Gary Cooper, Henry Hull, Jerome Cowan
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
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September 27, 2008A Rand-ian call to arms!
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March 4, 2008I can't say exactly why I love this movie. The cinematography and set design are amazing. The philosophy'a also interesting. The hammy overacting and often extreme plot definitely help. But I think the "world" of this movie is great as is its dynamicism. Gary Cooper is great and ...( read more)
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February 12, 2008This film is wonderfully bad. Actually it wouldn't have caught my attention hasn't Ayan Ran been the script write. Turns out to be quite similar to Soviet 1950s propaganda where a young man sacrifice himself for the greater good, except that this time the ideology is different. T...( read more)
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March 27, 2009A good adaption from the classic book as the screenplay was written by Ahn Rand herself. She told Warner he could make the movie ONLY if she could do the screenplay and not one word will be changed. When King Vidor who directed tried to cut down the length of the big court-room...( read more)
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September 8, 2008If Ayn Rand had just written super hero comics, she might have been better accepted in general, or her characters might have found their more natural fit. Looking for real people in her writing is like looking for real people in Batman or Superman. A...(read more) ctually come to...( read more)
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April 24, 2008The book was better but Gary Cooper is so Gary Cooper cool in this movie and it is a great story based on the Ayn Rand novel.
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December 8, 2006An excellent movie from an excellent book. Kudos to Flixster for adding it upon request!
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