TV REVIEW: F. Scott Fitzgerald classic adapted to television

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From: University Wire
Date: 20010116
Author:Adam Koehler

Adam Koehler
University Wire
01-16-2001
(The Post) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio -- Put on your spats and grab your derby cap as the Arts and Entertainment Network is now showing F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Originally released in 1925, this classic tale of high-society social life and heartbreak is now the latest made-for-television film produced by the same network that does those Biography shows.

For those unfamiliar with the tale, Nick Carraway, played by Paul Rudd (the cutesy and dopey stepbrother in Clueless) narrates and is the eventual focal point of the story. The Great Gatsby is ...

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