Posted on 03/23/2008 4:40:21 AM PDT by bigjoesaddle
After years of delays, Ayn Rand's famous novel "Atlas Shrugged" is being made into a feature film starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, according to media reports. Lionsgate Films bought the rights to the film version of the 1957 novel, considered in many polls to be one of the most influential books in history.
According to Hollywood trade paper Variety, the Mr. And Mrs. Smith co-stars, who are both fans of the Russian novelist, would play the lead roles of Dagny Taggart and John Gault. The story revolves around the economic collapse of the United States sometime in the future and espouses Rand's philosophy of objectivism.
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An interesting proposition. I am surprised by the notion that they would be fan’s of Ayn Rand’s work. I have no worries that the script for such a well-known and monumental work as “Atlas Shrugged” would be re-worked to deny the essential message of the book. Look at it from a producer’s standpoint...they bought the rights to this work because the concept is presold - there’s a built-in audience. It will probably be more profitable in the long run to be true to the story. In the short run these actors will bring people into the theatres but if they make a mockery of the message the people that came to see the movie expecting to see an accurate portrayal of Rand’s work will never bother with it again. If they do it “right”, they can count on DVD sales for years to come from the libertarian-leaning people that would like to keep a copy in their library.
Who is John Gault?
Cheers!
I tend to agree with you, they would have to be incredibly stupid to screw with the message, I’m just surprised by the actors involved. The bigger problem is going to be fitting the book into a 3 hour movie.
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