Line #19 Film/AtlasShrugged


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3	->''"Who is John Galt?"''
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5	''Atlas Shrugged'' is a trilogy of American science fiction drama films, adapted from Creator/AynRand's [[Literature/AtlasShrugged novel of the same title]], consisting of ''Part I'' (2011), ''Part II'' (2012) and ''Part III'' (2014).[[note]]''Part III'' occasionally has the subtitle "Who Is John Galt?"[[/note]]
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7	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 towards making aggressive new regulations and taking control of industries. In ''Part I'', railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government; in ''Part II'', Taggart and Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy; and in ''Part III'', Taggart and Rearden come into contact with the man responsible for the strike whose effects is the focus of much of the series.
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9	Each film was critically and commercially lambasted to the point where parts ''II'' and ''III'' each had an entirely new cast and crew behind it.
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11	!!These films provide examples of:
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13	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Jim Taggart, notably slovenly and unattractive in the novel, is well-dressed, well-groomed and played by actors who are fairly good-looking. ''III'''s Creator/GregGermann does display some nervous tics that detract from his appearance, though.
14	* BigNo: Dagny, after seeing Wyatt's oil fields in flame beyond a sign reading, "I am leaving it as I found it. Take over. It's yours."
15	* TheCameo:
16	** [[Creator/PennAndTeller Teller]], Sean Hannity, Juan Williams, Bob Beckel and Tamara Holder make brief appearances in ''II''.
17	** Hannity returns in ''III'' along with Glenn Beck and UsefulNotes/RonPaul. For a totalitarian dictatorship, the film's United States is amazingly tolerant of dissenting media...though Thompson does rumble ominously about needing to "do something about those commentators."
18	* CastingGag: One of Dagny's enemies is played by Creator/ArminShimerman, who was both [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Quark]], an alien whose [[PlanetOfHats "Hat"]] is greed and business prowess, and [[VideoGame/BioShock1 Andrew Ryan]], a parody of Ayn Rand.
19	* CoincidentalBroadcast: Subverted. Eddie calls Dagny and tells her to turn on the TV for a report on a train wreck, but the first channel she turns to is just giving the stock report.
20	* DaysOfFuturePast: Hinted at in ''I'', where it's stated that the decline of automobile and commercial airlines have led to a resurgence in train travel. Then there's the fact that characters often get their news from the paper, despite the fact that one would think that papers would go down even faster in a modern depression...
21	* DemotedToExtra: Hank Rearden in ''III'', where his role is reduced to a handful of lines. Also the Wet Nurse, who appears in a small role in ''II'' and is not seen at all in ''III''. (He was never a pivotal character in the novel, but had some plot significance there, which he loses.)
22	* DividedForAdaptation: Rather than try to compress one of the longest novels in the English language into a couple hours, it's adapted as a trilogy.
23	* InMediasRes: ''II'' opens with Dagny chasing Quentin Daniels in her plane and then spends most of the remainder of the film showing [[HowWeGotHere how things got there]].
24	* ManlyTears: Eddie cries in his relief that Dagny is alive.
25	* TheMountainsOfIllinois: Or rather the ''lack'' of hills at Pittsburgh Municipal Airport in ''II''.
26	* RaceLift: Movie Eddie is African-American. So is Gwen Ives in ''I'', though not in ''II''.
27	* SchizoTech: Set in [[NextSundayAD 2016]], trains reign supreme due to Galt's plan exacerbating the 2011 economic troubles, resulting in oil shortages. Gasoline is stated to cost a ''ridiculous'' amount per gallon, yet [[PlotHole our heroes frequently drive and fly]] to get to where they're going.
28	** Despite the visible presence of smartphones and tablet computers, Dagny obtains a ''paper copy'' of Directive 10-289 to read, instead of just looking it up on the government's website.
29	** People are seen reading print newspapers, even though the fuel prices should have made their distribution absurdly expensive and rendered them impossible to profit from - and that's aside from the aforementioned presence of smart devices that could be used instead.
30	* SequelHook: Invoked, as it's supposed to be a trilogy.
31	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Eddie Willers]]. In Francisco and Hank's last lines in the film, they declare their intent to rescue him. Also possibly [[spoiler:Robert Stadler]], as the situation where he dies in the novel does not take place in the film.
32	* WhoAreYou: Midas Mulligan's last words before he vanishes.

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