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In the story of The Great Gatsby, there is a narrator named Nick that lives next door to Gatsby. e is rich. iced tea for Daisy so that Gatsby could catch up on the old days with her. They find out that Tom is talking to his mistress. Nick goes back to his house. In both versions of the film, there were many characteristics and events that were extremely similar. In The Great Gatsby movies, both movies have the same title and the same characters.

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