The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, by the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published in 1925. The story takes place in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. It has often been described as the epitome of the "Jazz Age" in American literature.

Film

The Great Gatsby has been filmed four times:

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• In 1926 by Herbert Brenon – A silent movie of which, according to the IMDb, no copies have survived (only a trailer with a few minutes of footage remains);
• In 1949 by Elliott Nugent – Starring Alan Ladd;
• In 1974 by Jack Clayton – Often considered the definitive screen version, starring Robert Redford in the title role and Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan, with a script by Francis Ford Coppola;
• In 2001 by Robert Markowitz – A made-for-TV movie starring Toby Stephens and Mira Sorvino.