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Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 (view source)
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'''Atlas Shrugged, Part 1''' is a 2011 [[motion picture]] adaptation of the first third of [[Ayn Rand]]'s [[Atlas Shrugged|novel of the same name]]. Instead of setting the film in the period of the original novel, this film sets it in an America of 2016, after five more years of the administration of [[Barack H. Obama]] (presumably to be renamed [[Mr. Thompson]]). This film demonstrates the predictive value of ''Atlas Shrugged'' as prophecy, in that its opening scenes include uncanny accurate depictions of actual events that took place six months after the film's theatrical release.
'''Atlas Shrugged, Part 1''' is a 2011 [[motion picture]] adaptation of the first third of [[Ayn Rand]]'s [[Atlas Shrugged|novel of the same name]]. Instead of setting the film in the period of the original novel, this film sets it in an America of 2016, after five more years of the administration of [[Barack H. Obama]] (presumably to be renamed [[Mr. Thompson]]). This film demonstrates the predictive value of ''Atlas Shrugged'' as prophecy, in that its opening scenes include uncanny accurate depictions of actual events that took place six months after the film's theatrical release.
== Plot Summary ==
In 2016, the [[United States of America]] has followed a nearly inexorable economic decline. With all [[oil]] imports cut off, Americans have abandoned airline travel and rediscovered the [[railroad]]s for the carrying of passengers and freight. The [[Taggart Transcontinental Railroad]] has re-established its old passenger services, but much of its track is in shocking disrepair, this although [[James Taggart]], President of the TTRR, has insisted on laying rail to [[Mexico]] (now called the People's State of Mexico) to take advantage of the latest mining project of the famous [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[copper]] magnate (and incorrigible Latin playboy), [[Francisco d'Anconia]]. And while James Taggart insists on trading favors in [[Washington, DC]], his sister [[Dagny Taggart|Dagny]] insists on running a railroad the old-fashioned way: by working hard to deliver good service.
Accordingly, she places an order for new rail from the Rearden Steel Company, headed (and wholly owned) by [[Henry Rearden]], one of the few men left in the world who believes in an honest day's work. Another such person is [[Ellis Wyatt]], a former customer of the TTRR whom Dagny is determined to win back.
While Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden strive to build a showcase project, in the original "can-do" American spirit, James Taggart continues to play political games. Unfortunately for Jim, and a complete mystery to Dagny, Francisco d'Anconia is playing games of his own: driving mines that he knows are worthless, knowing that the Mexican government will nationalize them (which it does), and taking pleasure in seeing Jim and his friends lose their shirts by betting on his business acumen, which he does not care to exercise any longer.
And unknown to almost all of them, a mysterious interloper, calling himself [[John Galt]], is enticing the most productive people left in America to go on strike...
== Cast of Characters ==
* Matthew Marsden as [[James Taggart]], President, [[Taggart Transcontinental Railroad]]
:* Taylor Schilling as [[Dagny Taggart]], his sister and Vice-President in Charge of Operations
::* Edi Gathegi as [[Eddie Willers]], her special assistant
* Grant Bowler as [[Henry Rearden]], founder, owner, and President of Rearden Steel
:* Christina Pickes as his mother
:* Rebecca Wisocky as Lillian Rearden, his unloving wife
:* Neill Barry as Philip Rearden, his ne'er-do-well brother
:* Patrick Fischler as Paul Larkin, a not-quite-friend of Rearden
* Michael Lerner as [[Wesley Mouch]], Co-ordinator, Bureau of Economic Planning and Natural Resources
* Jon Polito as [[Orren Boyle]], President, Associated Steel Company
* Navid Nagahban as [[Robert Stadler]], PhD, Director, [[State Science Institute]]
:* Armin Shimerman as Dr. Potter, a subordinate of his
* Graham Beckel as [[Ellis Wyatt]], founder, owner and President of Wyatt Oil
* Geoff Pierson as [[Midas Mulligan]], founder, owner and President of the Mulligan Bank
* Jsu Garcia as [[Francisco d'Anconia]], heir and President, D'Anconia Copper, SA ([[Argentina]])
* Paul Johansson as [[John Galt]]
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