Shrugging
| Carrie Devorah/For The Examiner |
Lovers of libertarianism and individualism gathered Saturday at the Renaissance Hotel downtown for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged.”
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Among those on hand were several principals involved in bringing the book to the big screen: Michael Burns, the vice chairman of Lionsgate, which is producing the film (he also attended Rand’s funeral 25 years ago); producers Howard and Karen Baldwin (the team that worked on “Ray”) and executive producer John Aglialoro, who happens to be a trustee of the Atlas Society, which sponsored the event.
Director Vadim Perelman, who directed “The House of Sand and Fog,” talked about how he wanted to bring the film to the screen in the way Rand would have wanted it.
A “safe estimate” for the film’s release is early 2009, said the Atlas Society’s Ed Hudgins.
ABC’s John Stossel and libertarian scholar Charles Murray provided the keynotes./>
