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‘Atlas Shrugged’ – Why Is MSM Silent On This Film’s Potential?

Apr. 21, 2011 2:59pm

Atlas Shrugged Why Is MSM Silent On This Films Potential?The low-budget film ‘Atlas Shrugged’ opened last Friday in 299 theaters. And by industry standards, it should be viewed as a success.

The movie has a relatively unknown cast and was competing against films with considerable star-power and promotional budgets larger than the entire production budget for Atlas Shrugged, and yet this 102 minute, independent project was bringing in a higher per-screen average than almost every other movie in wide distribution.

As reported by Box Office Mojo, the #1 movie in per-screen dollars was the smash ‘Rio’, averaging an impressive $10,252 per screen. ‘Atlas Shrugged’ finished 14th in overall revenue, but managed to generate $5640 per screen, making it the second-highest in overall productivity. And after the weekend, the movie is still generating a healthy $450 per screen, the second highest, daily per screen averages.

Atlas Shrugged Why Is MSM Silent On This Films Potential?

While some professional movie reviewers have not exactly been kind to this film, fans who have rated it on Fandango.com overwhelmingly support it. In fact, there are over 1000 reviews posted by people who have seen the movie and almost 80% of them have awarded it a ‘must go’ rating. Clearly there is a positive buzz from those who have paid money to see this movie versus those who are paid for their reviews.

The Blaze covered the story of Hollywood’s reticence a month ago. And last week, Pajamas Media was at the premiere, offering some reviews and interviews with cast members.

So why isn’t the movie industry doing what it normally does when an independent project manages to make it to the big screen and show the ability to generate what might be called ‘competitive’ and promising revenue numbers?  This is a commodity with a proven demand. You would think that a distributor would sense there is a potential profit to be be made, not only on this film, but the planned sequels.

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  • AmericanHorse
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:45pm

    These people gave Al Gore an Oscar for “An Inconvenient Lie”. Should be no surprise to anyone that they’re hoping this one goes away quickly and unnoticed.

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  • Keep the Faith
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:44pm

    I live in northern Minnesota and this movie is only playing in Minneapolis and Rochester (minimum 200 miles one way). So sad! How long til it comes out on DVD? In the meantime, I’ll buy the book.

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  • REVENANT
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:40pm

    They’ll stop ignoring it, and start attacking it with vicious savagery, when it starts becoming a household name.

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    REVENANT  
  • I_can't_believe_this_stuff
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:39pm

    The book Atlas Shrugged was great, and very appropriate today. I saw part I and thoroughly enjoyed it, but it ended to quickly for me. It could have been 4-hours and I’d watch it too. I hope they do really well, and can form a substitute for Hollywood, like Bollywood, which will redirect the Hollywood culture in our direction. I’ll support it. And I’ll watch Parts II and III when they come out. This should be required watching for seniors in high school everywhere, not the socialist crap our educators (?) foist on them.

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  • dcwu
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:38pm

    The MSM are the eunuchs in the harem.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:20pm

      What a drag it must be.

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    • snidley-whiplash
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:22pm

      Funny very funny HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH but I think you forgot to mention………………………………………………………….ENCINOM HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
      still laughing..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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  • angelcat
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:37pm

    This film does not send the message the MSM wants sent and it encourages a mindset with which they disagree. So they must ignore so as to make sure the message is not sent.

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  • Crazy Llama
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:34pm

    We saw it last weekend and really enjoyed it. My Husband and daughter have read the book about 20 times between the two of them where as I have only gone though it once so far. I have encouraged all those that I know to go see it, on both sides of the political landscape. The casting was well done with my favorite being Mr. Beckle who plays Ellis Wyatt, you could not have placed a better person to play that part. We have been looking forward to this movie for so long and now we can’t wait for the next installment.

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  • mrlogan3
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:28pm

    Saw a Yahoo story on this days ago…nobody’s being silent

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  • ripley
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:21pm

    Liberals are cowards, that’s why they don’t report on this.

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 7:22pm

      No, cause the movie is a steaming turd. Low budget, and the only reason its not direct to dvd is bexause there are enough tea bagging zombies to loot for full price movie tickets.

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  • Retired Soldier
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:19pm

    Currently, Rotten Tomatoes gives the movie 7% while the audience gives it 85%. Are the critics insignificant, now?

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/atlas_shrugged_part_i/

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  • MistaB
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:17pm

    Why isn’t the Main Stream Media covering Atlas Shrugged? Who is John Galt?

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  • Retired Soldier
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:17pm

    Currently, on Rotten Tomatoes, the critics give it 7% while the audience gives it 85%. Are the critics insignificant now?

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/atlas_shrugged_part_i/

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:06pm

      No, the audience that is liking it are flooding the web. This is not the average movie going audience, but a vocal, small minority that are voicing their misguided opinions. Also, a movie like RIO, has 28,000 votes, while the Turd bomb has only 7,000, smaller sample size throws off the numbers.

