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The Fountainhead is an emotionally powerful piece of cinematic insanity, a movie that bears careful watching yet elicits gales of laughter when shown at festivals and revivals. Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal's overheated, intellectually perverse romance is undeniably entertaining, and match Ayn Rand's personal 'take no prisoners' approach to ...
Unconventional and arrogant architect Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) sees himself as misunderstood, having been openly criticized by writer Ellsworth Toohey (Robert Douglas). Taking a job at a quarry...
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Summaries. An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards. Individualistic and idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because his designs fail to fit with existing architectural thinking.
An idealistic architect battles corrupt business interest and his love for a married woman in this well-made drama starring Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Gar...
May 4, 2007 · "Do you want to stand alone against the whole world?"Architect Howard Roark has heard the voices of safety, convention, compromise. But Roark is a man as uny...
Ayn Rand. Novel, Screenplay. King Vidor. Director. An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Jan 1, 2009 · Production. Ayn Rand 's novel The Fountainhead was published in May 1943. Barbara Stanwyck read it and wanted to play the novel's heroine, Dominique Francon, in a movie adaptation. She asked Jack L. Warner to buy the rights to the book for her. Warner Bros. purchased the film rights in October 1943 and asked Rand to write the screenplay.
