Director Baz Luhrmann, known for his colorful visuals and fast camera cuts, takes on F. Scott's Fitzgerald's classic novel about the upper class living on Long Island in 1922. The movie is due to be released Dec. 25 and will star Leonardo DiCaprio as millionaire Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Tobey Maguire as her cousin Nick Carraway.

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