The Great Gatsby (Ep. 128)

Adapt or Perish

Welcome to the party, old sport! Pour yourself a drink and settle in for Episode 128 of Adapt or Perish, our look at another nominee for Great American Novel™, The Great Gatsby!

In this episode, we discuss:

• F. Scott Fitzgerald's original 1925 novel
• The 1949 theatrical movie, directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Richard Mailbaum and Cyril Hume, and starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, and Howard Da Silva
• The 1974 theatrical movie, directed by Jack Clayton, written by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, and Karen Black
• The 2000 TV movie, directed by Robert Markowitz, written by John J. McLaughlin, and starring Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, and Martin Donovan
• The 2013 theatrical movie, directed by Baz Luhrmann, written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, and Isla Fisher

Footnotes:

• The lost 1926 Great Gatsby
• Ginevra King (1898–1980)
• William Goldman and Which Lie Did I Tell?

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