I even bought a song lana del ray, young and beautiful, because of it. He has often played unconventional parts, particularly in biopics and period films. Im not sure who would have been better for gatsby, maybe daniel craig. Hercules, megara, and the muses in catch me if you can. The film had a great visual appeal and leonardo was praised for his portrayal of jay gatsby by the audience as well as critics. The operators award 20 nominee the operators award. The great gatsby 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Nick, a wouldbe writer, moves in nextdoor to millionaire jay gatsby leonardo dicaprio and. Gatsby has had four film adaptations, with two especially bigbudget, wellknown movies. The great gatsby behind the scenes leonardo dicaprio. Also read leonardo dicaprio was tortured by johnny depp on sets of whats eating gilbert grape. Scott fitzgeralds 1925 novel of the same name, narrates the tale of nick carraway, who is smitten by the lifestyle of his neighbour jay gatsby. Amitabh bachchanthe big b in the great gatsby 20 with. The flick also features carey mulligan, joel edgerton, isla fisher, and elizabeth debicki. The great gatsby is a gorgeously filmed, exquisitely designed, bombastic ode to excess, with a melancholy undertone that leaves you confused and a bit sad, but sated and satisfied. Apr 10, 2015 critics and audiences generally complained about a lack of accuracy to the book and overall entertainment level, though the 1974 adaption is generally considered a good historical costume movie. The great gatsby follows fitzgeraldlike, wouldbe writer nick carraway as he leaves the midwest.
Us movies, period pieces, movies based on books, dramas, romantic movies, romantic favorites. Tom breen was the owner of the property, breenhold in the blue mountains where most of the major filming scenes for the great gatsby took place. On the page, the character is so mysterious, so much a projection of the books narrator, that youd think hed be as unplayable onscreen as kurtz or john galt. Leonardo dicaprios movies, ranked worst to best rolling. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes.
The great gatsby finally comes out this week, which means the world will get to see baz luhrmanns adaptation of the novel, starring leonardo dicaprio as the title character. Baz luhrmann has taken the risk of either embarrassing himself or gaining international recognition or his latest directorial offering, a stylized take on f. The great gatsby photocall the 66th annual cannes film festival 12 carey mulligan in focus 7 cannes film festival 20. Leonardo dicaprio turns 43 years old on november 11, and he remains a hollywood alister more than two decades into his career. The movie stars leonardo dicaprio as the jay gatsby with the film was cowritten and directed by baz luhrmann with tobey maguire, carey mulligan, joel edgerton, isla fisher, and elizabeth debicki.
In fact, there are so many great movies of leonardo dicaprio that it was tough to narrow it down to just 15. What leonardo dicaprios female costars have said about. The great gatsby movie clips starring leonardo dicaprio. Top 15 best leonardo dicaprio movies to watch 2020 the. Having studied the great gatsby as a part of my a level english lit i have always enjoyed this story and the universal themes it explores. The last flower has the movies traditional jg in it. The official website for leonardo dicaprio, featuring archived film photos, trailers, and information.
Jay gatsby leonardo dicaprio, and across the bay from his cousin, daisy carey mulligan, and her philandering, blueblooded husband, tom buchanan joel. Leonardo dicaprio himself was very drawn to the same idea and has even called gatsby as an iconic character in a previous interview. Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as leonardo dicaprio s. Leonardo dicaprio and tobey maguire starrer the great gatsby is still considered to be one of the best movies of the last decade. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, in a film starring leonardo dicaprio in the title role. Scott fitzgerald occurs in the film with distinct luhrmannian opulence, with every actor doing their best pleasenominateme scene chewing. Why baz luhrmanns the great gatsby is a modern classic. Scott fitzgeralds long islandset novel, where midwesterner nick carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, jay gatsby. Leonardo dicaprio s movies, ranked worst to best from titanic to once upon a timein hollywood, we rate the good, bad and wtf ugly of leos bigscreen career. Aspiring writer nick carraway goes to new york city at the height of the roaring twenties and is drawn into the world of the superrich and the mysterious millionaire, jay gatsby. Leonardo dicaprio did a pretty good job of his portrayal of gatsby, but honestly i think he would have done a better job as nick if the script would have done nick justice anyway. Apart from his romantic lines from the movie, his character as jay gatsby is also considered as one of his best roles so far. The great gatsby 20 leonardo dicaprio and tobey maguire featured in baz luhrmanns academy awardwinning 20 superhit, the great gatsby. One of leonardo dicaprios iconic lines from the movie, the great gatsby, knew that when i kissed this girl, i would forever wed her, will surely melt your heart.
Scott fitzgeralds classic the great gatsby stars leonardo dicaprio as jay gatsby, a wealthy, mysterious, selfmade man who moves into a long island mansion and makes a name for himself by throwing lavish, bacchanalian parties all for the singular purpose of winning back. I thought the acting was fantastic, particularly leonardo dicaprio, i actually cried. Pictures and village roadshow pictures drama the great gatsby, a warner bros. Leonardo dicaprios blockbuster movies that were based on. Leonardo dicaprio is an american actor who started his career performing as a child on television. Leonardo dicaprio, american actor and producer, who emerged in the 1990s as one of hollywoods leading performers, noted for his portrayals of unconventional and complex characters.
