I just attended the pre-release screening of Atlas Shrugged Part One, and I’d like to share my first impressions. Take this as an initial installment toward the much more thoughtful (but equally enthusiastic) review I’ll compose at leisure over the next few days and publish at the (fan-run, unofficial) Atlas […]
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Today, the producers of Atlas Shrugged Part One will be screening the the movie for “selected commentators, bloggers, critics, and devotees of Rand’s work.” I’ll be in Culver City, California for the screening. I’ll provide my initial reactions as well as a full review and analysis. This event caps a […]
I’ve joined Joshua Zader, founder of AtlasSphere, as a co-blogger at the Atlas Shrugged Movie Blog. This is an unofficial fan-run web site focusing on news pertaining to Atlas Shrugged Part One, the soon to be released screen adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I’ll primarily post Atlas Shrugged related […]
For over fifty years, Ayn Rand’s best selling novel, Atlas Shrugged, defied attempts to capture it on film or video. Now this past summer, a team led by John Aglialoro completed shooting on the first part of a planned Atlas Shrugged trilogy. Three weeks ago, ÆtherCzar presented a preview of […]
The movie version of Atlas Shrugged (Part One) completed a five week shoot in July and is now in post-production. Producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow began filming just days before the rights to the story would have reverted to the Estate of Ayn Rand. The producers changed directors just […]
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