There are many different adaptions of The Great Gatsby, ranging from Broadway to movie screen. There was an opera adaption premiered in 1999, and a rumored Bollywood version to be released in 2012. There was a silent movie filmed in 1926 (said to be a "lost" film), with 1949, and 1974 remakes of it.
The different versions and adaptions of this classic novel brings great imagination and original characteristics. Surely the Gatsby enthusiast could grow to appreciate the alternate versions, and other novels influenced by the write.
The 1974 film adaption is believed to be the most elegantly faithful of them all. The film won Oscars in 1975 for best costume design and best original musical score. It also had a noteworthy cast. However, critics of that year canned the movie. Many reviewers felt the movie lacked emotional depth and substance.
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What about the Mira Sirvino/Paul Rudd version? 66/75
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