G is a 2002 American drama film directed by Christopher Scott Cherot. It is loosely based on the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Directed by	Christopher Scott Cherot
Written by	Andrew Lauren Charles E. Drew, Jr.
Produced by	Judd Landon Andrew Lauren
Starring	Richard T. Jones Blair Underwood Chenoa Maxwell Andre Royo
Cinematography	Horacio Marquínez
Edited by	Robert M. Reitano
Music by	Bill Conti
Production company	Andrew Lauren Productions
Distributed by	Aloha Releasing Inc.
Release dates	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10) (Tribeca Film Festival) October 28, 2005 (2005-10-28) (Theatrical in the USA)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,020,784

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The title character, G, played by Richard T. Jones, is a hip-hop music mogul who is looking to win back the love of his life, Sky (based on the character Daisy Buchanan from the original novel).

G made its worldwide premiere on May 10, 2002 at the Tribeca Film Festival in United States. It made its theatrical premiere on October 28, 2005 in the US, more than 3 years from its initial premiere. Since then, it has been released on DVD in Spain, Iceland, and Hungary.

Roger Ebert was lukewarm about the film overall ("I wondered why the clarity of Fitzgerald's story line was replaced by such a jumble of a plot"), and felt that its most interesting aspects were what it had to say about race, class and money in contemporary America.^[1] Scott Foundas in Variety was more positive ("a handsome, compelling drama... that more than stands on its own"), praising the acting and particularly Jones and Maxwell as the leads.^[2]