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Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby stands in a suit with arms crossed, leaning against a yellow vintage car in front of a grand mansion in The Great Gatsby (1974).

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, in a tuxedo, stands at a lavish party with elegantly dressed guests in 1920s attire in a scene from The Great Gatsby (2013).

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby raises a champagne glass, with 'The Great Gatsby' book cover superimposed and an arrow pointing to it.

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