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Atlas Shrugged (film Series)
''Atlas Shrugged'' is a trilogy of American Science fiction film, science fiction drama (film and television), drama films. The series, film adaptation, adaptations of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, of the same title, are subtitled ''Atlas Shrugged: Part I, Part I'' (2011), ''Atlas Shrugged: Part II, Part II'' (2012) and ''Atlas Shrugged: Part III, Part III'' (2014); the latter sometimes includes ''Who Is John Galt?'' in the title. Synopsis The films take place in a dystopian United States, wherein many of society's most prominent and successful industrialists abandon their fortunes as the government shifts the nation towards socialism, making aggressive new regulations, taking control of industries, while picking winners and losers. *In ''Part I'', railroad executive List of Atlas Shrugged characters#Dagny Taggart, Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling) and steel mogul List of Atlas Shrugged characters#Henry "Hank" Rearden, Henry Rearden (Grant Bowler) form an alliance to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johansson
Paul Joseph Otto Johansson (born January 26, 1964) is an American-born Canadian actor and director in film and television, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/ CW series, '' One Tree Hill'', and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived '' Highlander: The Series'' spin-off '' Highlander: The Raven''. He directed the 2011 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel, '' Atlas Shrugged: Part I''. Life and career Early life Paul Johansson was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Canadian ice hockey player Earl Johnson, but raised in Kelowna, British Columbia. Acting career Johansson landed his first role on the soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. He played Greg Hughes from 1989 to 1990. Soon he made appearances in other television shows such as ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' and '' Beverly Hills, 90210'', and later recurred on '' Lonesome Dove: The Series'' and starred on '' Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years''. Johansson became well-known to fans of ''90210'' for playing John S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Part I
Part, parts or PART may refer to: People *Armi Pärt (born 1991), Estonian handballer *Arvo Pärt (born 1935), Estonian classical composer *Brian Part (born 1962), American child actor * Dealtry Charles Part (1882–1961), sheriff (1926–1927) and Lord Lieutenant (1943–1957) of Bedfordshire, racehorse owner * Dionysius Part (also known as ''Denys Part''; died 1475), Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (1474–1475) *John Part (born 1966), Canadian darts player *Michael Pärt (born 1977), Estonian music producer and film composer * Veronika Part (born 1978), Russian ballet dancer * Pärt Uusberg (born 1986), Estonian composer and conductor *Parts (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media *Part (music), a single strand or melody or harmony of music within a larger ensemble or a polyphonic musical composition * ''Parts'' (book), a 1997 children's book by Tedd Arnold Transportation *Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART), Pennsylvania, U.S. * Putnam Area Rapid Transit (P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Mountain Pictures
Rocky Mountain Pictures is an American film distributor. It was created by Ron Rodgers and Randy Slaughter. It was headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. It specialized in distributing conservative films.Chris Berube2016 film points to the agit-prop business model ''The Globe and Mail'', Sep. 13 2012 In 2016, the company was sold and moved to Chicago. Its focus changed to black, Latino and Asian-made indie films. Filmography *'' Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'' (2008) *''Standing Ovation'' (2010) *'' 2016: Obama's America'' (2012)Christopher KellyGiving Conservative Films a Head Start, Right Here ''The New York Times'', September 15, 2012 *''Hardflip'' (2012) *'' Hating Breitbart'' (2012) *''Last Ounce of Courage'' (2012) *''Runaway Slave'' (2012) *''The Principle'' (2014) *''Grow House A grow house is a property, usually located in a suburban residential neighbourhood, that is primarily used for the black market production of marijuana, it may be used for the cultivation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bacon (composer)
Christian Paul Bacon (born March 17, 1977) is an American composer. His film scores include ''Alpha and Omega'' (2010), ''Source Code'' (2011), ''Gnomeo & Juliet'' (2011), ''Sherlock Gnomes'' (2018) and '' Men in Black: International'' (2019). He was the composer for all 50 episodes of the A&E drama series '' Bates Motel'', for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and also composed the music for 26 of the 32 episodes of the NBC musical drama series '' Smash''. Early life Bacon was born on March 17, 1977 in Provo, Utah. As a youth he learned to play piano and saxophone, and from an early age he knew he wanted to be a film composer. He has said, "From the point that I could start thinking about what I wanted to do when I grew up... it was always to write movie music." After graduating from high school, Bacon attended Brigham Young University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition. He then moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's film scoring program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Scott (director)
Duncan Scott (born May 28, 1947) is a film and television writer, director, and producer. Scott was one of the screenwriters of '' Atlas Shrugged: Part II'' and '' Atlas Shrugged: Part III''. Early in his career, he became involved in the restoration of the 1942 film ''We the Living'', a project that he continued to be involved in over the next several decades. Scott also directed and produced for television, winning several Emmy and Telly Awards, as well as being nominated for a Peabody Award. Career Scott began his career as a film editor. In 1969, he began working with Ayn Rand on re-editing an American version of the once-censored Italian film ''We the Living'', a film based on Rand's first novel. Scott has been interviewed several times about his involvement in the restoration of ''We the Living''. His company, Duncan Scott Productions, now owns and distributes the film which stars Rossano Brazzi and Alida Valli. Duncan worked as an assistant director on feature films alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Morrow
