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Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Putch
Screenplay by	Duke Sandefur Brian Patrick O'Toole Duncan Scott
Produced by	Harmon Kaslow John Aglialoro Jeff Freilich
Starring	Samantha Mathis Jason Beghe Esai Morales Patrick Fabian Kim Rhodes
Cinematography	Ross Berryman
Edited by	John Gilbert
Music by	Chris P. Bacon
Production company	Either Or Productions
Distributed by	Atlas Distribution Company
Release date	October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$2,005,099

Atlas Shrugged: Part II is a film based on the novel Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Atlas Shrugged: Part I, continuing the story where its predecessor left off.

It was announced on the film's Facebook page on July 4, 2012 and the film was released on October 12, 2012.

Plot

At the very beginning of the film, Dagny Taggart flies an airplane, following another plane, which disappears suddenly. Dagny says to herself "Who is John Galt?" before crashing into the mountain side.

Eight months ago, Dagny tries to find out how the abandoned prototype of an advanced motor she and Hank Rearden found earlier works, and how to produce it. Quentin Daniels, the only capable scientist who has not disappeared yet, agrees to help her, in an abandoned laboratory in Utah.

James Taggart meets a store clerk Cherryl Brooks and brings her to see the performance of a pianist, who disappears at the end and leaves a note of "Who is John Galt?" Later, on the wedding of James and Cherryl, Dagny's friend Francisco d'Anconia argues with other guests about whether money is evil, and secretly informs Rearden that his copper mine will explode the next day. Rearden spends that night with Dagny, and is confronted by his wife Lillian who refuses to divorce.

Rearden sells Rearden Steel to Ken Danagger's coal mining company, and refuses to sell it to the government. That breaks the Fair Share law. Danagger disappears before goes to court. Rearden makes a statement about the pursuit of profit is right, and gets discharged by the court. However, the government announces a new law, to freeze all employment and production of all business, and requires all patent rights to be transferred to the federal government. Wesley Mouch gets Rearden to give up his Rearden Steel patent, as otherwise Mouch will make the affair photos of Rearden and Dagny, obtained from Lillian and James, exposed and damage Dagny's reputation.

Dagny leaves her COO post after her John Galt line was dissembled due to lack of business need, and the news of Rearden. During her absence, a train of Taggart Transcontinental was hit by a military train in a tunnel in South Colorado due to human mistakes, and the whole transportation system of the US is seriously impacted. Francisco fails to prevent Dagny from going back to handle this.

Dagny takes a train to Colorado to show her faith to railway, and the train stops due to an engine failure. The technician who comes to fix it used to work for 20th Century Motor, which produced the motor Dagny found. The technician tells Dagny how the need based reward system in his company failed, and his coworker John Galt left the company to "stop the motor of the world". Dagny calls Daniels, who tells her that he is quitting. Dagny buys a small airplane nearby, and flies to Utah. While landing, she sees the scientist get into a plane which flies away.

After a pursuit in the air, Dagny's plane passes a "ray screen" used to hide Galt's Gulch - the hidden Atlantis where John Galt has been bringing those he recruits. Dagny crawls out of the crashed plane, and gets rescued by John Galt.

At the end of the credits, a quote from Atlas Shrugged novel is displayed.

Cast

• Samantha Mathis as Dagny Taggart
• Jason Beghe as Henry Rearden
• Esai Morales as Francisco d'Anconia
• Patrick Fabian as James Taggart
• Kim Rhodes as Lillian Rearden
• Richard T. Jones as Eddie Willers
• D.B. Sweeney as John Galt
• Paul McCrane as Wesley Mouch
• John Rubinstein as Dr. Floyd Ferris
• Robert Picardo as Dr. Robert Stadler
• Ray Wise as Head of State Thompson
• Diedrich Bader as Quentin Daniels
• Bug Hall as Leonard Small
• Arye Gross as Ken Danagger
• Rex Linn as Kip Chalmers
• Larisa Oleynik as Cherryl Brooks
• Thomas F. Wilson as Robert Collins
• Teller as Laughlin
• Sean Hannity as himself
• Juan Williams as himself
• Bob Beckel as himself
• Tamara Holder as herself

Production

Despite the box office failure of Atlas Shrugged: Part I, a private debt sale in early 2012 raised $16 million of the $25 million the producers sought, enabling a budget larger than that of the first film. The production company announced that Part 2 would be released to coincide with the U.S. general election season in fall 2012.

