Baz Lurhman, the man who brought us Moulin Rouge, is bringing us his unique vision of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. It’s a favorite book of mine, and, to tell the truth, I’m quite a fan of the adaptation from the 70s with Sam Waterston, Robert Redford, and Mia Farrow that was adapted by Francis Ford Coppola. It’s a great film.
This trailer looks as though Lurhman’s version is spectacularly cast with Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, with Carey Mulligan (from Doctor Who and Drive!) and Joel Edgarton (Attack of the Clones!) filling out the other roles. It looks a bit…bigger and more hyperbolic than I imagined as I read the book, but I suppose that was to be expected with Baz Lurhman.
The thing I’m worried about the most watching the trailer is the music, though. The Roaring Twenties had plenty of fantastic music and the music in this trailer didn’t match the story in any way.
I can only hope the film itself doesn’t make the same mistake.
We’ll see when this version hits screens on Christmas, 2012.
(If you want to see the trailer in glorious Quicktime, here’s the link.)