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.

“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.

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 ...

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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 ...

For almost two decades, Hollywood has tried unsuccessfully to turn Ayn Rand’s 1100 page classic Atlas Shrugged into a feature film with actresses ranging from Angelina Jolie to Charlize Theron ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

"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.

Just before noon Friday, when “Atlas Shrugged Part I” was screening for the first time in 300 theaters across America, the film had a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 6% — and “Atlas Shrugged ...

Atlas Shrugged makes its way to the big screen April 15, though in more modest form than originally envisioned. That’s because many attempts at big-budget treatments of the 1,168-page book fizzled.