THE GREAT GATSBY (3D)
(Original English version with French subtitles)
Friday May 24th + Monday May 27th to Thursday May 30th: 9:15
Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26th: 3:15, 9:15
THE GREAT GATSBY (2D)
(Original English version with French subtitles)
Every day from May 24th to 30th: 6:15
THE GREAT GATSBY (1974)
(Original English version with French subtitles)
Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26th: 3:00
Original English version with French subtitles
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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF CINÉMA DU PARC
THIS FILM WILL ONLY BE PRESENTED IN 3D !
Opening film at Cannes, THE GREAT GATSBY is the first 3D film who does not rely solely upon artificial special effects in its directing. The tridimensional treatment of the film follows an expressive path that pushes the viewer into new-yorker's abounding night-bird life of 20's.The Cinéma du Parc is proud to present the new film from the director of STRICTLY BALLROOM, ROMEO+JULIET, MOULIN ROUGE and AUSTRALIA.
From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker created his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, in a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.
The Great Gatsby follows would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
“I’d read the book in junior high school and I was very moved by the story,” says Leonardo DiCaprio of the project. “When I picked up the novel again, it was when Baz had handed me a copy and said, ‘I’ve got the rights to this.’ It was a very daunting concept; there was a responsibility to make a memorable film that will be forever connected with one of the greatest novels of all time.”
That novel reveals a world and a story of New York City, the city that F. Scott Fitzgerald called his “splendid mirage,” the city where Fitzgerald found early success and initial inspiration for the book. For Baz Luhrmann and the Bazmark (the production company behind the film) caravan, that city was the critical first stop. At a suite at the Ace Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, and then on the corner of Canal and Broadway, on the 24th and 26th floors of building number 401, Bazmark set up shop, including: his wife, costume and production designer Catherine Martin, who has collaborated with Baz Luhrmann on the distinctive look of all his films and theatre productions for over 20 years; Anton Monsted, executive music supervisor and co-producer on the film; Craig Pearce, scriptwriter, friend and writing partner on Luhrmann’s “Red Curtain Trilogy”; and the rest of their creative production team.
New York City, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night...the constant flicker of men and women and machines was a source of inspiration. The whole team fed off the energy and the history of the place, in its way its own character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. “While in New York, we did a lot of reading about the time—particularly the financial system, the bond and stock markets,” says producer Craig Pearce. “We were in the middle of the global financial crisis...or just coming out of it.”
“I think The Great Gatsby feels more relevant now than ever,” Douglas Wick offers. “In a time with a glittering but unreliable economy, and a prevalent sense that we have lost our way, Gatsby could have been written yesterday. But it wasn’t. The book takes you to another time and place, a lost world of blinding allure, of extravagant hope and crashing dreams, which we knew Baz Luhrmann, more than anyone imaginable, could deliver for an audience.”
“Fitzgerald, I think, sensed a fundamental crack in the moral fabric of the 1920s, that things could not keep going up, up, up, as they were, couldn’t last,” says Baz Luhrmann, “and that felt very relevant to the global financial crash of 2008. It felt parallel. If I think about it now, this fact is what told me I had to do Gatsby now and in this way. We came to New York because we had to be in New York to learn about and understand for ourselves those parallels of place, culture and mindset—Jazz Age and today."
-WARNER BROS PRODUCTION NOTES
PLEASE NOTE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 2$ WILL BE ADDED TO ALL THE TICKET PRICES (INCLUDING FOR THE MOVIECARD) SOLD FOR THIS FILM SHOWN EXCLUSIVELY ON 3D
Here are some official photos of the World Premiere in London and New York, May 1st 2013
World Premiere in London, May 1st 2013 Photo by: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
World Premiere in London, May 1st 2013 Photo by: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
World Premiere in London, May 1st 2013 Photo by: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
World Premiere in London, May 1st 2013 Photo by: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
World Premiere in London, May 1st 2013 Photo by: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
World Premiere in London, May 1st 2013 Photo by: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
