stars  In the framing scenes (not in the book), Nick Carraway is shown as a patient at "Perkins Sanitarium." Maxwell Perkins was F. Scott Fitzgerald's book editor on "The Great Gatsby."

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stars  According to Tom Breen, the owner of property "Breenhold" in the Blue Moutains where a lot of filming took place, there was a huge stuff-up on set by a "private weather guru" who was hired by 'Baz Lurhmann'. Mr Breen claims that on a beautiful spring day, the crew purchased 100,000 litres of water from one of the dams to create the synthetic rain needed for the scene where a nervous Gatsby has Nick Carroway invite Dasiy over for tea. It rained for the next 3 days.

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stars  Production was delayed when the director Baz Luhrmann was hit in the head by a moving camera crane, having to then receive three stitches.

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stars  When Klipspringer falls asleep on the organ, a pair of tennis shoes can be seen on top of the organ. Towards the end of the novel (not shown in the movie), he makes a call to Nick asking if anyone had seen his tennis shoes that he had left in the mansion.

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stars  Baz Luhrmann:  The waiter that brings Nick to Jordan's table to meet for tea after his lunch with Gatsby.

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