Based on F Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 classic novel, Toby Maguire and Carey Mulligan also star.

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The problem is that, as F Scott Fitzgerald might have said, the top one per cent are different from you and me.

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Author F Scott Fitzgerald's handwritten records of his life and career have been made available to fans and scholars after being put online.

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"F Scott Fitzgerald wrote some of the most poignant and beautiful passages of his extraordinary novel just a short distance away at a villa outside Saint-Raphael, " Luhrmann said in a statement.

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