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Jolie Picks Place On "Atlas"
Dark Horizons ^ | Sept 21 | Garth Franklin

Posted on 09/22/2006 3:18:25 AM PDT by everitt12

That rumour from the other month is now confirmed, Angelina Jolie is set to star in the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's iconic tome "Atlas Shrugged" for Lionsgate reports Variety.

Jolie, a longtime fan of Rand's, was eager to play the role of Dagney Taggart, the most powerful female character in any of Rand's books.

A movie version of the Russian-born author's novel, which runs more than 1,100 pages, has been long in the making. For years, producer Al Ruddy tried to bring "Atlas Shrugged" to the bigscreen, attracting the interest of Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway along the way.

Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray") hold the rights to this most ambitious novel of Rand's, and are producing.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: angelinajolie; atlasshrugged; aynrand; ironic; jolie
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To: everitt12
Angie, World Woman, would've been fit to be tied had she gotten her tattooed latitudes/longitudes of her childrens' birthplaces wrong--to later learn that they were actually coordinates like Peoria or Cincinnati. World Woman would have gotten a bad case of the vapors.

Black tailor-suited and pearled World Woman is of pseudointellectual type.

21 posted on 09/22/2006 9:19:56 AM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: dfwgator

LOL, gator!


22 posted on 09/22/2006 9:23:17 AM PDT by Miss Behave (You can't negotiate with people who want to kill you more than they want to live. ~Caller to Hannity)
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To: Xenalyte
"That was such a visually odd movie! Almost plastic-looking."

You're too kind. What a waste of talent, money, and 106 minutes of my life.

The movie was an experiment -- the whole thing was shot in front of a blue screen and used computer graphics. Nothing (except the actors and a few props) was real.

23 posted on 09/22/2006 9:58:03 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: everitt12

I actually think she'll do a great job of acting the role, regardless of her personal views. She is a halfway decent actress, and not just eye candy.


24 posted on 09/22/2006 10:00:18 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: bert
"So who is John Galt?

Kevin Spacey?

25 posted on 09/22/2006 10:02:49 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

I think I'm the only person ever to like that movie. I thought it was cool.


26 posted on 09/22/2006 10:05:00 AM PDT by Kaylee Frye
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To: everitt12
I realize Jolie is just an actress, and nice eye candy, but she's also basically a socialist.

Admittedly I don't follow her every word but from what I know of her I don't think she's a socialist (unless being concerned about innocent children makes one a socialist). I saw her at some national press event and was surprised at her diplomacy and adeptness at dodging partisan politics statements.

27 posted on 09/22/2006 10:16:49 AM PDT by Dolphy
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To: robertpaulsen
My choices: Jude Law as Hank Rearden and Gwyneth Paltrow as Dagney Taggart.

WOW, you really want this story to tank huh?

28 posted on 09/22/2006 2:09:43 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (May Satan grip the souls of those with American blood on their hands)
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To: robertpaulsen

Actually I really WAS trying to be nice, since I couldn't tell if you liked it or not . . . but I share your opinion. I found it overhyped and tiring to my eyes.


29 posted on 09/22/2006 2:11:52 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Jeez, and y'all laugh at Texans.)
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To: Michael Barnes

Your choices being ....


30 posted on 09/22/2006 2:12:36 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: Xenalyte
I like to mock Brad Pitt as much as the next guy

I used to think Brad Pitt was pretty much a lightweight as an actor, but he really has come into his own over the last several years.

He was excellent in "Troy"

31 posted on 09/22/2006 3:15:43 PM PDT by Popman ("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
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To: Xenalyte
His "12 Monkeys" character was electrifying. Tyler Durden was magnificent.

I agree on both of those, plus he was excellent in Snatch and really good in A River Runs Through It.

That said, I finally got around to watching Interview with a Vampire. Uggh. Pitt was dull as a bowling ball. And Cruise was an unintentionally comical result of horrific casting. That movie blew. The only person who was fun to watch in that movie was Kirsten Dunst and she was a little girl at the time.

32 posted on 09/22/2006 3:22:10 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: bonfire

Woot.


33 posted on 09/22/2006 3:23:08 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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