The Great Gatsby (2000 film)
The Great Gatsby is a 2000 British-American romantic drama television film, based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It stars Toby Stephens in the title role of Jay Gatsby, Mira Sorvino as Daisy Buchanan, Paul Rudd as Nick Carraway, Martin Donovan as Tom Buchanan, Francie Swift as Jordan Baker, Heather Goldenhersh as Myrtle Wilson and Matt Malloy as Klipspringer. The film was released on March 29, 2000. Plot. Nick Carraway (Paul Rudd) is a young bond salesman who rents a cottage near the mansion of the wealthy and  reclusive Jay Gatsby (Toby Stephens). Nick gets to know his neighbor, Gatsby, who was a poor man named Gatz before he left to fight in World War I. Gatsby was in love with a beautiful woman from a wealthy family, Daisy (Mira Sorvino). When he returned, Gatz was determined to prove himself worthy to win her hand, even though Daisy had by this time married the socially prominent Tom Buchanan (Martin Donovan). Gatsby has yet to give up on his romantic dream and enlists Nick, who is distantly related to Daisy, in his plan. Production. The film was made in  collaboration by the A&E Cable Network in the United States, and Granada Productions in Great Britain. It was directed by Robert Markowitz from a teleplay by John J. McLaughlin. The music score was by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Guy Dufaux. The production was designed by Taavo Soodor. The film was shot on location in Montreal, Quebec. Marketing. A&E Network launched a widespread marketing campaign for their 2001 programming, with a major focus on "The Great Gatsby". For "Gatsby", they hosted national and local sweepstakes sponsored by US Airways and Waterford Crystal and tied them into high schools, colleges , and libraries. Displays were reportedly placed in 12,000 libraries nationwide, and A&E held acting contests at 23,000 high schools and colleges. An in-flight featurette, "The Making of the Great Gatsby", played on US Airways during the holiday season. Reception. The film has a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. On IMDb it has a score of 5.8/10. Caryn James of the "New York Times" praised Paul Rudd as "brilliant" in the role of Nick Carraway, but called the film "uneven, flat-footed" and wrote the "film might have survived its pedestrian style, but it can't survive a leaden Gatsby." The