Robert Alan Morrow (born September 21, 1962) is an American actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Dr. Joel Fleischman on ''Northern Exposure'', a role that garnered him three Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, and later for his role as FBI agent Don Eppes on ''Numb3rs''. Early life Morrow was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Diane Francis (née Markowitz), a dental hygienist, and Murray Morrow, an industrial lighting manufacturer. He is Jewish, and had a Reform Bar Mitzvah. Morrow grew up in Hartsdale, New York. His parents divorced when he was nine years old. He attended Cardigan Mountain School and Edgemont High School and dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career. Career Morrow's film career began when he appeared as an extra at age 18 on ''Saturday Night Live''. He co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in '' Private Resort'' (1985). Morrow played the lead role in the televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Regan
Laura Regan (born October 17, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She has had leading and supporting roles in the films '' Saving Jessica Lynch'' (2003), ''My Little Eye'' (2002), ''They'' (2002), ''Dead Silence'' (2007), and '' Atlas Shrugged: Part III'' (2014). She had a recurring role as Jennifer Crane in the TV series ''Mad Men'' Personal life Regan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the youngest in a family of seven. Regan is the daughter of Anita Carole Regan (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan; and sister of Geoff Regan, former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and former federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and '' Live at Five's'' Nancy Regan. Her maternal grandfather was Saskatchewan MP John Harrison. Career Regan's first role was in M. Night Shyamalan's ''Unbreakable''. She landed her first starring role in Robert Harmon's ''They In Modern English, ''they'' is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject. Morpholog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Beghe
Jason Deneen Beghe (; born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Since 2014, he has starred in the NBC TV series '' Chicago P.D.'' as sergeant Hank Voight. He is also known for starring in the 1988 George A. Romero film '' Monkey Shines'', playing Demi Moore's love interest in ''G.I. Jane'', appearing as a police officer in the film '' Thelma & Louise'', starring opposite Moira Kelly in the television series '' To Have & to Hold'', and having recurring roles on '' Picket Fences'', ''Melrose Place'', ''Chicago Hope'', ''American Dreams'', ''Cane'', and '' Californication''. Beghe is a former Scientologist. He began taking Scientology courses in 1994 and later appeared in a Church of Scientology advertising campaign and in promotional videos. Beghe left the church in 2007 and has publicly criticized Scientology since then. Early life Beghe, who is of Italian, German, English, and French Canadian heritage, was born March 12, 1960 in New York City, the son of tax court judge Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Mathis
Samantha Mathis (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress and trade union leader who served as the Vice President, Actors/Performers of SAG-AFTRA from 2015 to 2019. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as '' FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' (1992), '' Super Mario Bros.'' (1993), ''The Thing Called Love'' (1993), ''Little Women'' (1994), ''The American President'' (1995), '' Broken Arrow'' (1996), ''American Psycho'' (2000), ''The Punisher'' (2004), and '' Atlas Shrugged: Part II'' (2012). She has recently had recurring roles on ''The Strain'' as New York City Councilwoman Justine Feraldo, and on '' Billions'' as Taylor Mason Capital COO Sara Hammon. Early life Mathis was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Donald Mathis and Austrian-born actress Bibi Besch.Craven, Jonathan (March 1996). "Sam I am" (interview). ''Bikini''. Her parents divorced w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bowler
Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-Australian actor and television presenter who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in ''Blue Heelers'' and Wolfgang West in '' Outrageous Fortune''. He also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in '' Ugly Betty''. He starred as Joshua Nolan on the Syfy television series '' Defiance''. As a presenter, he is best known for hosting reality game shows – including '' The Mole Australia'' and ''The Amazing Race Australia'', both airing on the Seven Network. Bowler has been the voiceover for '' Border Security: Australia'' for the Seven Network since 2004. He has also provided the voiceover for the Canadian version of the show and the American version of the show when those version screen in Australia & New Zealand as ''Border Security: International'', which often air on 7two. Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Schilling
Taylor Jane Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She made her film debut in the 2007 drama ''Dark Matter''. She also starred as Nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan in the short-lived NBC medical drama ''Mercy'' (2009–2010). Her other films include '' Atlas Shrugged: Part I'' (2011), the romantic drama '' The Lucky One'' (2012), the comedy '' Take Me'' (2017), and the science-fiction thriller '' The Titan'' (2018). Early life and education Schilling was born July 27, 1984, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Patricia (née Miller), an MIT administrator, and Robert J. Schill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Atlas Shrugged Characters
This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand's 1957 novel ''Atlas Shrugged.'' Major characters The following are major characters from the novel. Protagonists Dagny Taggart Dagny Taggart is the protagonist of the novel. She is vice-president in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, under her brother, James Taggart. Given James' incompetence, Dagny is responsible for all the workings of the railroad. Francisco d'Anconia Francisco d'Anconia is one of the central characters in ''Atlas Shrugged'', an owner by inheritance of the world's largest copper mining operation. He is a childhood friend, and the first love, of Dagny Taggart. A child prodigy of exceptional talents, Francisco was dubbed the "climax" of the d'Anconia line, an already prestigious family of skilled industrialists. He was a classmate of John Galt and Ragnar Danneskjöld and student of both Hugh Akston and Robert Stadler. He began working while still in school, “proving” that he could have made a fortun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
