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The Great Gatsby Review
By Rich Cline
Excellent
Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) is the perfect director to take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel about the American dream, simply because he's an expert at showing the emptiness of hyperactive excess. The film is a feast for the eye from start to finish, but it also eats away at us with its bleak story of people who live the high life even though it leaves them naggingly unsatisfied.
The tale is told by Nick (Maguire), trying to work through his life-changing summer in 1922 Long Island, where he rented a small cottage across the sound from his wealthy cousin Daisy (Mulligan), who is married to his college pal Tom (Edgerton), an all-American sportsman with an eye for other women. Next door to Nick's cottage is the vast mansion owned by reclusive millionaire Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio), who throws outrageously raucous parties for New York's celebrity class. But Nick realises that Jay only does this to catch the eye of Daisy, because he's still in love with her after a romance five years earlier. Now he wants to take her away from Tom, and he needs Nick's help.
It's tricky to know whether Luhrmann is celebrating Gatsby's luxuriant lifestyle or offering a cautionary tale about the emptiness of materialism. Obviously, the story is trying to do both, and Luhrmann fills the surfaces with decadent extravagance, filling the air with wafting fabric, buckets of glitter and exploding fireworks. Like a lavish 3D pop-up book, the party scenes are wildly over-the-top, as are smaller gatherings in opulent city flats or roaring open-top cars. These people's lives are so vacuous that they live at top speed, always in search of the next thrill. And it's difficult not to see Gatsby's earnest quest as just another greedy acquisition.
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Amitabh Bachchan And Bollywood Stars Are Toast Of Cannes Film Festival [Pictures]
By Joe Wilde in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 May 2013
The stars of Bollywood were in top form at the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival
The stars of Bollywood were the surprise sensations at the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, with stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan taking up most of the spotlight at the glamourous event.
The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival opened up with Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby adaptation, with a handful of India's most famous actors and actresses - Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor, Freida Pinto - stealing the limelight away from stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan. The stars mixed Indian and Western fashions, with Balan, who is the jury panel for the festival, wowing in a white and black Sabyasachi lehenga, complete with a net dupatta worn over her head. Meanwhile Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto went for a more Cannes-familiar pink Gucci gown.
Sonam Kapoor was one of the main attractions last night
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Video - Carey Mulligan And Emeli Sande Stand Out At 'The Great Gatsby' NY Premiere - Part 1
The cast of Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' make their arrivals at the movie's New York premiere. Among them are Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher as well as popstars Emeli Sande and Coco Owino who both made contributions to the film soundtrack. Carey can be seen signing autographs and taking photos with fans before making her way over to the movie poster for press photos.
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Good Genes Or Good Ops: Which Male Celebrities Don't Show Their Age?
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 February 2013
We've all had that moment; looking at photos of our favourite celebs and then jumping out of our seats screaming, 'He's HOW old?!' Well, we've been doing a lot of that here at ContactMusic. Some stars seem to have crept up the age ladder pretty sneakily, the odd wrinkle and grey hair barely registering on our radar, while others don't seem to have aged at all! English football player David Beckham was in his twenties when he rose to global popularity and, looking at his recent H&M underwear advert, it seems that his iconic hairstyles and tattoos are our only way of working out the old from the newer pictures of him. However, he is only 37 and has plenty of time to catch up yet. It's the over-50s that have really had our mouths agape in recent times as we've been scouring the net for the most youthful looking middle to old aged stars.
(Anthony Kiedis, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey)
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The Great Gatsby Trailer
When Nick Carraway moved from the Midwest to New York in 1922 to kick start his business career, he unknowingly rents a house right next door to one of the most influential yet elusive characters in the land. The mysterious and great Gatsby who regularly hosts extravagant parties ends up drawing Carroway into his world of sparkle, glamour, wealth and honour with ease as he is already drawn to the overindulgence and luxury of the city. But why does Gatsby, a man known for enjoying his own company, wish to open his doors to the stranger that is Carroway? Nick happens to be the cousin of the Daisy who lives across the bay and that connection gives Gatsby a way in to rekindle an old relationship that has been etched in his mind for several long years. Despite Nick's initial awe of Gatsby's whole existence, he soon begins to have his suspicions of him and starts to uncover the real corrupt and manipulative world of the upper-class.
'The Great Gatsby' has been directed and produced by Baz Luhrmann ('Moulin Rouge', 'Romeo + Juliet'); a man known for his use of glamour and breathtaking splendour in his dramatic flicks. It is a truly remarkable adaptation of the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is full to bursting with the glamour, scandal, deceit, romance and tragedy of the 1920's high class world. It is set to be released on May 17th 2013.
Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Callan McAuliffe, Gemma Ward, Amitabh Bachchan, Jason Clarke, Jack Thompson, Jacek Koman, Vince Colosimo, Max Cullen, Barry Otto, Felix Williamson, Stephen James King,
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Bol Bachchan Trailer
Abhishek Bachchan plays a conman with the same down and his flamboyant, eccentrically dressed twin brother Abbas Ali. Ajay Devgn plays Prithviraj Raghuvanshi, a gangster chief who makes various attempts at speaking English but fails every time to make any sense.
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The Great Gatsby Trailer
It is 1922 and Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner who moved to New York to kick off his career, rents a house next door to the mysterious Gatsby who regularly hosts extravagant parties. Everything is different to how it was; bigger buildings, drinking and parties more prevalent; and Nick finds himself becoming increasingly fascinated by the elusive and wealthy character that is Gatsby. Nick's cousin Daisy and her unfaithful, aristocratic husband live across the bay and, after Nick attends a party of his, Gatsby recognises his connection with Daisy and requests a meeting with her hoping to rekindle an old relationship. Nick bears witness to the corrupt and manipulative world of the upper-class and the tragedy and obsession that threatens to collapse their worlds.
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Amitabh Bachchan - President of India Pratibha Patil New Delhi, India - presents Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan with the National Award for 'Best Actor' at the 53rd National Film Awards Function in New Delhi Friday 14th September 2007
Amitabh Bachchan - Saturday 9th June 2007 at Academy Of Motion Pictures And Sciences Sheffield, England
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The Great Gatsby Movie Review
Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) is the perfect director to take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic...
The Great Gatsby Trailer
When Nick Carraway moved from the Midwest to New York in 1922 to kick start...
Bol Bachchan Trailer
Abhishek Bachchan plays a conman with the same down and his flamboyant, eccentrically dressed twin...
The Great Gatsby Trailer
It is 1922 and Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner who moved to New York to kick...
