Atlas Shrugged

'Atlas Shrugged' Producers Replace 'Embarrassing' DVD Covers That Say Movie Is About 'Self-Sacrifice'

Jillian Rayfield | November 11, 2011, 5:36PM

The producers of the film version of "Atlas Shrugged: Part One" apologized for an "embarrassing" error on the DVD cover that described the theme of their adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel as one of "self-sacrifice." As disciples of Rand, one of libertarianism's heroes, are supposed to know, Atlas Shrugged is actually all about "rational self-interest."

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Atlas Shrugged

Tea Party's Hopes For Atlas Shrugged Trilogy Foiled By Terrible Reviews

Jillian Rayfield | April 27, 2011, 5:02PM

For those Tea Partiers on the edge of their seats, waiting to find out what happens in the next two installments of the Atlas Shrugged movie series -- they may not want to hold their breath.

John Aglialoro, the producer, distributor, and financier of the first Atlas Shrugged movie, says he's reconsidering his plans, thanks to scathing reviews from movie critics (and TPM). "Critics, you won," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I'm having deep second thoughts on why I should do Part 2."

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Tea Party

The Tea Party's Atlas Shrugged: TPM Goes To The Movies

Jillian Rayfield | April 18, 2011, 9:39AM

What do you get when you cross Tea Party politics with a movie adaptation of a critically-panned but bestselling dystopian novel from the 50s?

TPM went to see Atlas Shrugged: Part One on Friday and found the answer: Nothing good.

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WI-SEN

Who Is John Galt? The New Star Of Wisconsin Senate Race Debate!

Eric Kleefeld | October 12, 2010, 9:30AM

Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Senate candidate Ron Johnson (R-WI)

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and his Republican opponent, businessman Ron Johnson, met last night for a debate, with topics ranging from health care to outside ad spending to...Atlas Shrugged.

That's right. A U.S. Senate debate ended up including a discussion on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand, about a world where business owners and innovators rebel against and abandon a society that over-regulated them and redistributed their earnings. Johnson, who is himself a plastics manufacturer, has cited it as a favorite book of his.

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