Editing The Great Gatsby (section)

=== Film ===
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[[The Great Gatsby (1926 film)|The first film version of the novel]] appeared in 1926. A version of Owen Davis's Broadway play of the same year, it was directed by [[Herbert Brenon]] and starred [[Warner Baxter]], [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]] and [[William Powell]]. It is a famous example of a [[lost film]]. Reviews suggest it may have been the most faithful adaptation of the novel, but a trailer of the film at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] is all that is known to exist.{{sfn|Dixon|2003}} Reportedly, Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda loathed the silent version. Zelda wrote to an acquaintance that the film was "rotten". She and Scott left the cinema midway through the film.<ref name="Howell 2013">{{harvnb|Howell|2013}}; {{harvnb|Hischak|2012|pp=85–86}}.</ref>

Following the 1926 film was 1949's ''[[The Great Gatsby (1949 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'', directed by [[Elliott Nugent]] and starring [[Alan Ladd]], [[Betty Field]] and [[Macdonald Carey]].<ref name="Dixon 2003">{{harvnb|Dixon|2003}}; {{harvnb|Hischak|2012|pp=85–86}}.</ref> Twenty-five years later in 1974, ''[[The Great Gatsby (1974 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' appeared onscreen again. It was directed by [[Jack Clayton]] and starred [[Robert Redford]] as Gatsby, [[Mia Farrow]] as Daisy, and [[Sam Waterston]] as Nick Carraway.<ref name="Dixon 2003" /> Most recently, ''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' was directed by [[Baz Luhrmann]] in 2013 and starred [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as Gatsby, [[Carey Mulligan]] as Daisy, and [[Tobey Maguire]] as Nick.<ref name="Howell 2013" />

In 2021, visual effects company [[DNEG#Animation|DNEG Animation]] announced they would be producing an animated film adaptation of the novel directed by [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]] and written by [[Brian Selznick]].{{sfn|Giardina|2021}}