Everything we’ve seen from Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby suggests we’re in for a real treat this month.
After pushing the film from an awards slot release date last year to its current summer blockbuster position this month, Warner Bros. have been doing a brilliant job of making good on the promise of a spectacle fit for the summer season. And following on from all we’ve seen comes the latest TV spot, featuring a snippet of Jay-Z’s 100$ Bill, written specifically for the movie.
From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, in a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.
“The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway 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, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan star in the leading trio. And starring alongside them is a brilliant ensemble, led by Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, and Amitabh Bachchan.
Luhrmann is once more directing from a script he co-wrote with frequent past collaborator Craig Pearce (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet), adapting the original novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. And Jay-Z himself serves as executive producer on the film and its soundtrack, helping to assemble the stunning line-up of songs for the movie.
The Great Gatsby will be released in 3D next Friday, May 10th, in the US, with its UK release date set for the following week on 16th May, a day after opening the Cannes Film Festival. For now, here’s the latest TV spot to help set the tone.
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