Atlas Shrugged

Glad to see this moving forward. I haven't read the novel, but I may do that soon. And I can't believe Jolie's been on this film since early 02'.
 
C.F. Kane said:
But isn't most of the book just John Galt explaining Objectivism?
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Sorta--there is a whole chapter (perhaps about eighty pages, though I could be wrong) where it is Galt just talking, relaying his philosophy to the masses through hijacking the radios.

That's the thing about Rand, though--she was a great writer, espicially in her early works like Anthem, but she could get really diadectic.

Glad to hear the movies going though. I wonder how they plan to do the plot of it condenced. I'm also curious to see if they're going to keep it a quansi-future with railroads or maybe updating the technology...

The only thing I'm not really liking at this point is the possibility of Brad Pitt being Galt. He could do it, but he's too popular and well-known to be someone who's a mystery for most of the story. I could see him as Rearden, though.
 
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/883/883052p1.html

Perelman Shrugged
Filmmaker drops out of Rand adaptation.
by Brian Linder

US, June 19, 2008 - The development troubles for Lionsgate's planned adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged continue with the reported departure of filmmaker Vadim Perelman.


According to Cinematical, Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) says the project will not be going forward with him in the director's chair. Perelman had been tasked with writing and directing the flick, but it's also unclear whether he completed a draft of the screenplay. A previous draft was penned by Randall Wallace (Braveheart), who managed to pair down Rand's magnum opus of over 1,000 pages into a 127-page screenplay.


It's been a rough road for the movie version of the classic novel which was shelved briefly before Perelman was brought onboard in September. No reasons for Perelman's departure were given.


Angelina Jolie has long been attached to star in the flick as Dagny Taggart, the central female character in the story. Taggart's journey is the journey of the reader, exploring and understanding hero John Galt's capitalist philosophy. Jolie's hubby, Brad Pitt, has been rumored for the role of Galt.
 
Jesus this ****ing movie will never get made. They've been trying to do it for decades but not one can seem to take it on. I say just give it to Aronofsky, he'd work.
 
That's a shame. I was hoping they would finally make the film with Perelman, as Angelina Jolie has been attached for a very long time and she seemed relatively upbeat about the production.
 
"Atlas Shrugged" Becomes A Mini-Series?
By Garth Franklin Wednesday July 22nd 2009 12:57PM
The Risky Biz Blog reports that Oscar winner Charlize Theron has been meeting during the past several months with Lionsgate and producers Howard and Karen Baldwin on the long-gestating film adaptation of Ayn Rand's epic "Atlas Shrugged".

From those meetings, her hesitation about many of the book's nuances being lost has lead to a potential new avenue for the tome - a pay cable mini-series. Theron and the producers have been discussing the property as a potential high-profile event on Epix, the pay-cable network Lionsgate is forming with MGM and Viacom/Paramount.

Yet the actress isn't yet locked either, in fact late Monday Theron's reps told the site she's "not moving forward with the project". Angelina Jolie had been loosely attached to the material in recent times as well.

The uncertainty continues the long and difficult process that 'Atlas' has been enduring since the early 1970's when the first attempt was made to translate Rand's 1957 magnum opus to the big screen.

The 1,000-page novel centers on Taggart, a railroad executive trying to keep her corporation competitive in a world she sees as hostile to innovation. Among its most famous passages is a 50-page speech from mysterious character John Galt, regarded as a veiled expression of Rand’s own ideas which promoted unbridled pure capitalism.

The clock is ticking however on the film's production as the producer's option with the Rand estate expires if principal photography does not begin in 2010.
 
Good news, it would work better as a mini rather than just a shortened movie. It can be done in 3 parts like how the book is in 3 acts. as you can see from my signature I'm a huge fan, Rand is my favorite author and I am an objectivist.
 
Interesting. I can see it as a tv series. I look forward to further developments.
 
Well it looks ok to say the least. It's a brillant book so there's part of me that wish that they didn't adapt the book but I'll try to keep a open mind for this, Ruddy did wanted to make this movie for a long time. But we'll see how it turns out.
 
It's tough but I also try to keep a open mind for this film. However I do have some nitpick , the most noticeable is the look of the film. It looks awful but it's understandable cause of their tight budget.

