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Release Date: 1974
Cast: Elliott Sullivan, Karen Black, Arthur Hughes, Beth Porter, Roberts Blossom, Sam Waterston, Edward Herrmann, Patsy Kensit, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lois Chiles, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson ...MORE
Cast: Elliott Sullivan, Karen Black, Arthur Hughes, Beth Porter, Roberts Blossom, Sam Waterston, Edward Herrmann, Patsy Kensit, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lois Chiles, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson, Howard Da Silva, Vincent Schiavelli, Paul Tamarin, Mia Farrow, Brooke Adams, Robert Redford ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Romance Film
The Great Gatsby is a 1974 romantic drama film distributed by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick, from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same title.
The film stars Robert Redford in the title role of Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson and Lois Chiles with Howard Da Silva, Roberts Blossom, and Edward Herrmann.
Tom Ewell had a minor role as a mourner but it was ultimately edited out of the cinematic release.
The film is the third... MORE
The Great Gatsby is a 1974 romantic drama film distributed by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick, from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same title.
The film stars Robert Redford in the title role of Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson and Lois Chiles with Howard Da Silva, Roberts Blossom, and Edward Herrmann.
Tom Ewell had a minor role as a mourner but it was ultimately edited out of the cinematic release.
The film is the third filmed version of the novel. The previous two, also made by Paramount, were:
The rights to the novel were purchased in 1971 by Robert Evans so that his wife Ali MacGraw could play Daisy. After MacGraw left Evans for Steve McQueen, he considered other actresses for the role, including Faye Dunaway, Candice Bergen, Natalie Wood, Katharine Ross, Lois Chiles, Cybill Shepherd and Mia Farrow. Eventually Farrow was cast as Daisy and Chiles got the role of Jordan. Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Steve McQueen were considered for the role of Gatsby but they were rejected or declined the offer. Beatty LESS
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