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Which unfinished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel did Elia Kazan adapt for his final film?
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Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan on the set of Panic in the Streets, 1950.
Elia Kazan's final film, released in 1976, was an adaptation of the unfinished novel The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald.1
The film featured a screenplay by playwright Harold Pinter and starred an ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Nicholson. The original novel, published posthumously in 1941, serves as an indictment of Hollywood and centers on the life of studio executive Monroe Stahr.12