The other is that it takes place in a modern setting. The book took place at an unspecified time but I imagine it set between 1930-1950.

Even though it has its flaws hopefully the movie turns out to be good, if not at least decent.
 
Let me start by saying that I absolutely despise Ayn Rand. Her ideology was a weak convoluted rationalization for greed and an abhorrent society meant only to benefit the wealthy and let them feel better for it.

With that said, this is an important piece of literature. I'm shocked that it is being treated so poorly. This looks like a TV movie with some very ugly cinematography. It's just blah. And given the rise of the Tea Party and libertarian ideology I'm surprised that Hollywood wouldn't make a serious film out of the book.

Oh well.
 
Sgt.Pepper said:
It's tough but I also try to keep a open mind for this film. However I do have some nitpick , the most noticeable is the look of the film. It looks awful but it's understandable cause of their tight budget.

The other is that it takes place in a modern setting. The book took place at an unspecified time but I imagine it set between 1930-1950.

Even though it has its flaws hopefully the movie turns out to be good, if not at least decent.
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Indeed it is a warning of the New Deal and a condemnation of FDR-era policies and where she saw America going. Since that was wrong, I guess they want to update it. V for Vendetta went from being a graphic novel about the perceived fascism of Thatcher England in the mid-'80s to being an attack on neoconservatism and where the Wachowski Brothers saw Bush taking the US in 2006 America. However, the fans, not to mention Alan Moore, hated the movie for that (while I thought it was quite good).

But as Rand's worldview was so based on what she saw in Soviet Russia and her thoughts on American liberalism of the mid-20th century that it is a bit odd to uproot it like this. Then again, Watchmen remained a 1980s nihilistic vision of the world and that movie did bad business. Yet again, this "Atlas Shrugged" looks like it was produced by ABC Family, so that can't be helped, I suppose.
 
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My God, this looks absolutely horrible. I couldn't even finish it.
 
I've read 'Anthem' but I haven't had a chance to check out 'Atlas Shrugged'. It does sound very interesting though.
 
I rather see Uwe Boll's version of War and Peace.
 
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Hmm, just watched the trailer. Looks a bit amateurish.
 
DACrowe said:
Indeed it is a warning of the New Deal and a condemnation of FDR-era policies and where she saw America going. Since that was wrong, I guess they want to update it. V for Vendetta went from being a graphic novel about the perceived fascism of Thatcher England in the mid-'80s to being an attack on neoconservatism and where the Wachowski Brothers saw Bush taking the US in 2006 America. However, the fans, not to mention Alan Moore, hated the movie for that (while I thought it was quite good).

But as Rand's worldview was so based on what she saw in Soviet Russia and her thoughts on American liberalism of the mid-20th century that it is a bit odd to uproot it like this. Then again, Watchmen remained a 1980s nihilistic vision of the world and that movie did bad business. Yet again, this "Atlas Shrugged" looks like it was produced by ABC Family, so that can't be helped, I suppose.
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Have you ever seen this? It's Stephen Colbert's summary of the novel. And it's all I kept thinking of when I saw the trailer.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/221335/march-11-2009/the-word---rand-illusion
 
I did some research on Objectivism and I just don't..get it. And I don't see why conservatives like this book so much or even agree with it.

I mean, maybe some of the ideas are good, but overall, my impressions on it is this: that you should be selfish and when you do something good, there has to be an intensive.

That was a one-sided breakdown on a popular philosophy for sure, but I just wanna hear out people who agree with Objectivism.
 
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Apart of me wants to read it, but it's too ****ing long for me. Plus I'm not very conservative. I think objectivism is interesting from a storytelling perspective, but ideaology speaking I don't share it as much. Like Octoberist said, I get some of the ideas, and some seem good, but I don't completely agree with it. It's a bit much.

But good ****, I can't get over how terrible the movie looks. I didn't even finish it and it looks God awful.
 
Politics aside, this thing will blow. All the “movie helper” tricks heaped on this trailer can’t hide the awful B-list actors, hackneyed dialogue, and Lifetime channel directing. Drum hits and flash cuts does not a movie make.
 
Yeah, it does look like a poorly made tv movie.
 
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