Atlas Shrugged, the movie?

This looks like an April Fool's joke to me, except that it's July.

I hope the movie will lead to a radical change in the political thinking of U.S. voters. Assuming it's not a hoax.

Comments

[Jonesy]

Thanks for linking to that. I've been following the development of this film for a couple months now, and have posted about it over at IMDB. Its not a hoax. All I really knew though is that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were suppose to star in it as Dagny and John Galt. From this write up though it doesnt say anything about Pitt being involved. The only other info I knew about it is that the guy that adapted Bram Stokers Dracula is the screenwriter.

I must say Im very excited about this. Angelina Jolie, along with being... easy on the eyes, is a decent actress, and will guarantee an audience for the movie. I have also read that she does share at least some of Rands philosophy, so this isnt a Hollywood liberal just exploiting Rands work. She is an atheist (or agnostic) too.

Im glad to see David Kelley is working closely with the writers; I feel confident with him involved that its in good hands. Everything else sounds very promising too. Im really looking forward to it. And I cant believe theyre planning a trilogy too, they seem to really going all out.

[michael vassar]

Sort of ironic to play Dagny while simultaneously traveling to Africa with Jefferey Sachs to plea for international aid; but its best not to be a Puritan.

[cpurick]

"I hope the movie will lead to a radical change in the political thinking of U.S. voters."

Starting with Half Sigma.

[dana]

I can't wait to see how corporations are turned into the villains in this one, LOL. Maybe James Taggart will be the hero? Cindy Sheehan should DEFINITELY play Ma Chalmers. I can't imagine how all Rand fans aren't scared to death of this impending monstronsity.

[michael vassar]

But corporations generally *are* the villians in Atlas Shrugged. James Taggart was, after all, the head of a corporation.

[michael vassar]

The good guys in Atlas are "Heroic Individuals". They tend to be very effective in productive functions, and at first this tends to lead some of them to prominance in business (and others to prominance in other fields, or in Galt's case and that of some others in no recognized field).

[dana]

Michael, the good and bad guys in Atlas Shrugged are ALL "individuals", that espouse either "good" or "bad" ideas. "Corporations" are as morally neutral in AS as they are in real life--I was commenting on more Hollywood's inability to generate a villain in ANY movie, from serious adult fare like "The Constant Gardener" to a kid's movie like "Toys" or "Robots", other than some "evil corporation", than on the moral status of corporations in Rand's book.

[christy]

Great, I have a feeling this is going to make Libertarian party meetings even more trekie-convention like than they already are.