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    • Mike N
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:30pm

      At ENCINOM . . . Given the sample size of 7000, your denial of importance of the result reflects your ignorance of statistics.

      Numbers aside, I enjoy pure entertainment as much as the next person, but this is a far more cerebral movie about understanding human motivation, government excess and how the world really works than any liberal-slanted bubble-gum flick you are likely to gush about.

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:50pm

      Mike N, this movie is a love note to greed, nothing more. This movie turn greed into a virture and charity a vice. I am not surprised by the positive viewer ratings, the only viewers seeing this steaming turd bomb are were fans before the movie trailer was released.

      encinom  
    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:58pm

      @ENCINOM
      Go redistribute you junk on eBay, go redistribute your words at huff-n-puff post, and go redistribute your money to a truly poor person, come back when your done. Lead by example or shut up.

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    • Hirllr21
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 7:05pm

      @Encicom

      Rio has only 4 times the reviews? I’m fairly certain that it is being shown to more than 4 times the audience. Maybe Rio just doesn’t have a good enough message to inspire people to promote it.

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    • american1st
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:25pm

      @ encinom only in the twisted mind of a leftist would being rewarded for your labor be called greed and having what you have earned taken from you be called charity. your mental illness is showing

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  • MommaGrizzly
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:14pm

    That’s why I don’t even bother with the MSM. They are useless.

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  • VincentMVNY
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:14pm

    I was looking forward to seeing the movie after hearing about it and watching Stossel’s interview with the producer, John Agloiloro and the actor who plays James Taggart. I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the acting and the production values of the film. For an independent production it surpasses whatever other Indie films I’ve seen. The dialogue followed Rand’s book word for word in many scenes. It is very true to the book. That would be the main reason the MSM isn’t happy. They hate the book and its philosophy,t herefore they hate the movie!

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  • Idahosauce
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:13pm

    I typically wait for movies to move to the secondary “Dollar Theatres” before I go (to save money) but I went to see Atlas at the expensive seat theatre and really enjoyed it. I definetly recommend seeing this movie and promoting it to the younger audiences to educate them on what is really going on in the shadows.

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    • american1st
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:39pm

      i did the same. and it was well worth the money, i usually wait for a DVD release but i was happy to support this movie, it was so good i had to start reading the book to find out what happens next,
      IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MOVIE YET GO SEE IT !!! even if the nearest theater is a bit of a drive it is worth it..

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:17pm

      There has to be a producer or two out there that would be willing to fund the next two productions. Maybe Mel Gibson? Who knows.

      Sadly, most of the Ohbummer supporters are illiterate and would rather go to a mind numbing movie than see anything remotely related to truth.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:12pm

    May God bless your work, MIKETHEARTIST! I love hearing about people like you in the media industry.

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  • ChiroRef
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:12pm

    You cannot force people to think. This movie, just like the book, requires you to do that. With this start, here should be enough momentum to get Part II done. The hardest part was getting Part I done. The message is timeless – and continues to change the world.

    Congrats to the capitalists who made this – I hope your efforts make you wildly rich and successful.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:58pm

      You will be surprised to learn that it is the brother of the big prog that is on Hannity often Bob Beckel ….

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  • Dobodura
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:11pm

    I went to the movie and found it to be riveting. I didn’t read the book, so it took me about 15 minutes into the movie to figure out what was going on, but after that, I had all I could do to keep from standing up and cheering the forward-thinking entreprenuers characterized in the movie. I can’t wait for Part II and Part III. The movie is a testament to how government is systematically “regulating” our free market system into oblivion and what happens when the regulations become oppressive. I’m sure the liberal left has been told to ignore this very enlightening movie … simply because the truth hurts.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:25pm

      DOBO
      Glad you saw the movie I read Atlas Shrugged in college and it changed my life….”Always Check Your Premise” I never thought the movie would be made and I was there last Friday thinking I haven’t been to a movie theater in 5-6 years SO how perfect I would buy popcorn and soda and sit back and watch the WORDS that Ayn Rand wrote over 50 years ago. It took all my willpower NOT to shout out as the movie unfolded. I encourage to read the book. Sometimes when things look bad,I pick up my copy and flip it open to any page. I get strength from Reardon and Dagny. Same thing applies to THE FOUNTAINHEAD. Howard Roark inspired me in college!!!!

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  • Unbelievable
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:10pm

    Saw it last Saturday.. A real eye opener movie. But most people don’t even know it’s out there. I’m telling everyone I can about it. You’ll never hear the MSM say anything about it.

    Can’t way for part 2 & 3.

