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“Atlas Shrugged” lays out Rand’s passionate defenses of capitalism and individualism, and has been a source of inspiration to figures as varied as Alan Greenspan and Angelina Jolie.
Atlas Shrugged, a novel in which society’s most productive citizens choose to disappear, was published in 1957, and filmmakers have spent nearly every year since trying to adapt it.
FILM REVIEW: Atlas Shrugged Part II: The Strike. In their mission statement for the Kickstarter campaign, the producers wrote: “Atlas Shrugged was written over 50 years ago as a warning to ...
Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” has polarized opinion for more than 50 years. Its fans — including, until recently, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan — applaud the book’s ...
A monument of American literature is shaved down to a spindly toothpick of a movie in "Atlas Shrugged." Rather than lose the rights to Rand’s novel, producer John Aglialoro enlisted co-writer ...
Say that the longest philosophical speeches were removed from Atlas Shrugged. Francisco D'Anconia would muse on money in a brief, plausibly conversational way. Hank Rearden would explain himself ...
I recently had the opportunity to view a pre-release version of Atlas Shrugged Part 1, which is appropriately scheduled for release on tax day, April 15. You need not waste your time with the ...
My wife and I recently saw Atlas Shrugged, Part III (AKA, Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?), the third and final movie in the trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s famous novel. Unfortunately, it was so ...
The people behind the “Atlas Shrugged” series of films have things they want to tell you, and just to make sure that you know what they are, the movies tell you, ...
"Atlas Shrugged Part I," released last year, cost businessman John Aglialoro about $25 million (and 19 years) to bring to the screen. Its domestic box-office take was a tepid $4.6 million.
When Ayn Rand finished writing "Atlas Shrugged" 50 years ago this month, she set off an intellectual shock wave that is still felt today. It's cred ...