1. Who wrote the novel and who directed the film?F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul. Minnesota. His parents were Mary "Mollie" McQuillan and Edward Fitzgerald. Mary came from a wealthy family, while Edward had multiple failed careers; causing the family to bounce from state to state. Fitzgerald went to school at St. Paul's Academy, then the Newman School, and finally Princeton. Obsessed with writing, Fitzgerald dropped out of college, then decided to join the US Army. Stationed at Camp Sheridan as a second lieutenant, Fitzgerald continued to write and finished his first novel, The Romantic Egotist. The original novel was rejected, but later accepted as This Side of Paradise, turning Fitzgerald into an "overnight success". The novel's success allowed Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre to marry. The couple had a child, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, but she was not happy. After their move to Europe, Zelda suffered a nervous breakdown. He spent most of the rest of his life in metal medical hospitals. Later in his life, Fitzgerald suffered from alcoholism and died of a heart attack in 1940. Mark Anthony Luhrmann, also known as Baz Luhrmann, was born on September 17, 1962 in Sydney, Australia. Luhrmann went to school at St. Joseph's Hastings Regional and then to St. Paul's College, Manly. In 1985, Luhrmann graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Kensington, NSW, Australia. Luhrmann is married to production designer Catherine Martin; they have two children together. Baz Luhrmann only directed five major films. Three of these: Strictly Business (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) make up his “Red Tent Trilogy”. Finally, in 2013 Luhrmann say...... middle of paper ......h of Gatsby is not something the directors could ever get away with changing. (Though I have no faith in the filmmakers leaving the endings alone.) So, the only thing missing from the end of the film is Henry Gatz. Mr. Gatz is a major obstacle to Gatsby's life; and would effectively juxtapose Gatsby's persona. Furthermore, the addition of Mr. Gatz could have solved the previously mentioned sanatorium problem. Instead of telling some random doctor about Gatsby, Nick could have turned to Gatsby's father. It would have made much more sense to explain Jay Gatsby's life to his father, rather than adding the sanatorium and fictional alcoholism to Nick's character. Baz Luhrmann created a stunning adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Aside from the music, the missing father, and an alcoholic Nick, the film is as close to perfect as a film adaptation can get.