“The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the
Midwest for New York City in the spring of 1922 to chase his own American
Dream.
In the spirit
of the unprecedented prosperity and material excess of the 1920’s, Nick, played
by actor Tobey Maguire, finds himself next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay
Gatsby who holds opulent parties.
Nick is drawn
into the world of the super-rich and ultimately writes about his experiences living
in their world with impossible love, illusions and high-octane tragedy.
Money,
opulence and extravagant living became a way of life in an era of decayed
social and moral values. Nick struggles
along with the disintegration of a period of loosening morals, bootleg kings
and glittering jazz.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby" |
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