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  • miketheartist
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:10pm

    As an graphic artist in two different entertainment industries (comics and movies), I can also speak to the difficulty of being a conservative and working consistently.

    http://www.miketheartist.net

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:37pm

      Interesting that the article about George pointed out he was in demand and doing well with Glenn because he was such a talented photographic artist. Could talent be the secret to being successful, or is it ideology?

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      MONICNE  
    • Showtime
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Went to your site –
      I think I’m in love!

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      Showtime  
    • miketheartist
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:55pm

      I think you’re trying to call me untalented hack in some offhanded, passive aggressive way, but I will defer to those who actually look at what I do, like it, and pay me for it.

      http://www.miketheartist.net

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    • Fina Biscotti
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 6:29pm

      Your artwork is very interesting, MikeTheArtist.

      Go post it on AOL Answers – on the blog – “Assessing the President” – so that more people can see your artwork.

      People post cartoons – and comics – similar to what you have – in visuals – all the time. Everyone will be interested in your stuff.

      Also I have other ideas for you – and your artwork. You can send me a private message on the AOL Answers blog.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:47am

      What did you mean when you said you could: “speak to the difficulty of being a conservative and working consistently” – did I misunderstand you in some offhand way?

      Mike, I did look at your site before posting, and I think your studio arts skills are indisputable. I did not see any releases from the estates of George Harrison or Theodor Seuss Geisel for borrowing their trademark styles to mock an elected American President who currently calls for the lowest US tax rates in four decades. The Blaze prohibits self-promotion without permission and compensation. I did not see that either, but I assume you are simply “saving money” by publishing your personal ads, (as others do here).
      I would definitely hire you for your talent. I might think twice if the position required originality, judgment, and professional ethics. In the entertainment industry, 96% of the work is done by talented artists who earn 20% of the money.

      Like the objectivist heroes of “Atlas”, not everybody gets to be Andy Warhol or Brad Pitt. Some of us say it’s all due to conservative politics. Some say it’s talent and hard work, and agents.

      Hey man, I got nothing but good wishes for you.

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    • miketheartist
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 3:08pm

      Well, Hippo, let me try and make it clear for you. As a conservative, I have gained employment with companies who, unbeknownst to me, espoused a progressive ideology and business model. They also held very strong political beliefs, you can guess where they lie. Unlike Glenn Beck, a conservative who hires liberals based on talent, these individuals hire based on feeling and affirmative action, and deride those who don’t believe as they do. Like you.
      As far as my shameless self promotion, to a degree you are correct. You and your ilk have had posts of mine removed from this site, which is your prerogative as a trolling liberal. The thing that you fail to grasp is, that I enjoy drawing far more than writing, though by no means am I incapable of the latter. Those drawings and cartoons that I post ARE my opinion. While you expectorate at length on a site with very few sympathetic listeners, I tend to post rarely, serving up my scathing assessment of our Socialist President and his brethren through comedy, art and class. As a graphic artist, I have been trained to make a visual impact with my pieces, using new ideas based on the lessons of the greats that came before us. The small sampling of my art that you have actually seen has been in that vein. If you saw any of my published comic book work, or read any of the three separate stories I have in production at the moment, you may not think as you do. Fortunately though, I have been given, through Divine Providence and the spirit of entrepreneurship, a mind capable of running a business on my own, for my own profits, so I don’t have to work for someone like you anymore.

      http://www.miketheartist.net

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    • Phoenix42
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 4:08pm

      Sleazyhippo, as a former co-worker of miketheartist, having worked with him in the entertainment industry, I can attest to the fact that he was indeed one of the artists doing 98% of the work and getting PAID only 20% of the money (though I believe all the artists EARNED a much larger share), and I know that because I was in management and had access to that data. I’m not sure what you were trying to imply.

      I can also attest to the fact that people who “fit in” were given multiple opportunities to maintain employment by shifting jobs when they began to fail at one or another, and others were let go more often because they didn’t “fit in” than because they were untalented or unable to keep up with production. Those who didn’t “fit in” were those who espoused conservative values and spoke up about abusive working conditions, or, OMG, simply had opinions of there own.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:16pm

      Mike, I really do wish you the best, I apologize for offending you and hope you forgive this, but I was not picking on you because of your politics. You are indeed an artist, and we deal with copyright infringement all the time. Someday you will have a distinctive style and I hope others will not rip you off – especially to mock conservative causes that you would not have supported. Enough said.

      I do think you will be happier with your own business – all the true greats succeed by working from their own business, where you start chipping away at the 96/20 ratio.
      Being the star of Stan Lee’s bullpen means you are just putting in hours for The Man! (Most true professionals could care less about politics and are deadline focused.) At the end of the day, they only want to exploit the best talent they can get their claws into. So you are very wise to do your own thing.

      You have a great future, and seem to have a dream going! Be objective and prosper.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:41pm

      Hello, Phoenix42!

      I thought Mike was doing a fine job explaining his position,but if you need to jump in, OK.

