F. Scott Fitzgerald News

If nothing else, the recent release of Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby adaptation provides a good excuse to revisit the sole film on which F. Scott Fitzgerald received screenwriting credit, the 1938 melodrama Three Comrades .

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Too bad the 1926, silent version of "The Great Gatsby," filmed only a year after F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the book, is missing.

The roaring 1920s was a time filled with prosperity, bootlegging and lots of jazz music.

Baz Luhrmann 's The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio , opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday May 15, and Ruby in the Dust's acclaimed stage production will return for a further London season at Riverside Studios tonight.

Baz Luhrmann's bastardization of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is a demeaning travesty.

"There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars...In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten that most of his female guests were ... (more)

The glamour of the Roaring Twenties has made The Great Gatsby the most talked about movie in fashion circles.

The glitz! The glamor! Such are the initial impressions of director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - and of the glittery jewels on display therein.

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As I strolled along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, beneath a merciless sun, there was no denying it was hot.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Baz Luhrmann attend the world premiere of their new film, 'The Great Gatsby', in New York.

Remember the first time you read The Great Gatsby ? Remember your middle school teacher chomping at the bit to give you their over-thought analysis of the material and its literaryand socialand personaland cosmicand factualand fictional significance? Well, sit right down and get ready to revisit those pre-exam nightmare lectures as the BBC offers ... (more)

The Great Gatsby Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki.

Director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby" brought in a whopping $50 million at the box office during its recent opening weekend.

Manila, Philippines, May 10, 2013--MCA Music Inc./ Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann 's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's great American novel "The Great Gatsby." The movie soundtrack features mostly rap and hip-hop songs performed by Jay-Z, the ... (more)

"The Great Gatsby" as directed by Baz Luhrman is a movie that feels caught between two extremes.

In which John Green continues to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby .

THE GREAT GATSBY: 'Luhrmann is the first film-maker in almost 40 years to commit F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel to the big screen, bringing his distinctive style and youthful energy to a story of smouldering passions in swinging 1920s New York.' In 1992, visionary Australian theatre director Baz Luhrmann made a seamless transition to the big ... (more)

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