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5.0 out of 5 stars You don't need to know about the book to enjoy this film, Mar 7 2004

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Eric Kassan (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fountainhead (VHS Tape)

While it was based on Ayn Rand's book, Ayn Rand personally altered the story to adapt it to film. It is a great movie that really makes the viewer think about many things including individualism, selfishness, and even what is right and wrong. For many people who take these notions as given from a very young, questioning them with an adult mind is a good idea. If you enjoy this movie, be sure to pick up and read some of Ayn Rand's non-fiction.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Campy Madness, Jan 10 2001

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Genius Ayn Rand can be blamed for lobbying to hire over-the-hill, former cowboy, laconic, lethargic, passive Gary Cooper to play her anti-hero, Howard Roark in this lunatic camp classic. The minute he comes on the screen, you would think he was Howard Roark's father. He's totally devoid of the intense fanaticism that made Roark such a memorable character. Why, oh, why, didn't Director King Vidor over-ride the egomaniacal Rand and consider some of the other hopefuls: tough guy Dane Clark, tough, romantic John Garfield, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas. Orson Welles, still svelte and brilliant, would have been fantastic. etc. Give Rand credit for wanting Greta Garbo for Dominique Francon but by this time, the eccentric, reclusive Garbo had already withdrawn from reality to such a degree she could no longer appear before a camera. Ida Lupino would have been terrific. But no, they went with newcomer Patricia Neal who comes across as just as a pretty American girl with too much money. The miscasting destroyed any hopes of this movie ever achieving greatness. Cooper reportedly demanded star close-ups, camera set-ups favoring him, dialogue rewritten, etc. They should try remaking the movie today,using stage actors and not the pretty bratpack of Pitt, Affleck, Cruise, Depp, etc. As for Dominique, please, God, not Gwenyth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Winona Ryder, Nicole Kidman, etc.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Disappointment, Mar 4 2001

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M J Miller (Park City, UT, USA) - See all my reviews

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Whatever you thought of the book - and I loved it - this film adaptation is a failure. The casting, the screenplay (in which Rand herself had a hand) fail to do the book justice. For the definitive film adaptation of Ayn Rand, I highly recommend the Italian-made "We The Living".

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Fountainhead Fans
A great movie, romantic and stuck to the essence of the book. Ayn Rand personally wrote the condensed script for the movie. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Shane

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Hookum and a pure joy!
As an Architect, my opinion is biased by actual experience in this field, but, this movie made me laugh so hard the first time I saw it, it became one of my all time favorites. Read more

Published on Jan 13 2004 by Victor A Smith