"Atlas Shrugged" Film Event @ Camden County College

This event is a film screening and discussion.

The Camden County College website details the event: 

"The CCLR is pleased to present Atlas Shrugged, produced by Camden County native, John Aglialoro, who graduated from Collingswood High School and Temple University.Though he's perhaps best known as the chairman and chief executive of the high-end fitness company Cybex (CYBI), John Aglialoro is making a name for himself in the film industry with his production of the film adaptation of the classic Ayn Rand book, Atlas Shrugged.

Atlas Shrugged: Part Iis a 2011 film adaptation of the first part of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, intended as the first part of a film trilogy encompassing the entire 1,368-page book. The film was directed by Paul Johansson and stars Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart and Grant Bowler as Hank Rearden.

Part I begins the story of Atlas Shrugged, set in a dystopian United States where leading innovators, from industrialists to artists, are led by John Galt to go on strike, "stopping the motor of the world" to reassert the importance of the free use of the mind and of free market capitalism.

A discussion will precede the film addressing the modern resurgence of Ayn Rand's novel which made Amazon.com's bestseller list in 2009 with sales exceeding 450,000 copies sold. Does this renewed interest in the book reflect modern thinking in these troubled economic times?

View the teaser trailer for Atlas Shrugged Part 2, which starts production April 2012.

In the meantime, watch Part I for FREE with the CCLR on March 29."