The Great Gatsby
Object Details
- Artist
- Steve Schapiro, 16 Nov 1934 - 15 Jan 2022
- Sitter
- Mia Farrow, born 1945
- Robert Redford, born 18 Aug 1937
- Exhibition Label
- After forty-nine-year-old Marlon Brando declined Paramount Pictures’ financial offer to play the title role in a film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920s classic, The Great Gatsby, Robert Redford wondered, “Didn’t anyone at Paramount bother to read the novel?” In age—thirty-eight—and appearance, Redford was a better fit for the role. Moreover, he had become the “most sought-after actor” in Hollywood with the recent release of two popular 1973 films, The Way We Were and The Sting. Meanwhile, Mia Farrow, who asked to play the role of Daisy Buchanan, passed a screen test and infused the film with a “mystical quality, a kind of spoiled arrogance, which made her especially interesting.” Ultimately the film fell flat with many critics. Yet it was a profitable hit at the box office, due largely to the cinematic chemistry between Redford and Farrow, as this cover image suggests.
- Después que Marlon Brando, entonces de cuarenta y nueve años, rechazara la propuesta económica de Paramount Pictures para que protagonizara una versión fílmica del clásico The Great Gatsby, escrito por F. Scott Fitzgerald en los años veinte, Robert Redford se preguntaba si alguien en Paramount se había molestado en leer la novela. Tanto por su edad (treinta y ocho) como por su apariencia, Redford era mucho mejor para el rol. Además, en ese momento era el “actor más cotizado” de Hollywood gracias al reciente lanzamiento de dos populares películas de 1973, The Way We Were y The Sting. Mia Farrow, quien había expresado su deseo de interpretar a Daisy Buchanan, pasó con éxito la audición y le imprimió al filme un “aire místico, una cierta arrogancia de niña mimada que la hacía particularmente interesante”. Al fin y al cabo, la película no gustó a muchos críticos, pero sí fue un gran éxito de taquilla, sobre todo por la química entre Redford y Farrow, como bien lo sugiere esta imagen de portada.
- Collection Description
- In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait Gallery. The museum is dedicated to telling the stories of individuals who have shaped the United States, and the Time Collection—featuring prominent international figures and events—enriches our understanding of the United States in a global context.
- En 1978, la revista Time donó a la National Portrait Gallery cerca de 800 obras de arte originales creadas para sus portadas. Nuestro museo se dedica a narrar la historia de figuras que han contribuido a forjar el desarrollo de Estados Unidos, y es así que la Colección Time, que incluye retratos de importantes personalidades internacionales, nos ayuda a comprender mejor a nuestra nación en un contexto global.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine. Conserved with funds from The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
- 1974
- Object number
- NPG.78.TC691
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Steve Schapiro
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Chromogenic print on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 33.7 × 26cm (13 1/4 × 10 1/4")
- Mount: 56.5 × 46.4cm (22 1/4 × 18 1/4")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Exterior
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- Mia Farrow: Female
- Mia Farrow: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Mia Farrow: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Humanitarian
- Robert Redford: Male
- Robert Redford: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Film director
- Robert Redford: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Robert Redford: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.TC691
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4aa879674-ae88-4605-af53-400d932ed641
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