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Article: Latest `Gatsby' still a rich tale.(Arts & Entertainment)(Television)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2001
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When you watch "The Great Gatsby," there's no point pretending you're not comparing the movie with F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel.
The latest version premieres tomorrow night on Arts & Entertainment Network, and it's a pleasant 100-minute diversion that's a worthy tribute to Fitzgerald's jazz-age masterpiece. It will (and should) encourage people to pick up the book.
Yes, the plot developments are telescoped to fit the running time, but this process probably does less damage to the relatively short and cleanly plotted (if complicated) "Great Gatsby" than to most other classic novels.
The story is familiar - or should be - and ...