Atlas Shrugged (film series)

Atlas Shrugged
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Directed by	Part I: Paul Johansson Part II: John Putch Part III: J. James Manera
Produced by	John Aglialoro Harmon Kaslow
Screenplay by	Part I: John Aglialoro Brian Patrick O'Toole Part II: Brian Patrick O'Toole Duke Sandefur Duncan Scott Part III: John Aglialoro Harmon Kaslow J. James Manera
Based on	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Starring	See below
Music by	Parts I and III: Elia Cmiral Part II: Chris Bacon
Cinematography	Parts I and II: Ross Berryman Part III: Gale Tattersall
Edited by	Part I: Jim Flynn Sherril Schlesinger Part II: John Gilbert Part III: Tony Ciccone
Production company	The Strike Productions (I)
Distributed by	Part I: Rocky Mountain Pictures Parts II and III: Atlas Distribution Company
Release date	April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15) (I) October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12) (II) September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12) (III)
Running time	313 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$8.8 million

Atlas Shrugged is a trilogy of American science fiction drama films. The films, based on Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, are subtitled Part I (2011), Part II (2012), and Part III (2014).

The screenplays are written by John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O'Toole (Part I); Duke Sandefur, O'Toole, and Duncan Scott (Part II); and J. James Manera, Harmon Kaslow, and Aglialoro (Part III). The films take place in a dystopian United States, wherein many of society's most prominent and successful industrialists abandon their fortunes and the nation itself, in response to aggressive new regulations, whereupon most vital industries collapse.

In Part I, railroad executive Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling) and steel mogul Henry Rearden (Grant Bowler) form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States. In Part II, Taggart (Samantha Mathis) and Rearden (Jason Beghe) search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy. In Part III, Taggart (Laura Regan) and Rearden (Rob Morrow) come into contact with the man responsible for the strike which much of the series focuses on the effects of.