Atlas Shrugged Part 1 - the Movie

http://www.atlasshruggedpart1.com/theaters ^ | 8 April 2011 | Dolly Howard/DollyCali

[DollyCali]

One week til it opens. Anticipation High.

Atlas Shrugged Site

IMDb Site

Rotten Tomatoes Site -- wow, right now a whopping 82??

First of 3 in series if box office is good.

DO read the book if you have not done so. It is long but doable in a week. Get paperback at local Bookstore etc. Understand most libraries have waiting lists

[DollyCali]

Yesterday -Thursday - NO showings in Ohio.

I had been one of many petitioning for this.

Today - Friday - two show up in Ohio & one at my favorite theater the closest one to my home.

Cool beans or what?????

[DollyCali]

Cinema

Atlas Shrugged Part 1 - the Movie

OKAY.. all you folks who don't like the liberal "crap, actors, directors, etc. This one is for you . And the rest of us who perhaps are not as "discerning".

Post here or FR Mail DollyCali or Perdogg
to be added or dropped from this ping list.

[Larry Lucido]

Bump.

Wish it was in Detroit.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Not playing in my area either, but I did request it.

[JoeProBono]

[DollyCali]

Larry, before it was scheduled here, I was planning on making the trip to Pittsburgh to see it.

If you & some friends can come to Cleveland area for early showing on Friday we can sit together & grab a meal before you leave for home. First showing is only 5.00

let me know. I know that pesky thing called work might get in the way of this brilliant idea.

[DollyCali]

Pack a car with Patriots & drive to closest city. We must support this movie. would be a fun group trip

I am going to see Hannah today & maybe Soul Surfer & Your Highness over the next few days. All trailers look interesting.

[KarlInOhio]

Today - Friday - two show up in Ohio & one at my favorite theater the closest one to my home.

Woohoo! A third one in Ohio. Still none close to me, but it might be worth a road trip to Columbus to show my support for the movie, and I just about never go to the movies at first run theaters.

[Larry Lucido]

Hmmm sounds good...

[Walrus]

What’s “cool beans” is that it’s opening on April 15th (Yes, I know that we don’t have to pay our tribute to the federal government until April 18th this year).

Headin’ to Greenville (SC) to catch it next week.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for the ping, Dolly. I am hopeful that between now and the 15th a theater somewhere in our very conservative central valley will be added the list. I can't believe all the liberal strongholds where the movie is scheduled to play: the San Francisco Bay Area and East Bay, Santa Barbara, and many locations in L.A. I just don't see liberals (those liberals who have any clue what this movie is about) flocking to see this movie, unless it is to mock and ridicule everything about it.

With each new trailer I see I am more sure that this is going to be an excellent movie. The "Rearden comes home" preview was great. Lillian Rearden comes across on screen just as pathetic and repulsive an individual as she does in the book. Casting did a wonderful job, IMO. They could have sexed it up with big name Angelina and Brad Pitt type actors, but to their credit, they didn't. From the clips I have seen, the actors they chose do a good job portraying the characters in the book.

So far, I have not seen a clip with Francisco (my favorite character in the book). I was prepared to be disappointed with their choice to act his part. But, judging by the photos I have seen of Jsu Garcia, he looks to be perfect for the part.

Just from the clips I've seen so far (unlike her disappointment in the movie version of The Fountainhead), I think Ayn Rand would be very pleased with this movie's portrayal of her novel. Even though it opposes everything she believed, I would like to think she is "somewhere", very much aware of the production of this movie and is smiling approvingly.

[Publius]

FReeper Book Club: Introduction to Atlas Shrugged
Part I, Chapter I: The Theme
Part I, Chapter II: The Chain
Part I, Chapter III: The Top and the Bottom
Part I, Chapter IV: The Immovable Movers
Part I, Chapter V: The Climax of the d’Anconias
Part I, Chapter VI: The Non-Commercial
Part I, Chapter VII: The Exploiters and the Exploited
Part I, Chapter VIII: The John Galt Line
Part I, Chapter IX: The Sacred and the Profane
Part I, Chapter X: Wyatt’s Torch
Part II, Chapter I: The Man Who Belonged on Earth
Part II, Chapter II: The Aristocracy of Pull
Part II, Chapter III: White Blackmail
Part II, Chapter IV: The Sanction of the Victim
Part II, Chapter V: Account Overdrawn
Part II, Chapter VI: Miracle Metal
Part II, Chapter VII: The Moratorium on Brains
Part II, Chapter VIII: By Our Love
Part II, Chapter IX: The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt
Part II, Chapter X: The Sign of the Dollar
Part III, Chapter I: Atlantis
Part III, Chapter II: The Utopia of Greed
Part III, Chapter III: Anti-Greed
Part III, Chapter IV: Anti-Life
Part III, Chapter V: Their Brothers’ Keepers
Part III, Chapter VI: The Concerto of Deliverance
Part III, Chapter VII: “This is John Galt Speaking”
Part III, Chapter VIII: The Egoist
Part III, Chapter IX: The Generator
Part III, Chapter X: In the Name of the Best Within Us
Coda: Ten Years After
Afterword and Suggested Reading

[DollyCali]

wowsie.. thank you.

[Larry Lucido]

What is the time and location? I’m planning to take Friday off.

[DollyCali]

Larry.. will let you know tomorrow. will find out & try to get a group.. wont this be fun? a great flick & some FReepers & other patriots meeting for first time.

finding advance showings is difficult but my guess is roughly between noon & two. we can all do chow afterward..
american, Thai(great close in place).. and many more

OR do chow first.. will be in contact = if you & your group are flexible.. great

[DollyCali]

LOCATION: Cinemark Valley View.

6001 Canal Road, Valley View, OH - (800) 326-3264 ext. 1127

can google for directions.. but very easy access from I 480

[DollyCali]

do you & Jeff have some mad money (I KNOW prolly a stupid question) but if yes.. why not fly in here & do this.. next day rock & roll hall of fame...?

smooch

[21twelve]

“Yes, I know that we don’t have to pay our tribute to the federal government until April 18th this year”.

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And how ironic that it is because D.C. is observing Immancipation Day on the 15th. We are all slaves now.

[Larry Lucido]

Thanks!!!!

[Mama_Bear]

Dolly you have no idea how wonderful this sounds and how tempting it is just to whip out the credit card and buy the plane tickets. Why should we exercise responsible budgeting when our government hasn't for decades?

But I am afraid it's just not doable. My son (a three hours drive north) asked if we could come up for the weekend and go with them to a theater in the East Bay and see it. We can't even get away from our business long enough to do that. Can't leave the studio with appointments on the books. But, you know, it really is tempting to just say the heck with it and just go. I am really tired of living responsibly when it just doesn't seem to pay off anymore.

Thanks for the invitation, Dolly. If there was any possible way to swing this, we'd be there. SMOOOOOOOOCHIES backatcha!