Director
Jack Clayton
Leading Actors/Actresses
Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterson
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Bruce Dern, Karen Black
Genre
Romance, Drama
Language
English
Awards
Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Music
Date of Release
March 29th, 1974
Producer
David Merrick
Setting and Context
New York, 1922
Narrator and Point of View
We see the story from the point of view of Nick Carraway, who also narrates in voice over.
Tone and Mood
Romatic, Dramatic, Dreamy, Mysterious, Ominous
Protagonist and Antagonist
Gatsby vs. Tom Buchanan/Gatsby's Dream
Major Conflict
Gatsby is in love with Daisy, but she is already married to Tom Buchanan.
Climax
When Gatsby is shot by George Wilson, who misguidedly thinks he killed Myrtle.
Foreshadowing
Myrtle's instability (when she breaks the window tapping on it) foreshadows her demise. Shots of the pool foreshadow Gatsby's murder in the pool.
Understatement
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Allusions
Paradox
Parallelism
Tom and Myrtle's affair and their class disparity is in parallel to Gatsby and Daisy's affair and their class disparity.
