Réalisation:
Robert MarkowitzPhotographie:
Guy DufauxMusique:
Carl DavisActeurs·trices:
Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Matt Malloy, Jerry Grayson, Claudia Besso, Heather Goldenhersh, Tim Rozon (plus)Résumés(1)
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale of the Jazz Age begins in the summer of 1922, when honest, mild-mannered Nick Carraway moves from Chicago to Long Island to learn the bond trade. Nick lives in a bungalow in West Egg, the Nouveau Riche area where the wealthy, mysterious, party-loving Jay Gatsby lives in his sprawling mansion. Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her brutish husband, Tom, live in the more coveted East Egg, where Daisy's fun-loving girlhood friend Jordan is staying with them. While Tom has a married girlfriend on the side, it is also soon revealed that Daisy has a past with the infamous Gatsby, whose love she once rejected because of his formerly low status. Nick reluctantly agrees to reunite Daisy and Gatsby but, before he knows it, he finds himself drawn into a world of heavy drinking, infidelity, dishonesty amid hints of a seedy underworld. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
The 1949 version is a complete fiasco, while the 1974 version had the wide screen and Redford and Farrow for the first time. However, this TV version has Stephens, quite appropriate costumes, cars, and a dramatic storyline, which includes Jordan and Nick's love... Toby is really cute and his smile boldly rivals Redford and DiCaprio. However, the hair and make-up don't fit, which is really tiresome for the year 2000. Jordan wears a mikado, Daisy has stayed in the 1990s and the boys mostly wear civilian clothing. However, it has a really good script and a great score by Carl Davis, so considering the incredible improvement in the first sound version and the numerous anachronisms of the most famous version, this was by far the best one until the advent of Luhrmann's spectacle.
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