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The Great Gatsby (2013) |
Would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York
City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz,
bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American
Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire,
Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her
philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick
is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions,
loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the
world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible
dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern
times and struggles.