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Atlas Shrugged (film)

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Atlas Shrugged film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Paul Johansson
Produced by John Aglialoro
Harmon Kaslow
Screenplay by John Aglialoro
Brian Patrick O'Toole
Based on Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Starring Taylor Schilling
Grant Bowler
Matthew Marsden
Edi Gathegi
Jsu Garcia
Michael Lerner
Music by Elia Cmiral
Cinematography Ross Berryman
Edited by Jim Flynn
Sherril Schlesinger
Production
company
The Strike Productions
Distributed by Rocky Mountain Pictures
20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)
Running time
102 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million
Box office $4,627,375

Atlas Shrugged: Part I is a 2011 American political science fiction drama film directed by Paul Johansson. An adaptation of part of Ayn Rand's controversial 1957 novel of the same name, the film is the first in a trilogy encompassing the entire book. After various treatments and proposals floundered for nearly 40 years, investor John Aglialoro initiated production in June 2010. The film was directed by Paul Johansson and stars Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart and Grant Bowler as Hank Rearden.

The film begins the story of Atlas Shrugged, set in a dystopian United States where John Galt leads innovators, from industrialists to artists, in a capital strike, "stopping the motor of the world" to reassert the importance of the free use of one's mind and of laissez-faire capitalism.

A sequel film, Atlas Shrugged: Part II was released on October 12, 2012. The third part in the series, Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? was released on September 12, 2014.

It is 2016 and the United States is in a sustained economic depression. Industrial disasters, resource shortages, and gasoline at $37/gallon have made railroads the primary mode of transportation, but even they are in disrepair. After a major accident on the Rio Norte line of the Taggart Transcontinental railroad, CEO James Taggart shirks responsibility. His sister Dagny Taggart, Vice-President in Charge of Operation, defies him by replacing the aging track with new rails made of Rearden Metal, which is claimed to be lighter yet stronger than steel. Dagny meets with its inventor, Hank Rearden, and they negotiate a deal they both admit serves their respective self-interests.


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