it’s f scott fitzgerald’s Great American
Novel I’m going to tell you something
about my life really I don’t want you to
get the wrong impression from the story
okay
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring ten pieces of trivia about
the Great Gatsby Gatsby Gatsby
number ten Gatsby’s musical dream while
the Great Gatsby has been adapted for
Broadway and turned into an opera it’s
also inspired other musically inclined
people
mr. Gatsby after the indie folk outfit
reg and Phil wrote the song Daisy
Buchanan the South Korean boy band 2
a.m. took things one step further and
dedicated an entire EP to the Jade Daisy
relationship
but perhaps the biggest musical tribute
is the Seattle indie rock band that
named itself Gatsby’s American dream
number nine Great Gatsby games The Great
Gatsby z’ influence on pop culture is so
pervasive that it’s even made its way to
videogames
that’s right gamers and American lit
fans alike can get their nerd on with
the hidden object game classic
adventures The Great Gatsby on their pcs
or iPads but if you’re more into the
old-school thing online players can try
out the 8-bit Great Gatsby game for free
number eight the great HB tell me more
about your girl Daisy Buchanan
that’s not cool moody call him back that
shit was gorked I don’t talk about that
stuff in broad daylight from Hank
Moody’s friendship with the wealthy but
unhappy Lew Ashby to Janie Jones being
described as Daisy Buchanan it’s hard
not to see the similarities between
Californication second season and
Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel God
hates us all that was your gasping a
secondary character named Daisy is even
introduced later on and while the show
obviously misses some plot points
Moody’s and ashbey’s ups and downs are
too close to Carraway’s and Gatsby’s to
ignore you know he throws these huge
parties and these people come and they
drink his booze and they act like
they’re his friends ya heard guest of
honor never shows number seven hello
Daisy
though Baz Luhrmann considered at least
13 different Hollywood starlets for
Daisy for his 2013 film it was Carrie
Mulligan’s audition that eventually
wowed studio execs landing the role
meant so much to the Oscar nominated
Brit that she started crying upon
hearing the news from the director I
answered and he said hello Daisy and and
I burst into tears and so there’s a
photograph that someone snapped as they
walk past me crying into it and that
moment was captured forever by a
photographer who snapped the actress
tearing up into a napkin while holding
the phone on the red carpet they
certainly be good to see you again
like that to see you is number six
Mia is Daisy seems like Mia Farrow was
destined to play Daisy Buchanan I’m
paralyzed with happiness though the 1974
role was originally set for producer
Robert Evans wife Ali McGraw her affair
with Steve McQueen during the production
of The Getaway changed that Ferrell
ended up meeting out at least five other
actresses she was considered such a good
fit the director Jack Clayton shot
around her pregnancy by using many
close-ups and dressing her in
loose-fitting attire I’ve never seen
such beautiful shirts number five a gay
Nick Carraway
he may be credited with writing the 1974
film’s screenplay but Francis Ford
Coppola wasn’t the first choice producer
Robert Evans intended to give Robert
Towne the job but the screenwriter chose
to work on what became the oscar-winning
screenplay for Chinatown instead Truman
Capote also took a stab at it but lost
the gig after putting a homosexual spin
on the Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker
characters bones should come in Nick
number for the Great Gatsby times two
you can’t repeat the past can’t repeat
the past
of course you can American actor Howard
DaSilva first made a name for himself by
appearing in the original Broadway
musicals of the cradle will rock and
Oklahoma in 1949 he was cast as the
dim-witted mechanic and garage owner
George B Wilson in the second film
version of Fitzgerald’s novel you’ll
have to give me something smaller mr.
I’m sorry
hit the change $20 hurry 25 years later
he returned to Jay Gatsby ‘s world as
the Jewish gangster gambler Meyer
Wolfsheim in Jack Clayton’s
interpretation of the romantic drama you
sit here and discuss your sports and
your young ladies and your that’s for me
up sixty years old and I won’t impose
myself on you any longer
number 3/4 times not the charm sometimes
being beautiful can work against you
that’s what happened to classic Beauty
Gene Tierney who was turned down for the
role of Daisy in the 1949 film no peace
and this would have marked her fourth
screen outing with Tyrone Power the
matinee idol subsequently withdrew his
participation following her dismissal
this time he won’t get away so easily an
actress Betty Field and popular 40 celeb
Alan Ladd replaced them but you mustn’t
think I’m different from other people
Ginny I’m no better really I’m not
you’re still the best Daisy that’s what
cause with me
number two a lost film
[Music]
the first filmed version of the Great
Gatsby was a silent black-and-white
movie from 1926 based on Owen Davis’s
stage adaptation of the novel starring
Oscar winner Warner Baxter the Herbert
Brennan directed motion picture can no
longer be viewed in its entirety because
no copies have been found the only proof
of its existence is a one minute trailer
preserved by the American Library of
Congress
number one the great book cover when
Spanish artist Francis Cugat painted his
celestial eyes for the great Gatsby’s
cover he probably never thought it had
become so renowned in American lit hey
lupus did you notice that thank you
matter with you damn I they get you
featuring a woman’s eyes and lips with a
naked female form reflected in those
eyes the Art Deco piece was sent to
Fitzgerald while he was still writing
the book it so captivated him that he
claimed it inspired some of its imagery
but you can’t fool God God sees
everything
are you a Great Gatsby fan what’s your
favorite piece of Great Gatsby trivia
for more informative trivia lists be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
