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New portraits of The Great Gatsby cast emerge
Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming take on the classic American novel “The Great Gatsby” is quite possibly one of the most anticipated films of 2013. The film features an impressive soundtrack with a number of big names including Lana Del Rey and Beyonce but most importantly The Great Gatsby has a great cast. As we count down to […] More
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Smash, Ep.2.12: “Opening Night” A Night That Fizzles Out
When the term “opening night” is used in reference to a Broadway show or any type of theatre for that matter, it can evoke a nervous, edge of your seat feeling. Will the actors remember all their lines and cues? How will the press react? What will the audience think? Is it going to spark sold-out performances for the rest of its run? So when an episode of Smash titles itself “Opening Night” one can only hope it will be suspenseful and fill us (that tiny Smash audience that’s hanging on by the thinest piece of thread) with anxiety. But “Opening Night” completely fizzles out and lamely rests on plot lines Smash continues to rehash. More
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‘The Great Gatsby’ soundtrack releases a new song, this one by Florence + The Machine
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a classic of American literature, and has seen numerous direct film adaptations, going all the way back to 1926. The latest filmmaker to take a crack at the material is Baz Luhrmann, perhaps most well known for his 2001 hit Moulin Rouge!. Luhrmann has assembled an impressive array […] More
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Three New Trailers for ‘The Great Gatsby,’ powered by the soundtrack
What would a Baz Luhrmann film be without the original music crafted for his films? While we’ve seen quite a bit of footage for his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, the latest trailer from Interscope Geffen A&M Records shines the spotlight on Fergie’s jazzy and electronic contribution to the […] More
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‘The Great Gatsby’, Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the classic novel, gets a new trailer
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been widely acclaimed as one of the quintessential classic novels of American literature. As such, there have been numerous movie adaptations, the latest of which came in 1974, with a cast that featured Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Director Baz Luhrmann, however, chose to tackle a new adaptation […] More
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The Great Gatsby Image Gallery
[quote by=”Synopsis”]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, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and […] More
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Ten Filmmakers Who Should Have Directed The Great Gatsby
Though time will only tell if Baz Luhrmann is the right filmmaker to tackle The Great Gatsby, I remain a skeptic. The material may suggest a certain grandiosity that Luhrmann has proved to be able to bring to life but the story remains fundamentally simple and down to earth. The novel is highly critical of […] More
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Video Of The Day: The Films of Baz Luhrmann
Kees van Dijkhuisen is back with his “Directors Montage Series” and this time he has taken on the work of Baz Luhrmann. This is the fifth of a year long-twelve-part homage series which has already featured the work of Sofia Coppola, Danny Boyle, David Fincher and Wes Anderson. All four of Luhrmann’s features are used […] More
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Carey Mulligan cast as Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
I, like many, have been following this story with a great deal of what can only be called intensity, so I am pleased to post that the role of Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann’s remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will be played by Carey Mulligan. Luhrmann broke the news to Deadline saying, […] More
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Lurhmann looking to cast Daisy in The Great Gatsby
Deadline is reporting on the increasing likelihood that The Great Gatsby, based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, will be Baz Luhrman’s next film. According to reports, Luhrmann did a workshop of the screenplay with Leonardo DiCaprio reading Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire reading Nick Carraway and Rebecca Hall (The Town) reading Daisy Buchanan. Apparently Luhrmann […] More
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Baz Luhrmann taking on Gatsby?
There’s been talk of Baz Luhrmann looking to create a new version of The Great Gatsby for some time, but up until now there have been few signs of progress. Last week (I have no idea how I missed this) a few new developments came out of the woodwork. First, a casting rumor tweeted by […] More
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Naked Lunch Radio #74 – Baz Luhrmann special
listen now Download show Rumours spead that the the new film by Baz Lurhmann, Australia, may be a box office disaster with squabbles over the length of the movie and even its ending. That is until Oprah went on her show raving about how it was the best film she had seen in years. Studio […] More