"Excellent"
The Fountainhead Review
By Christopher Null
Ayn Rand's own adaptation of her highly-regarded (and extremely thick) book. While I haven't read the novel (yet--it's in my stack), the film seems faithful to her work and is certainly faithful to her spirit. Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal (in her first film) do great work and have no trouble with the objectivist mentality. In the end, all questions are answered but one: What the heck is The Fountainhead?
Facts and Figures
Year: 1949
Run time: 114 mins
In Theaters: Saturday 2nd July 1949
Distributed by: Criterion Collection
Production compaines: Warner Bros.
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 4 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Fresh: 10 Rotten: 2
IMDB: 7.1 / 10
Cast & Crew
Director: King Vidor
Producer: Henry Blanke
Screenwriter: Ayn Rand
Starring: Gary Cooper as Howard Roark, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon, Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand, Kent Smith as Peter Keating, Robert Douglas as Elsworth Toohey, Henry Hull as Henry Cameron, Ray Collins as Roger Enright, Moroni Olsen as Chairman, Jerome Cowan as Alvah Scarret
Also starring: Henry Blanke, Ayn Rand
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