Novel I’m going to tell you something
about my life really I don’t want you to
get the wrong impression from the story
okay
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring ten pieces of trivia about
the Great Gatsby Gatsby Gatsby
number ten Gatsby’s musical dream while
the Great Gatsby has been adapted for
Broadway and turned into an opera it’s
also inspired other musically inclined
people
mr. Gatsby after the indie folk outfit
reg and Phil wrote the song Daisy
Buchanan the South Korean boy band 2
a.m. took things one step further and
dedicated an entire EP to the Jade Daisy
relationship
but perhaps the biggest musical tribute
is the Seattle indie rock band that
named itself Gatsby’s American dream
number nine Great Gatsby games The Great
Gatsby z’ influence on pop culture is so
pervasive that it’s even made its way to
videogames
that’s right gamers and American lit
fans alike can get their nerd on with
the hidden object game classic
adventures The Great Gatsby on their pcs
or iPads but if you’re more into the
old-school thing online players can try
out the 8-bit Great Gatsby game for free
number eight the great HB tell me more
about your girl Daisy Buchanan
that’s not cool moody call him back that
shit was gorked I don’t talk about that
stuff in broad daylight from Hank
Moody’s friendship with the wealthy but
unhappy Lew Ashby to Janie Jones being
described as Daisy Buchanan it’s hard
not to see the similarities between
Californication second season and
Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel God
hates us all that was your gasping a
secondary character named Daisy is even
introduced later on and while the show
obviously misses some plot points
Moody’s and ashbey’s ups and downs are
too close to Carraway’s and Gatsby’s to
ignore you know he throws these huge
parties and these people come and they
drink his booze and they act like
they’re his friends ya heard guest of
honor never shows number seven hello
Daisy
though Baz Luhrmann considered at least
13 different Hollywood starlets for
Daisy for his 2013 film it was Carrie
Mulligan’s audition that eventually
wowed studio execs landing the role
meant so much to the Oscar nominated
Brit that she started crying upon
hearing the news from the director I
answered and he said hello Daisy and and
I burst into tears and so there’s a
photograph that someone snapped as they
walk past me crying into it and that
moment was captured forever by a
photographer who snapped the actress
tearing up into a napkin while holding
the phone on the red carpet they
certainly be good to see you again
like that to see you is number six
Mia is Daisy seems like Mia Farrow was
destined to play Daisy Buchanan I’m
paralyzed with happiness though the 1974
role was originally set for producer
Robert Evans wife Ali McGraw her affair
with Steve McQueen during the production
of The Getaway changed that Ferrell
ended up meeting out at least five other
actresses she was considered such a good
fit the director Jack Clayton shot
around her pregnancy by using many
close-ups and dressing her in
loose-fitting attire I’ve never seen
such beautiful shirts number five a gay
Nick Carraway
he may be credited with writing the 1974
film’s screenplay but Francis Ford
Coppola wasn’t the first choice producer
Robert Evans intended to give Robert
Towne the job but the screenwriter chose
to work on what became the oscar-winning
screenplay for Chinatown instead Truman
Capote also took a stab at it but lost
the gig after putting a homosexual spin
on the Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker
characters bones should come in Nick
number for the Great Gatsby times two
you can’t repeat the past can’t repeat
the past
of course you can American actor Howard
DaSilva first made a name for himself by
appearing in the original Broadway
musicals of the cradle will rock and
Oklahoma in 1949 he was cast as the
dim-witted mechanic and garage owner
George B Wilson in the second film
version of Fitzgerald’s novel you’ll
have to give me something smaller mr.
I’m sorry
hit the change $20 hurry 25 years later
he returned to Jay Gatsby ‘s world as
the Jewish gangster gambler Meyer
Wolfsheim in Jack Clayton’s
interpretation of the romantic drama you
sit here and discuss your sports and
your young ladies and your that’s for me
up sixty years old and I won’t impose
myself on you any longer
number 3/4 times not the charm sometimes
being beautiful can work against you
that’s what happened to classic Beauty
Gene Tierney who was turned down for the
role of Daisy in the 1949 film no peace
and this would have marked her fourth
screen outing with Tyrone Power the
matinee idol subsequently withdrew his
participation following her dismissal
this time he won’t get away so easily an
actress Betty Field and popular 40 celeb
Alan Ladd replaced them but you mustn’t
think I’m different from other people
Ginny I’m no better really I’m not
you’re still the best Daisy that’s what
cause with me
number two a lost film
[Music]
the first filmed version of the Great
Gatsby was a silent black-and-white
movie from 1926 based on Owen Davis’s
stage adaptation of the novel starring
Oscar winner Warner Baxter the Herbert
Brennan directed motion picture can no
longer be viewed in its entirety because
no copies have been found the only proof
of its existence is a one minute trailer
preserved by the American Library of
Congress
number one the great book cover when
Spanish artist Francis Cugat painted his
celestial eyes for the great Gatsby’s
cover he probably never thought it had
become so renowned in American lit hey
lupus did you notice that thank you
matter with you damn I they get you
featuring a woman’s eyes and lips with a
naked female form reflected in those
eyes the Art Deco piece was sent to
Fitzgerald while he was still writing
the book it so captivated him that he
claimed it inspired some of its imagery
but you can’t fool God God sees
everything
are you a Great Gatsby fan what’s your
favorite piece of Great Gatsby trivia
for more informative trivia lists be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
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