Movie adaptations

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald has been brought to the big screen several times since it was published in 1925. Each director and cast have brought a very different approach to the story and presented Gatsby in very different ways. These adaptations include a silent film, two blockbuster movies and a made-for-TV movie.

In the novel the story is told from the point of view of a first-person narrator. This fact makes the adaptation of the story difficult, as elements of Nick's storytelling are often lost. However, using a movie format can open up other possibilities for the film. For example, it is much easier to jump between times and places in movies, allowing for a more dynamic narrative structure.

The earliest movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was made in 1926, only a year after the publication of the novel. It was a silent movie and was based on ...