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![Gary Cooper with Ayn Rand during filming of "'The Fountainhead" [1949]](images/AR&coop.jpg)
Ayn Rand [1905-82] was one of the most important philosophers of the XXth Century.
Her philosophy of Objectivism thrives in America, especially around college campuses,
and her books sell 300,000 copies each year.
Ayn Rand credits [since 1927] at Internet Movie Database
Ayn Rand Pages
at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore
Ayn Rand & Objectivism Links Page
at the Working Minds Philosophy website
"Atlas Shrugged, Part I"
[Strike Prodns/Rocky Mountain Pictures April 2011]
 | After years of on-again, off-again 'development hell', the three-part version of "Atlas Shrugged" finally began filming in June 2010, intended for TV broadcast. Gone now are Baldwin Entertainment Group, and Angelina Jolie or Charlize Theron as Dagny Taggart, or the script by James V. Hart & Randall Wallace, The Part I story ends with the disappearance of Ellis Wyatt and the burning of the oil fields. Produced by The Strike Productions & John Aglialoro; directed by Paul Johansson; script by Brian Patrick O’Toole; starring Taylor Schilling {as Dagny Taggart}, Grant Bowler {as Hank Reardon}, Paul Johansson {as John Galt}, Michael Lerner, Matthew Marsdan, Graham Beckel {as Ellis Wyatt} & Jsu Garcia {as Francisco D'Anconia}
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2011] for $19.99 
Fox widescreen color DVD [11/2011] for $12.49
Rearden Steel Edition Blu-ray & DVD [12/2011] available only from producers website for $24.95 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch official trailer [2:26] |
 | Atlas Shrugged Movie Soundtrack Album [2011] by Elia Cmiral The Strike Prodns soundtrack CD [5/2011] 22 tracks for $8.99 |
  | "Atlas Shrugged" 1957 classic novel [1957] by Ayn Rand John Galt leads an intellectual strike to 'stop the engine of the world', while Dagny Taggart fights bureaucrats and mobs of looters to keep the Taggart Transcontinental Railroad alive. Signet mass pb [8/96] for $9.99 |
"Atlas Shrugged, Part II" 
[Strike Prodns Nov 2012]
 | Although the Part 1 movie lost money, the indefatigable Objectivist crew has gotten the greenlight for "Atlas Shrugged Part 2" (of three}; filming will begin in April 2012, and release is planned for October 2012, with the intention of influencing the November 2012 presidential election. Produced by The Strike Productions & John Aglialoro, with film expert Duncan Scott; DVD/Blu-ray not yet available latest credits at IMDb • official movie site • official teaser trailer [1:04] on YouTube |
"The Fountainhead" [Warner Bros. July 1949]
 | Directed by King Vidor [1894-1982]; script by Ayn Rand based on her 1943 novel; starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal & Raymond Massey
Warner b&w DVD [11/2006] for $17.49 Warner b&w VHS [1/90] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
  | Novel by Ayn Rand [1943]
Signet pb [8/96] for $8.99 Plume 60th Anniv hardcover [12/2002] for $27.97 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [6/2003] for $44.95 |
Other Films By/About Ayn Rand
"Night of January 16th"
Paramount feature film released Nov 1941; script by Delmer Daves & Robert Pirosh & Ayn Rand,
adapted from her play; directed by William Clemens, starring Robert Preston & Ellen Drew
b&w video not available; full credits from IMDb
"Broadway Television Theatre" broadcast of 14 July 1952
video/kinescope not available; credits from IMDb
"Lux Video Theatre" broadcast of 10 May 1956
video/kinescope not available; credits from IMDb
"Noi Vivi / Addio Kira" [Italian feature film 1942]
Restored/subtitled version released 1986
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Based on "We The Living"; screenplay by Oreste Biancoli & Anton Giulio Majano, directed by Goffredo Alessandrini; starring Alida Valli & Rossano Brazzi
Scalera Films/Duncan Scott Prodns b&w DVD [8/00] 2 disks for $35.99 b&w VHS [5/94] 2 tapes for $69.95 credits from IMDb: 1942 version | 1986 version |
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"We The Living" novel by Ayn Rand [1936]
Signet/N.A.L. mass pb [1/96] for $7.99 |
"You Came Along" [Paramount July 4 1945]
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Directed by John Farrow; screenplay by Ayn Rand & Robert Smith; starring Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Charles Drake, Julie Bishop, Kim Hunter & Helen Forrest
video not available; full credits at IMDb |
"Love Letters" [Paramount Aug 1945]
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Directed by William Dieterle; screenplay by Ayn Rand, adapted from Chris Massie's book 'Pity My Simplicity'; starring Joseph Cotten & Jennifer Jones
DVD not available; Universal b&w VHS [2/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Lux Video Theatre" broadcast of 20 January 1955 video/kinescope not available; credits from IMDb |
"Without Reservations" [R.K.O. 1946]
The female author of a novel in a similar tone as Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" meets a tough-guy actor on a train
bound for Hollywood where her novel is to be made into a movie; she actively pursues him for the lead role,
though he's read the novel and openly mocks it as ridiculous nonsense.
