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July 24, 2006

QotD: Filming Atlas Shrugged

It's looking increasingly like a sure thing that Ayn Rand's scrappy band of multi-millionaire underdogs will finally make it to the big screen within the next few years. Erstwhile colleague David M. Brown of Laissez Faire Books has the scoop, including news that to accomodate the epic scope of Atlas Shrugged, it will be filmed as a trilogy. Given the way Rand broke the book up, that raises the intriguing possibility that audiences will be queued up for summer blockbusters titled Non-Contradiction, Either-Or, and A is A. I will gladly pay cash money — and possibly even gold bullion — to hear a trailer with Peter Cullen growling, basso profundo, "This summer . . . the movie event you've been waiting for . . . Non-Contradiction!" Let's just hope they have the good sense to reserve the extended Galtalogue for a DVD extra.

Julian Sanchez, "Lord of the Blings", Hit and Run, 2006-07-14

Posted by Nicholas at July 24, 2006 08:59 AM
Comments
It would be great if Tom Hanks were in this. It is already doomed as art why not lard on another kiss of death. Posted by: Alan at July 24, 2006 12:35 PM
Tom Hanks is the kiss of death?! Surely you mean Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, or Ben Affleck... Posted by: Chris Taylor at July 24, 2006 01:14 PM
We are talking about art, Chris - not crass coin. Nicholas and I always focus on the rarified expression of the human spirit. Posted by: Alan at July 24, 2006 02:12 PM


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