Notable movies included titanic 1997, the departed 2006, the wolf of wall street 20, and the revenant 2015. Dicaprio s gatsby is the movie s greatest and simplest special effect. The film was cowritten and directed by baz luhrmann and stars leonardo dicaprio as the eponymous jay gatsby, with tobey maguire, carey mulligan, joel edgerton, isla fisher and elizabeth debicki. Bollywood superstar amitabh bachchan as the flamboyant jewish gambler, meyer wolfsheim in the great gatsby 20. Leonardo dicaprio is such a great acting and played especially all in this movie. We picked the 15 best leonardo dicaprio movies for this list, we focused on a range of 15 movies that we think are worth your time in 2020. Critics and audiences generally complained about a lack of accuracy to the book and overall entertainment level, though the 1974 adaption is generally considered a good historical costume movie. The great gatsby will open the 66th cannes film festival, organizers said early. Celebrity doppelgangers 3 throwback thursday leonardo dicaprio turns 40 2 halloween costume ideas 1 in focus. Ok, then, lets compare the characters in the two great gatsby movies, head to head jay gatsby. The great gatsby released in 20 and it was based on f. Jay gatsby, his neighbor nick carraway bears witness to the mans obsessive love and spiral into tragedy. The great gatsby finally comes out this week, which means the world will get to see baz luhrmanns adaptation of the novel, starring leonardo dicaprio.
The great gatsby movie 20 leonardo dicaprio, tobey. The great gatsby 20 leonardo dicaprio as jay gatsby. Sep 21, 20 go behind the scenes of the great gatsby. The movie stars leonardo dicaprio as the lead character jay gatsby.
From the uniquely imaginative mind of writerproducerdirector baz luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of f. Photos we love 7 leonardo dicaprio through the years 7 seeing double. Sep 19, 2018 the movie and the book are both so great. The great gatsby movie pictures with leonardo dicaprio. His portrayal is so sad and complex especially in comparison to redfords gatsby.
If disney princes starred in leonardo dicaprio movies. Featuring leonardo dicaprio, carey mulligan, tobey maguire, baz luhrmann and joel edgerton. Im not sure who would have been better for gatsby, maybe daniel craig or someone who could have been good at being an american trying to pretend to be an oxford man. Leo is known for his versatility as an actor, playing complex rich men in dramas about extravagant lifestyles. Period pieces, movies based on books, dramas, historical dramas, romantic movies. Scott fitzgeralds novel the great gatsby, and later as jordan belfort in the wolf of wall street, an adaptation of belforts memoir of the same name. Set in new york in the lavish roaring twenties, this adaptation of f.
With leonardo dicaprio in the title role, has the notoriously flamboyant director proved worthy to tackle such beloved material with this film. The great gatsby quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Aug, 20 since the great gatsby hits dvd and bluray on august 27th, we take a look back at ten of our favorite leonardo dicaprio character quotes of his career. The great gatsby is a 20 australianamerican romantic drama film based on f. Leonardo dicaprios dialogues from the great gatsby that. The 3rd to last flower, preceding the music section, has jz in it an homage to the films soundtrack producer jayz. Leonardo dicaprio and tobey maguire star in this oscarwinning adaptation of the classic novel. With leonardo dicaprio, carey mulligan, joel edgerton, tobey maguire. Arguably, the movie reaches its orgiastic peak 30 minutes in, with the first full reveal of gatsby himself leonardo dicaprio, accompanied by an explosion of fireworks and the eruption of. The great gatsby 20 leonardo dicaprio as jay gatsby imdb. And leonardo dicaprio has some of the fresh, furtive charm of. Leonardo dicaprio as jay gatsby and carey mulligan as daisy buchanan in warner bros. Luhrmann is a cheerful vulgarian and his movie suggestive of proust directed by michael winner.
May 06, 2019 and this year, her party inspiration was the source material for a different leonardo dicaprio film. Feature film mark goellnicht camera operator visual effects society awards 2014 nominee. Leonardo dicaprio, tobey maguire, carey mulligan, joel edgerton, isla fisher, elizabeth debicki, jason clarke, amitabh. Midwest native nick carraway tobey maguire arrives in 1922 new york in search of the american dream.
Apr 03, 2017 the last movie star of the 20th century, dicaprio has since become the only movie star of the 21st at least so far as the hollywood galaxy is concerned, and the great gatsby affords him. Jay gatsbys flower symbol is shown throughout the credits with different letters in place of the jg. Leonardo dicaprios best romantic scenes from titanic, the. The great gatsby released in 20 and still remains fresh in the audiences memories. He appeared on the shows the new lassie 1989 and santa barbara 1990 and also had long running roles in the comedydrama parenthood 1990 and the sitcom growing pains, before making his film debut in the 1991 directtovideo release critters 3. Dicaprio starred in two film adaptations of novels in 20. Leonardo dicaprio and tobey maguires best movies together. Leonardo dicaprios best romantic scenes from titanic. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish. Nov 04, 2018 gatsby has had four film adaptations, with two especially bigbudget, wellknown movies. We are talking, of course, about leonardo dicaprios introduction as gatsby.
Leonardo dicaprio stars in the baz luhrmanndirected movie, which will screen out of competition may 15. Leonardo dicaprio as jay gatsby pushes very hard to embody the famous. Leonardo dicaprio, tobey maguire, carey mulligan, joel edgerton, isla fisher, elizabeth debicki, jason clarke. Soon enough, however, carraway will see through the cracks of gatsby s nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await. There was also a silent film adaptation made in 1926, just one year after the novel came out, but that film has been lost, with only a oneminute trailer that survives to. Details about 241159 the great gatsby movie dicaprio wall print poster us. These quotes from the great gatsby will make your day. Judging the 20 film the great gatsby as an adaptation is an exercise in immense frustration. A writer and wall street trader, nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, jay gatsby.