perry. It’ll be an interesting weekend, if nothing else.

'The Great Gatsby' Overperforms For $3.250 Late Shows Breaking Record For Female-Driven Films

deadline.com – My sources just said that Warner Bros‘ The Great Gatsby already is a record-breaker, doing more Thursday 10 PM /Friday midnight business from approximately 2,000 theaters than three other recent female-driven films. 7 years 36 weeks ago via jetli

Critics Consensus: The Great Gatsby is Style Over Substance

rottentomatoes.com – This week at the movies, we've got an enigmatic millionaire (The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan) and a tense family gathering (Peeples, starring Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington). What do the critics have to say? 7 years 36 weeks ago via jackiechan

Some Feelings on Luhrman and Gatsby

12:45 PM 4/21/2013 by Sara Vizcarrondo

May 3rd the director who “decoded” gaslight melodrama and Shakespeare with uber-modern over-the-top-ness, will perplex and delight with his revisionist play on Fitzgerald. I can’t wait. Ironically, it’s not a subject I love. I don’t have special affections for the book or for director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet), it’s just a perfect storm of form and function, old and new, and every body likes a perfect storm.

New 'Great Gatsby' Trailer Highlights Soundtrack, Spectacular Visuals

11:56 AM 4/4/2013 by Jeff Giles

When Baz Luhrmann announced his plans to mount a new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby -- which, you may recall, had already been turned into a pretty good movie once or twice -- and do it in 3D, no less, it was hard not to wonder what had possessed him.

New Trailer for THE GREAT GATSBY Highlights the Film's Eclectic Soundtrack

collider.com – Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for director Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. For those unfamiliar with F. Scott Fitzgerald's source material, the story centers on a would-be writer (Tobey Maguire) chasing the American dream who moves to New York City in the spring of 1922 and encounters a mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). 7 years 41 weeks ago via theothersenhman

Baz Luhrmann's 'Great Gatsby' Final Poster + New Trailer Tomorrow

feedproxy.google.com – Hot on the heels of those gorgeous, close-up, character posters for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, one final poster has arrived that brings them all together. Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Debicki are all here. In addition, it also seems to take a cue from the famous blue book cover from F. 7 years 41 weeks ago via jetli

Six New Posters for Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby'

comingsoon.net – Warner Bros. Pictures is releasing six new posters for director Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby which you can view below. Opening in 3D and 2D theaters on May 10, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and Amitabh Bachchan. 7 years 42 weeks ago via jackiechan

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"The Great Gatsby" follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious,...

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