A would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits.

Widescreen version presented in a "letterbox' widescreen format preserving the scope aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition; enhanced for widescreen tvs. Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.