EXCLUSIVE:‘Atlas Shrugged’Producers Intend to Complete Trilogy; CNN & MSNBC Reject Their Ads

Andrew Breitbart Presents Big Hollywood ^ | 04.28.11 5:48 pm | John Nolte Editor In Chief

[fight_truth_decay]

Lately, there have been duelling stories in the entertainment press about the future of ”Atlas Shrugged.” With disappointing box office returns, the producers have been asked if they will go ahead and complete the franchise and in one interview we’re being told there will be no trilogy and in another we’re being told that there will. To clear the air, I reached out via email and “Atlas” producers John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow were both good enough to respond with exclusive quotes that should help to calm fears of “Atlas” fans everywhere.

Most surprising, though, was the revelation CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC are refusing to broadcast 15-second “Atlas” spots. What’s that about?

“I’m going to get a picture of Roger Ebert and Peter Travers and the rest of them so I can wake up in the morning and be reminded what we’re up against,” Aglialoro wrote in an email. “They’re revitalizing me with their outrageousness.” Aglialoro went on to state he had been “misunderstood” when he said the critical drubbing the film took “influenced him to abandon the second and third films in the Atlas Shrugged franchise.” He confirmed that he has ”no intention to go on strike.”

That should come as very good news to the many, many people who obviously enjoyed the film and found it to be something special. Personally, I’ve never seen such polarized reviews before. The critics savaged it and yet everyone who sent a revew into us loved it. The most interesting thing I’ve noticed is that no one was on-the-fence about the film. No one said, “Yeah, it was okay.” People either passionately embraced Part 1 or passionately didn’t. You don’t see a lot of movies like that. So, for those of you who loved it…

“Make no mistake, we want to make...

[fight_truth_decay]

Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow night. Playing in Flagship Cinemas.
Trailer
http://www.atlasshruggedpart1.com/gallery

PG-13, Yahoo! Users gave it A-
You can find “Atlas Shrugged” theatres here and request your local theatre make it available here.

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[fieldmarshaldj]

Meanwhile, ads for “Freddie Gets Fingered: 3-D” run non-stop on PMSNBC and CNN...

[mmercier]

Every one who has not already should read Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead... We the Living and Anthem, later... IMO

[fight_truth_decay]

"...the only group that was not offended by Atlas Shrugged was the general public. The few positive comments that were found praised Rand’s entertaining manner of illustrating her philosophy for the audience of the everyday person. However that was exactly what enraged the academic population, they did not want the public to accept Rand’s absurd belief system as their own just because her writing appeared to be academic." ..."Libertarian Roy A. Childs praiseD the book, saying “ It is a mystery story that doubles as a defense of reason, individualism, civilization, and capitalism. It is a hymn to human achievement, celebrating the spiritual roots of human greatness.” - http://www3.isrl.illinois.edu

[fight_truth_decay]

I had been researching Ayn Rand First Edition HC prices--for example:

http://rarelibrary.com/book/R-B/126/ATLAS+SHRUGGED.html

or First edition first printing:£ 4301.05

[tcrlaf]

Actually, you should read “We The Living” first. It helps understand how her later viewpoints came about.

[wastedyears]

[wastedyears]

[chuckles]

They should advertise on Glenn Beck’s show instead of 5 different gold dealers.

[fieldmarshaldj]

How long have you been waiting to use that ? ;-D

[wastedyears]

Oh man, sorry about the double post everybody. Opera farted a few seconds ago.

[wastedyears]

Double post in error.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Don’t sweat it, Tone.

[sten]

just goes to show the ‘gate keepers’ are progressives and they are doing everything they can to keep anything like Atlas Shrugged from getting to the public

in this case, the ‘gate keepers’ would be critics.

in schools, it’s the teachers.

[mmercier]

I hit used book stores.

Just obtained a hand bound leather edition of Bartlett's Quotes for $8.50.... It is untouched and pristine as far as I see.

I desire an original “Blade Runner”.

[ArmstedFragg]

Actually, you should read “We The Living” first. It helps understand how her later viewpoints came about.

Not to mention offering a preview of the world the collectivists have in mind for us. Also enlightening is this marvelous and massive collection of drawings from a young lady who lived through the Soviet Marxist experience and became an "enemy of the people" because her parents were "evil" property owners.

http://www.gulag.su/album/index.php?eng=1&page=2&list=1&foto=2

Both are handy when trying to explain how "economic fairness" leads to slavery.

[Kellis91789]

The movie has only been in limited release for two weeks. It seems premature to think it will not make back the $10M investment when it is already 1/3rd of the way there after two weeks. There is still wide release in the US and release in other countries and DVD sales yet unkown.

[XHogPilot]

bump

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

The critics savaged it and yet everyone who sent a revew into us loved it.

That's because a large proportion of the the people sending in reviews are Rand cultists.

[BillyBoy]

I read “Anthem” when it was an assignment for my high school English class over a decade ago. Of all the dystopian sci-fi novels I've read about a oppressive future society (Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, etc.) hers was easily the worse with one-dimensional characters, boring writing, forgettable scenes, and a predictable ending. Having gotten a taste of Rand's so-called “groundbreaking” work, I have no desire to any more of her “masterpieces”.