Atlas Shrugged on the Big Screen

[sasha031]

Libertarians everywhere can rejoice! The film adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged will open in theaters nationwide on April 15 -- which of course is also the day federal income taxes are due.

The Daily Caller has an interview with producer John Aglialoro about the movie which is the first of a planned trilogy.


http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/03/04/atlas_shrugged_on_the_big_screen.htm

sorry mods, I have do learn to downsize pics, did this quickly, couldn't resist.

[ejpoeta]

1. probably will play in more theaters than gasland did.

[krabigirl]

2. Lol. But wing nuts will protest it because she was an atheist, right? Oh wait..

[alpizzy]

3. Who bankrolled this....

giant piece of crap?

[sasha031]

4. John Aglialoro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aglialoro

[alpizzy]

6. Thank you

I wonder if he thinks of himself as John Galt.

[Monk06]

33. Part III will be John Galt's speach. It will last three hours ... no intermittions n/t

[rrneck]

5. *shrug* nt

[hatrack]

7. According to the Wiki link below, this will be Part 1 . . .

:rofl:

[reformist2]

8. Because the book is so epic, it needs three movies! LOL

[Bucky]

13. I'm disappointed that Ben Stein isn't cast as protagonist Dagny Taggert

But yes, three movies... just like Lord of the Rings. Ayn Rand does for economics what Tolkien did for plausible zoology.

[JHB]

10. The joke going around it that...

...Galt's big speech will be part 3.

[The Night Owl]

9. The big screen? Really?

I predict a limited theatrical release for Atlas Shrugged. I'm surprised we're not talking about straight-to-video here. I nearly slipped into a coma watching the trailer.

[closeupready]

17. Yeah, if the trailer is any indication, this should be as succesful as Motherhood.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220220/business :rofl:

[Yavin4]

11. The Thumb on my Invisible Hand

Gives it a big thumbs down.

[JHB]

12. I've seen the trailer on YouTube (won't link to it...

...lest some parasites leech off my hard work :evilgrin: )

It has this really weird vibe of an obvious period piece dressed up in current clothing. They had to, or risk the wrath of the Randoids by messing with the Holy Writ by adapting it.

I'm almost ready to start a betting pool as to whether anyone will use a cell phone like a cell phone (i.e., mobile, not just a stand-in for a land-line), or at even at all.

Of course, the very slavishness to the source will make it odd and wooden to any non-TruBeliever, but that's all for the best.

[DefenseLawyer]

14. Finally! Sociopaths can be portrayed in a positive light in film.

The stereotypes, the negativity... it's gone on for too long in Hollywood.

[murielm99]

15. They made a movie of The Fountainhead in 1949.

It bombed.

[JuniperLea]

29. I love that movie!

The ending was gripping... made me cry. I never dreamed so many people would take that stuff to heart... really weird from my POV.

Great cinema and great boxoffice don't always know each other.

[JoDog]

16. They do realize...

the movie is about government getting in the way of high-speed rail?

[Marr]

18. It was the worst book I've ever read, by FAR.

I really enjoy good writing from authors who don't share my political beliefs, too. Some can really make their argument well in a narrative and, even if I don't agree with it, I can see where they're coming from and consider their views perfectly valid. Rand is nowhere near that category.

It wasn't just the actual moving pieces in Atlas Shrugged; the ridiculous dialogue, the unbelievable, paper-thin caricatures that are passed off as characters... it was the whole structure. She writes like a psychotic. There's a really glaring lack of logic and order.

For instance, this is how she sets up the idea that altrusim is evil:

1. Begin by assuming altruism is evil.
2. Therefore, altruism is evil.

I mean, seriously. It's trash.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

19. Wow! Stellar cast!

I actually recognized one of the supporting actors, Bonnie Raitt's ex-husband! :D

[eleny]

22. Obscure!

[JHB]

25. And Principal Quark!

[sufrommich]

20. There are rumors that the third part of the trilogy will be a musical.

Yes, that's right, a musical. :rofl:

But you know, part three could be a musical . . . like a Les Miserables kind of a musical,” said Aglialoro. “That’s part of the impact and I guess I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m looking at it completely different if part three is a musical with quality music that’s done in a certain way that people will like.”

Since the novel is roughly 1,200 pages, the movie adaptation was split into three parts. Part one is set to be released April 15.

Aglialoro, who held the movie rights and toiled over adapting the novel to film for 18 years, told TheDC he wants to shock audiences with the final installment:

“I mean, if you saw the play Les Miserables without the music, and then with the music, you may go in there saying, ‘oh hell, I would never want to see that great book in a musical.’ That’s going to shock a lot of people to see part 3 be a musical, and part 2 may be very different from part 3 and very different from part 1. It has to be new, you know . . . We get a freshness, a vitality about it, and yet it has the same, rock-solid principles and philosophies that we all know and love.”



From an exclusive interview with the right wing Daily Caller.

[reformist2]

21. Is that John Aglialoro? LOL

[Bluenorthwest]

23. Rand 9 From Outer Space

nt

[librechik]

28. haha--and a bigger flop, no doubt

[ikri]

24. You may laugh, but

I'd bet good money that the film makes a profit.

There are enough true believers out there who won't allow the film to fail and who will buy out entire screenings to make it appear popular or bulk buy the DVD to give away.

It'll be a success in the same way that all those right-wing books make the best-seller lists even though no individuals seems to buy them.

[gatorboy]

30. With a budget of $5 million it better be.

[LanternWaste]

32. About as profitable as Glen Beck's Christmas Sweater I would imagine...

About as profitable as Glen Beck's Christmas Sweater I would imagine...

Same target demographics. :shrug:

[OneGrassRoot]

26. Oh dear.... :( n/t

[librechik]

27. maybe those peny pinching repugs who see it will take up the cause of high speed rail

Book is quite keen on that. (things from 60 years ago don't always translate to modern big screen movies, or the agendas of todays Randians)

[Kingofalldems]

31. Does the protagonist collect SS and Medicare benefits ala Rand?