Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020)
A documentary about the summer the Fitzgeralds spent in Westport, Connecticut.
The usual answer is Great Neck. This film argues for a summer in Westport in 1920, next to a neighbour known for lavish parties.
You like the real places behind novels, and you have an hour.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Fitzgerald, Zelda and the places he drew on.
Changes: the form, to documentary. Sam Waterston, Nick in the 1974 film, explores the house; Keir Dullea narrates.
A documentary arguing that the summer of 1920 the Fitzgeralds spent in Westport, Connecticut, near a neighbour known for lavish parties, shaped the novel more than is usually said. Sam Waterston explores the house; Keir Dullea narrates.
Whose story is it?
Fitzgerald’s, and a town’s.
How much time does it ask?
1 hour 10 minutes. Written and directed by Robert Steven Williams; included with a Prime membership when checked.
Prime Video: directed by Robert Steven Williams; producers include Charles Scribner III.
Where to find it
Watch with Prime — Prime Video
Other ways to get it: Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More ways into West Egg: The Great Gatsby (1949), with Alan Ladd · The Great Gatsby (1974), with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow · The Great Gatsby (2000 television film)