I’m a lucky guy to work at the Cato Institute, and I’m especially happy to be at Cato’s Benefactor Summit in San Diego this weekend. One of our supporters, John Aglialoro, is the person most responsible for the movie version of Atlas Shrugged (he independently produced the film with his own money), and he let us see the movie yesterday.
Five stars. Two thumbs up. Whatever rating system you use, you need to see this movie. You don’t need to be a “Randroid” or objectivist to like the film. Heck, you probably don’t even need to like small government or have capitalist sympathies.
I realize I’m biased, but I genuinely think John did a fantastic job. The production quality is first rate, the musical score (I think that’s the term) is perfect, and the story is well told – a particularly challenging task since the 1000 page-plus book is actually being brought to the screen in three parts and this is just the first installment.
The movie is released to the public on April 15 (yes, that choice is deliberate).
If you want to see the trailer, click here.
[…] always viewed Ayn Rand’s most famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, as a warning about the dangers of over-regulation, over-taxation, and excessive […]
[…] always viewed Ayn Rand’s most famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, as a warning about the dangers of over-regulation, over-taxation, and excessive […]
[…] always viewed Ayn Rand’s most famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, as a warning about the dangers of over-regulation, over-taxation, and excessive […]
[…] Rand’s famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, tells the story of what happens when society’s most productive people go on strike because they don’t want to subsidize the looters and […]
[…] Rand’s famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, tells the story of what happens when society’s most productive people go on strike because they don’t want to subsidize the looters and […]
[…] mentioned before how I’m proud and lucky to work for the Cato Institute, first and foremost because my colleagues are scrupulously non-partisan. We promote the ideals of […]
[…] Rand’s famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, tells the story of what happens whensociety’s most productive people go on strike because they don’t want to subsidize the looters and […]
[…] Rand’s famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, tells the story of what happens when society’s most productive people go on strike because they don’t want to subsidize the looters and […]
[…] Rand’s famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, tells the story of what happens when society’s most productive people go on strike because they don’t want to subsidize the looters and […]
[…] mentioned before how I’m proud and lucky to work for the Cato Institute, first and foremost because my colleagues are scrupulously non-partisan. We promote the ideals of […]
[…] mentioned before how I’m proud and lucky to work for the Cato Institute, first and foremost because my colleagues are scrupulously non-partisan. We promote the ideals of […]
[…] mentioned before how I’m proud and lucky to work for the Cato Institute, first and foremost because my colleagues are scrupulously non-partisan. We promote the ideals of […]
[…] mentioned before how I’m proud and lucky to work for the Cato Institute, first and foremost because my colleagues are scrupulously non-partisan. We promote the ideals of […]
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE BUT HAVE CHECKED MOVIE THEATERS ALL OVER THE AREA HERE AND CANNOT FIND IT LISTED– QUESTION—-WILL IT BE AVAILABLE ON DVD SO I CAN BUY IT ? ? ? ?
[…] So if you want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. […]
[…] So if you want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. […]
[…] want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. Daniel J. Mitchell • June 13, 2011 @ 12:51 pm Filed under: Government and […]
[…] [I]f you want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. […]
[…] So if you want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. […]
[…] want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. jQuery('#lazyload_post_0 img').lazyload({placeholder: […]
[…] So if you want a glimpse at America’s future, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the book. Or at least watch the movie. […]
[…] got a chance to see the movie at a Cato event in California. As I wrote after that opportunity, “The production quality is first rate, the musical score (I think that’s the term) is perfect, […]
[…] The Atlasphere’s Hans Schantz has posted his interview with Screenwriter Brian Patrick O’Toole at Q&A: The Atlas Shrugged movie trailer, and Dan Mitchell has posted his impressions after a pre-release viewing at Having Now Watched the Movie, Here’s a Glowing Review of Atlas Shrugged. […]
I predict big box office numbers for Atlas Shrugged: http://duelingbarstools.com/2011/02/mark-my-words/