Myths abound on which mansions inspired the Gatsby castle and the Buchanan home. The North Shore "Gold Coast" on the Long Island Sound boasts a history of affluence, with private estates of Vanderbilts, Roosevelts, and others of Gilded Age fortune built there at the turn of the 20th century. And though Luhrmann's set designer Catherine Martin built Jay Gatsby's mansion on soundstages for the film, all that jazz was based on Long Island's real architectural flair. ![]() It was a world we now can only imagine, but once, long ago in the glimmering past, it did exist. ![]() It was the Roaring Twenties, an era when flapper dresses and fireworks set to brass jazz bands sent nights spiraling into debauched infamy. But one thing’s for sure: few works capture the American imagination more than F. You either love or hate Baz Luhrmann’s unabashedly lavish 2013 film adaptation.
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