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; starring John Wayne & Claudette Colbert;
full credits at IMDb
"Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand" [UMTV 1961]
aka "Ayn Rand and The New Intellectual"
interview of Ayn Rand at University of Michigan; sparse info at IMDb
"Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life"
[documentary Feb 1998]
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Written & directed by Michael Paxton; narrated by Sharon Gless, featuring Michael S. Berliner, Harry Binswanger, Cynthia Peikoff, Leonard Peikoff & Mike Wallace, with archive foorage of Phil Donahue, Tom Snyder, Ayn Rand & Frank Lloyd Wright; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Strand Releasing widescreen color/b&w 'Director's Vision' DVD [8/2004] 2 disks for $32.49 second disk includes film of the play "Ideal" and other extras Image Ent letterbox color DVD [10/99] out of stock/used Strand Releasing color/b&w VHS [3/2000] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb | official website |
"The Passion of Ayn Rand"
[Showtime tv movie May 1999]
 | Directed by Christopher Menaul; starring Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda
Showtime color DVD [4/2002] for $17.99 Showtime color VHS [4/2002] for $9.48 full credits from IMDb book by Barbara Branden [1987] Doubleday 9x6 pb [9/87] for $13.56 David P. Hayes's rebuttal to the book |
"The Husband I Bought"
tentative feature film for 2001; based on Ayn Rand's first short story
in English, not published until 1984; to be directed by Stephan Elliott
listing removed from IMDb
C-Span 'American Writers' Ayn Rand segment [broadcast 12 May 2002]
website • watch the program online! [uses RealMedia]
"Ideal" [2004 video release]
Ayn Rand's play 'Ideal' was written in 1934 and not produced until 1989,
at the Melrose Theater in Hollywood, under the direction of Michael Paxton
credits at IMDb;
available as an extra on the "Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life" 2-disk DVD
"The Birth of Objectivism"
 | Part of The Objectivist History Project; produced & directed by Duncan Scott; not listed on IMDb
Volume 1 (50 minutes): featuring Nathaniel Brandon, economist Robert Hessen, Ed Snider, and Joan Kennedy Taylor Duncan Scott Prodns widescreen color DVD [1/2005] for $19.95 Volume 2 (58 minutes): featuring Barbara Branden, attormeys Erika Holzer & Henry Mark Holzer, and Libertarian John Hospers Duncan Scott Prodns widescreen color DVD [1/2006] for $19.95 Volume 3 (57 minutes): featuring Iris Bell, Barbara Branden, Patricia Neal & Al Ramrus Duncan Scott Prodns widescreen color DVD [10/2011] for $19.95
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"Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words" [video release May 2011]
 | The life and work of Ayn Rand described thru film and television, including never-before-seen footage from the archives of the Ayn Rand Estate. Directed by John Little & Robert Anderson Entertainment One widescreen color/b&w DVD [5/2011] for $14.98 full credits at IMDb • watch official trailer [1:43] on YouTube |
"Ayn Rand & The Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged"
[limited release Jan 2012]
 | 87-minute color documentary film describing how Ayn Rand's warnings in the 1950s are appearing as world economic events of today. Co-produced & directed by Chris Mortensen; narrated by Gary Anthony Williams; featuring Mike Berliner, Andrew Bernstein, Harry Binswanger, Yaron Brook, Christopher Cerf, Kevin O'Connor, Amy Peikoff, Elliot Persico, Richard E. Ralston, Albert S. Ruddy, Ed Snider, many others
Arts Alliance America widescreen color DVD [DUE April 2012] for $20.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch official trailer on YouTube |
Ayn Rand Interview Videos from 
Laissez Faire Books closed in 2007, their videos are no longer available
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"Mike Wallace Interviews Ayn Rand, February 1959"
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"Ayn Rand Speaks For Herself" [1974] interviewed at University of Michigan by James Day 30 minute video = discontinued |
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"Phil Donahue Interviews Ayn Rand, May 1979"
45-minute video = discontinued; credits at IMDb 8-minute Part 1 on YouTube 8¾-minute Part 2 on YouTube 10-minute Part 3 on YouTube 10-minute Part 4 on YouTube 10-minute Part 5 on YouTube |
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"Tom Snyder Interviews Ayn Rand, July 1979"
28 minute video = discontinued 10-minute Part 1 on YouTube 10-minute Part 2 on YouTube 9¼-minute Part 3 on YouTube |
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