Changes

| Nature of the revolutionary motor at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]]

| Nature of the revolutionary motor at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]]

| An [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]]

| An [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]]

| A '''[[John Galt#The quantum motor|quantum motor]].''' The explanation given in the film is less than accurate; it uses terms like "Casimir Effect" and "Atmospheric vacuum" in an attempt to explain something that the script writers might not understood. Nevertheless, a qoantum motor, using quantum vacuum and Casimir-Lorentz forces, ''would'' be feasible.

| A '''[[John Galt#The quantum motor|quantum motor]].''' The explanation given in the film is less than accurate; it uses terms like "Casimir Effect" and "Atmospheric vacuum" in an attempt to explain something that the script writers probably did not understand. Nevertheless, a qoantum motor, using quantum vacuum and Casimir-Lorentz forces, ''would'' be feasible.

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The other differences between novel and film are distinctly minor.

The other differences between novel and film are distinctly minor.

=== Art anticipating life ===

=== Art anticipating life ===

In an uncanny example of "art anticipating life," the film's opening montage contains a scene of a public protest march, in which the marchers carry signs saying "A Job is a Right" and "Capitalism Does Not Work." Participants in [[Occupy Wall Street]] have carried signs having similar or identical messages. The remarkable relevant fact is that [[Occupy Wall Street]] followed the release of ''Atlas Shrugged, Part 1'' by about six months.

In an uncanny example of "art anticipating life," the film's opening montage contains a scene of a public protest march, in which the marchers carry signs saying "A Job is a Right" and "Capitalism Does Not Work." Participants in [[Occupy Wall Street]] have carried signs having similar or identical messages. The remarkable relevant fact is that [[Occupy Wall Street]] followed the release of ''Atlas Shrugged, Part 1'' by about six months.