The Great Gatsby

In the summer of 1922, aspiring writer Nick Carraway moves to Long Island next door to a mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby, who throws lavish parties every weekend. Nick soon learns that Gatsby is desperately in love with his cousin Daisy, who is married to the brutish Tom Buchanan. As Gatsby tries to recapture his lost romance, the dazzling jazz-age world begins to crack. The film is a glittering adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel. For English learners: C1 level. American English of the 1920s with literary, poetic narration drawn from the novel. Vocabulary is rich and figurative; many sentences are complex and metaphorical. Pace is moderate. Best for advanced learners interested in literary English.