This version is definitive. Everyone in it is perfectly cast.

The Daisy/Jay tragedy reminds me of Princess Margaret and Group Captain Townsend's romance- she wouldn't/couldn't give up the money and social privilege she would have lost had she married him. Daisy is the same. One hopes both Daisy and Margaret would have been happier with their true loves, but the reality of a middle class marriage and loss of social position may have soured things- "When bills come in the door, love flutters out the window".

Sam Waterston grew up the same way, that's why he is perfect as Narrator Nick.

An absolute dream

Absolutely!

Farrow and Redford certainly lacked chemistry. Mia's Daisy seemed quite aloof and scatterbrained.

This may be a bit left field but… Faye Dunaway?

@@douglasmilton2805 I was thinking Faye Dunaway as I was scrolling the comments. Certainly not Ali Macgraw.

I like this one better also somehow the new versions do not appeal to me.

Me too

Because no Mia no Robert

When I was young boy Redford seemed to me like a real man. Handsome, strong and well spoken. DiCaprio seems just a boy.

​@@map3384 It's funny you say that DiCaprio is a boy. Robert Redford was 38 and DiCaprio was 40 when they played Gatsby. In fact DiCaprio was born the same year Redford's Gatsby was made, 1974.

agree about the cast. i also believe Redford was not well directed either, he just didn't convey well Gatsby's own frivolous side and his unabiding optimism, he seems a bit too serious and kind of melancholic. but the movie could have said more and maybe should have stayed closer to the book. for instance, the west/east conflict is not highlighted and it was important to the story. also, Nick was less sympathetic to the characters, even to Gatsby himself, and his scorn doesn't surface much in the movie.

I think Warren Beatty would've been better.

It's true you're a generation of idiots. I'm not the one who say it. It's A. Einstein.

@@namyarasree found the salty boomer

@@namyarasree fuck you, Buz Luhrman or whatever the fuck his name is made a better movie than this piece of shit.

@@StudioSerious1 That's YOUR opinion. I prefer the original than a stupid copy, and it's MY right. Besides, that copy was not very successful. You don't need to be vulgar for that. But I guess that's the way you usually talk, generation of idiots.! So long.!

@@StudioSerious1 I bet you don't even know who was F. Ford Coppola. I'm sure you haven't even red the book of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Your generation is just able to copy movies and songs from my generation, and criticize. You're poor. You are unable to create or compose anything by yourself. YOU are a piece of shit.

The 1974 version I hope. One of my favorite movies too. Mia Farrow is beautiful and a great actress. Robert Redford is handsome and famous....!!!! Lois Chiles is a beautiful Jordan.

i'm not mad at it. Been slowing becoming a favorite over several years.

@@namyarasree Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker should really have got together. Sam Waterson and Lois Chiles, so much more interesting than Robert Redford and the drippy Mia Farrow.

@@douglasmilton2805 First that's YOUR opinion. Second, the movie was from the novel of Scott Fitzgerald, who talked about "The great Gatsby". Besides, "drippy" Mia Farrow plays perfectly the role of Daisy and was one of the most famous actress of that period. And obviously, you NEVER read..!!!

@@namyarasree Yes actually, it IS my opinion. To which I'm entitled. And I'm afraid the idea of someone being so utterly obsessed with Mia Farrow (as Daisy) to the extent that he builds up a vast criminal empire and unbelievable wealth on the off-chance that she might just notice and be impressed...well even in the novel, which by the way I have not only read countless times but have known almost by heart since I was a teenager, it was always a rather silly idea. Fitzgerald carries it off by the sheer power of his writing. But anyway, why are we arguing over the choice of an actress? You thought she was right for the part, I didn't, these things are all subjective...so there we go. What matters is that we obviously both love the book. So let's just remember those marvellous last words: 'Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And then one fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past'.

with the great Robert

🤣🤣 thank you. Exactly!

Tom Buchanan was a white supremacist. The more things change, the more they stay the same....

@@AlekSandra665 You have to remember the 1920s in America. KKK was at the height of its power. Even Woodrow Wilson was a member. Think of the influence MAGA has now. That was the KKK.

Katie Perry She behaves that way because of her crappy marriage and the fact that she had lost the love of her life due to societal conventions. She’s sad and heartbroken, but she tries to put on.

@@twaz5786 Who hasn't ever been heartbroken! She doesn't have to be such a lazy, boring, pathetic, whiny drip! And don't even go there with spoilt!! She could have eloped with Gatsby in the begining, but she didn't because he was poor!! Have no sympathy for her!

@@twaz5786 you could tell she didnt want tom

Daisy lacks depth and it’s the reason she got talked into marrying Tom. A woman of depth would have done some deep soul searching for someone so much more.

@@katieperry3998 I feel Daisy is anything but boring. She’s a bit too dramatic and whimsical to be cast as boring.

Sam van Haarlem I strange how similar the scripts are, usually when you remake a movie it’s because the previous ones were terrible and you saw an opportunity but since the Great Gatsby has a very specific language it’s hard to made alterations.

@@MoreUngaMoreBunga I think PSYCHO and its remake was shot for shot and word for word.

nature ato shame on you. The book is beautiful and it’s an amazing story. The movie doesn’t completely capture it.

@@abbypetit2167 shut up you fucking nerd

@Cheeky Bum you’re the uncultured swine here. The book is a masterpiece and is quite a beautiful story. Using film as an excuse isn’t exactly the best option. Also, while your name appears to match your personality, Cheeky isn’t the exact word I’d use.

Aubreanna-Rose Petit you dense fuck

@@cheekybum1513 Be silent, you fucking worthless worm