The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (2000)

He risked it all to give first love a second chance.

Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married cousin Daisy Buchanan and her former love, nouveau riche Jay Gatsby.

Date of release
2000-03-29
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Director
Robert Markowitz

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 2000 historical romantic drama television film based on the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was directed by Robert Markowitz, written by John J. McLaughlin, and stars Toby Stephens in the title role of Jay Gatsby, Mira Sorvino as Daisy Buchanan, Paul Rudd as Nick Carraway, Martin Donovan as Tom Buchanan, Francie Swift as Jordan Baker, Heather Goldenhersh as Myrtle Wilson, and Matt Malloy as Klipspringer. The film aired in the United Kingdom on BBC on March 29, 2000, and in the United States on A&E on January 14, 2001.

Production

Initially planned to be shot in Ottawa, the production ended up shooting in Montreal, Quebec, as Ottawa was not equipped to handle the production on short notice. The television film was shot in less than thirty days in September 1999 with a budget of $5 million. The film was made in collaboration by the A&E Cable Network in the United States, and Granada Productions in Great Britain.

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