The great Gatsby : midnight in Manhattan
(DVD)
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013].
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Batavia Public Library District - Adult AV | DVD B Fitzgerald, F. Scott | On Shelf |
| Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | DVD BIOG FITZGERALD, F. | On Shelf |
| Forest Park Public Library - Stacks | DVD BIO FITZGERALD | On Shelf |
| Hodgkins Public Library District - Stacks | 813.52 GATSBY DVD | On Shelf |
| Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library - Stacks | DVD B FITZGERALD | On Shelf |
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929332472
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Special features: Private affairs: a dream of living.
Participants/Performers
Narrator: Tara Fitzgerald; voices: Jason Priestley, Kelly Culpin.
Description
This documentary was produced to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby on April 10th, 1925. "Midnight in Manhattan" explores the dark, turbulent life and creative spirit of "Gatsby"'s writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald. It covers his college days at Princeton where he wrote rather than doing coursework and ended up as a dropout.. His unsucessful marriage to Zelda Sayre who eventually was diagnosed with schizophrenia and committed to multiple hospitals is also addressed. The documentary explores the difficult friendship between Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, which was strained by the mutual dislike between Hemingway and Zelda as well as Hemingway's disgust with how Fitzgerald often changed and twisted his stories to sell to magazines for cash. His final days were effected by this need for cash. He remained married to Zelda despite her residence mental hospitals, and he was often trying to earn money for her medical bills and to support his alcholism which had grown worse and made him increasingly more ill. This exposure of the desperate nature of his last years, living with his mistress and suffering multiple heart attacks, dispels the mythology created by Fitzgerald which glamorized the Jazz-Age and his alcoholism. The program includes contributions by the author's granddaughter Eleanor Lanahan, and writers Hunter S. Thompson, George Plimpton and Jay McInerney. It presents a fascinating portrait of this most enduring and complex of American icons.
Target Audience
Not rated.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital stereo.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Local note
DVD
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fitzgerald, T., Priestley, J., Culpin, K., Thompson, H. S., Plimpton, G., McInerny, J., & Lanahan, E. (2013). The great Gatsby: midnight in Manhattan . Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tara Fitzgerald et al.. 2013. The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan. Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tara Fitzgerald et al.. The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan Warner Home Video, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fitzgerald, Tara, et al. The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan Warner Home Video, 2013.
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