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Daisy Fay Buchanan is a fictional character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.The character is a wealthy socialite from Louisville, Kentucky, who resides in the fashionable town of East Egg on Long Island during the Jazz Age.
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
Variety ' s review was likewise split: "Paramount's third pass at The Great Gatsby is by far the most concerted attempt to probe the peculiar ethos of the Beautiful People of the 1920s. The fascinating physical beauty of the $6 million-plus film complements the utter shallowness of most principal characters from the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
The Great Gatsby is a 2000 British-American historical romantic drama television film, based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.It was directed by Robert Markowitz, written by John J. McLaughlin, and 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 ...
The Great Gatsby is a 2023 stage musical with music and lyrics by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, and a book by Kait Kerrigan. It is based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The show started its Broadway previews on March 29, 2024, at the Broadway Theatre and officially opened on April 25, 2024. [1] [2] [3]
After seeing her audition reel, director Baz Luhrmann, who was casting for his upcoming film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, flew her to auditions in Los Angeles, where she screen tested with actor Tobey Maguire. [13] In May 2011, Luhrmann announced that she had been cast as Jordan Baker in his 2013 film The Great Gatsby.
Jordan Baker may refer to: Jordan Baker (The Great Gatsby), a character in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby based on Edith Cummings; Jordan Baker (umpire) (born 1981), American umpire in Major League Baseball; Jordan Baker (soccer) (born 1996), Australian soccer player; Jordan Baker, American actor in Edward Albee's 1994 play Three Tall Women
He would later immortalize both of them in his 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. [7] Fitzgerald based the character of Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby upon Cummings, just as the character Daisy Buchanan was modeled after Cummings' friend King. [7] Much like King and Cummings, Buchanan and Baker were wealthy socialites and intimate friends.