Word: redfords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unreleased film, which stars Robert Redford as the brooding Gatsby and Mia Farrow as Daisy, his lost love, has generated enough audience anticipation to have already earned an unheard-of $18.6 million in advance bookings-nearly three times its $6.4 million cost. Since the industry rule of thumb is that a movie must bring in 2½ times its cost to break even, Gatsby, if not yet quite a Triple Crown winner, is already in the black. And since the film will open almost simultaneously in 370 theaters round the country, Yablans can say that even if the film itself...
...properly. And, of course,' he added, 'you are a friend of Scottie's.' " Bare Bones. Evans had hoped to buy the rights for $130,000, but by the time Merrick got to Mrs. Smith there was a sudden spate of competitive bidders, including Robert Redford and Producer Ray Stark. It took Merrick a year and a half to close the deal for $350,000 plus a generous percentage...
Compared to the pasting together of the project, the 20 weeks of shooting on location in Newport and at Pinewood Studios near London were placid. But Robert Redford compares the set to a tent in the eye of a storm. "We just prayed we could get finished with our work before the tent crumpled in on us or was simply blown away. The storm, of course, was all of that hype and promotional bullshit Paramount arranged that threatened to destroy...
...Redford, playing Gatsby was the achievement of an old ambition. When he signed for the role, he had just done a couple of unsuccessful pictures following his first big splash in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He was a star, certainly, but he had not yet entered the ranks of the "bankable" top ten. During the work on Gatsby, however, The Way We Were and The Sting were released, and Redford became the most sought-after actor in town...
Added Ruffles. "I wanted Gatsby badly," he says. "He is not fleshed out in the book, and the implied parts of his character are fascinating." Redford's biggest problem was Gatsby's language. "He simply didn't talk like a real person," he says, quoting Fitzgerald's own description of his hero: "His way of speaking bordered on the absurd...