The Great Gatsby

Plot

The Great Gatsby is a 2013 film that features stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and Amitabh Bachchan. The story follows the life of the millionaire Jay Gatsby (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) and his neighbor Nick, who narrates his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties (1920's which characterized the cultural edge of New York City, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, London). The following is the full synopsis of the movie. Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) is an aspiring stock broker in 1920s New York. Living on the outskirts of town, he re-establishes a friendship with his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). Nick also befriends golfer Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki), who is pressured by Daisy to begin a romance with Nick. Jordan informs Nick of his neighbor, the rich and enigmatic Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is famed for staging large, flamboyant parties for the region's elite. While getting to know Gatsby, Nick learns of a love affair between Gatsby and Daisy that was broken by the First World War. Now, Nick is caught in the crossroads of a staged game aimed at recreating the past. Soon it begins to show that greatness can sometimes be a front to one's true identity. The Great Gatsby is based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925).