Duncan Scott, who in 1986 was responsible for creating a new, re-edited version of the 1942 Italian film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel We the Living with English subtitles, joined the production team.

The production company for the second film, Either Or Productions, LLC, is taken from the name, Either-Or, that Rand gave to the middle ten chapters of her novel. An April press release stated the name of the film as Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: Either Or.

Principal photography began on April 2, 2012 with an all-new cast, including Samantha Mathis as the heroine Dagny Taggart, Jason Beghe as the industrialist Henry Rearden, and Esai Morales as the playboy Francisco d'Anconia. Producer John Aglialoro has implied that hiring the cast of Part I for the sequel exceeded the movie's budget, saying "it’s hard to lock people down", and also noting that Taylor Schilling, the actress who played Dagny in Part I, is "a bona fide movie star now". According to a report before the film was released, the film was to be on a 31-day shooting schedule, four days more than that of the first movie, and to undergo two months of post-production.

Release and Reception

Box Office

Atlas Shrugged: Part II earned $692,000 on Friday and $1.7 million its opening weekend, debuting outside the top 10 at #11. Despite opening on more than three times the screens of Part I, it did not significantly improve on Part I's opening weekend.

Box office take totaled $2,122,792 as of 10/17/12, showing in 1012 theaters nationwide.

Critical Reception

Critics gave the film a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. Film critics were not impressed with the film based on several reviews: one reviewer gave the film a "D" rating; while the New York Post's Kyle Smith gave the film a "1" rating (of 4), saying "...even if you overlooked the production values from a 1986 porno and special effects like something your nephew cooked up on his Mac, the movie’s “Yay, money!” zingers are just a big bag of sad." The Onion AV club gave the film a grade of "F", citing lack of story progression and poor character designs.

References

1. ^ "'Atlas Shrugged Part 2' to start production in April". latimes.com. 2012-02-02.
2. ^ "Hannity to debut in 'Atlas Shrugged: Part II". Politico.Com. August 31, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
3. Peter Key (2012-02-06). "Atlast Shrugged: Part 2 Movie Funded". Philadelphia Business Journal.
4. Paul Bond (2012-02-02). "'Atlas Shrugged Part 2' Timed to Hit Screens Just Before Presidential Election (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
5. ^ The Official Atlas Shrugged Movie Blog: Atlas Shrugged Part 2 Begins Principal Photography
6. Weigel, David (Sept. 20, 2012). "The 53 Percent Shrugged". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
7. Brian Doherty (2012-04-20). "On the Set of Atlas Shrugged Part II". reason.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
8. http://www.inquisitr.com/363039/atlas-shrugged-part-2-falters-at-the-north-american-box-office/
9. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2012&wknd=40
10. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82399.html?hp=r7
11. Baldwin, Danny (October 12, 2102). "Review: "Atlas Shrugged: Part II – The Strike"". CriticSpeak. Retrieved October 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
12. Smith, Kyle (October 12, 2012). "Saw the film & shrugged". NYPost. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
13. Tobias, Scott (October 12, 2012). "Atlas Shrugged: Part II—The Strike". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 13, 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Atlas Shrugged Part 2 at the TCM Movie Database
• Atlas Shrugged Part 2 at IMDb
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• Atlas Shrugged Part 2 at Box Office Mojo
• Atlas Shrugged Part 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Atlas Shrugged Part 2 at Metacritic

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