Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Johansson
Screenplay byJohn Aglialoro
Brian Patrick O'Toole[1]
Based onAtlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Produced byJohn Aglialoro
Harmon Kaslow
StarringTaylor Schilling
Grant Bowler
Matthew Marsden
Edi Gathegi
Graham Beckel
Jsu Garcia
Jon Polito
Michael Lerner
CinematographyRoss Berryman
Edited byJim Flynn
Sherril Schlesinger
Music byElia Cmiral
Production
company
The Strike Productions
Distributed byRocky Mountain Pictures
20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[2][3]
Box office$4.6 million[3]

Atlas Shrugged: Part I (referred to onscreen as simply Atlas Shrugged) is a 2011 American political science fiction drama film directed by Paul Johansson. An adaptation of part of the philosopher Ayn Rand's 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,[4] 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.[5]

Despite near universally negative critical response and commercial failure, grossing just under a fourth of its budget, a sequel, Atlas Shrugged: Part II, was released on October 12, 2012, albeit with an entirely different cast. The third installment, Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?, was released on September 12, 2014,[6] again with an overhaul on production.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ebert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ David Weigel (March 3, 2011). "Libertarians Shrugged". Slate. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Atlas Shrugged: Part I". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  4. ^ Britting, Jeff (2009). "Bringing Atlas Shrugged to Film". In Mayhew, Robert (ed.). Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (PDF). Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-7391-2780-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  5. ^ LaSalle, Mick (April 14, 2011). "'Atlas Shrugged Part 1' review: A dystopian tale". SFGate.
  6. ^ "'Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?' Sets Sept. 12 Release Date". The Hollywood Reporter. March 26, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2014.