      (About graphics artists being paid less than deserved, I simply meant to say, you guys are in a dog eat dog business, so expect very little from the management dogs. I respect the ‘paying dues’ aspects of your situation, though.)

      I think you said that you were in a rational business that shunned a great employee and talent because he, “espoused conservative values and spoke up about abusive working conditions, or, OMG, simply had opinions of there (sic) own.”

      Well, I am not saying that didn’t happen, but I am saying it would not happen on a really professional top notch project that is making big money and being fresh.

      So if it did happen, maybe it was a just a bunch of liberal losers and you are both better off to not be part of their farce any more. Blessings always come to those who move on.

      (Like Mike said about Glenn putting up with George), “When the rubber hits the road, genius prospers, and to heck with politics!” That’s my experience.

      Referring back to Jack Kirby’s classic 1960’s Sergeant Rock DC comics, Easy Company has a character that represents every political and social background. United we stand!

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:45pm

      Also – Mike and Phoenix – just so you know I am not throwing away your thoughts.
      I took your criticisms to heart – I am not ignoring the comments you made about me, I think about them and will try and be a better person because of them. Thanks

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:09pm

    if they dont acknowledge it maybe it will go away

    see how it worked out that way for the tea party………..right??????? NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    THEY DONT WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT GOES AGAINST THEIR IDEOLOGY

    GREAT MOVIE, I SUGGEST EVERYONE TRY TO GO SEE IT THIS WEEK

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  • soapbox55
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:08pm

    if the closest theater wasn’t 60 miles from my house, I would have seen it by now.
    I loved the book and can’t wait to hear the libs pan the thing…

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    • flagbearer
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:24pm

      I have the same problem with where it is being shown. Only a few theaters are showing it, and they are too far away for me to go. I wish more theaters had it.

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    • Shari912
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:33pm

      Don’t worry – sounds like they plan to have it out on DVD by November – at least that’s what the promo said in front of the movie when I saw it yesterday.

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    • Lavengro
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 5:05pm

      I saw the producer interviewed last night. He said Atlas Shrugged is opening in 201 additional theatres this weekend (total of 500) and next weekend it will be in 1,000 theatres. So keep checking the Atlas Shrugged Movie website. They list all the theatres where the movie is showing by State.

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    • cosmo
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 5:35pm

      Here are the theaters that are currently showing Atlas Shrugged:
      http://www.atlasshruggedpart1.com/theaters

      If your town isn’t listed you can request that it come to your town by clicking on “Demand Atlas” at this website:
      http://www.atlasshruggedpart1.com/get_involved

      There were only 300 cities last Friday and now its showing in 465 theaters.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:07pm

    I had the producer of the movie on my radio show yesterday and he was very blatant and upfront about the libs in Hollywood giving the movie the cold shoulder and panning it overall. No surprise; he and I discussed how successful it will be as parts 2, 3 come out in the next few years. It will be spell-binding to the libs in Tinseltown. Yay, by the way!

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:06pm

    I am still surprised that such a film was even made considering the leftist mindset of the film industry. The MSM is in shock itself and the film’s early popularity is proof to them that they have lost. They have pushed the left and big government since the late ’60′s but still…they are losing. People hate big government.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:29pm

      Correction: Non-losers hate Big Government.

      There are an inordinate number of losers currently residing in this country that are quite happy paying no federal income taxes, getting refunds and generally being about as productive as a slug. Never underestimate their numbers.

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    • DoesDad
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:43pm

      I haven’t seen it yet but I am going to. I’m also planning on taking a progressive friendI heard it’s one of those that “everyone” should see. I think people should do the same. The more information you throw at libs the more they have to see their way is wrong. If they’re not too far gone you might actually get a defector or two such as Dennis Miller? I don’t know… Just trying to be helpful. :)

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 6:52pm

      Hauschild,Agree 100%,I think an IQ test for voter eligibility would solve a lot of problems.It’ll never happen but the productive class needs some way to stop the parasites from bleeding us dry.

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  • TSUNAMI-22
    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:03pm

    Isn’t it obvious why the MSM is being silent?

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    • Revere1
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Liberals in Hollywood decide what is and isn’t a “worthy” picture. It’s not based on the film’s qualities, but its message. Liberals insist on propaganda in their entertainment: http://www.battlefield315.com/2011/04/liberal-hollywood-explained.html

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    • NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Obvious. It blows a hole in everything they believe in!

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:13pm

      Leave it for the Lefty Daily Kosers to desperately parse data in search of making it look favorable. We don’t need to play those games.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:14pm

      I was thinking the same thing. It doesn’t fit their agenda.
      The promos for it do not say, “As seen on Al Jezeera.”

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      Showtime  
    • EXDEM.
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:15pm

      What would Blazers do if Obama won a second term?

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    • MEESHEL
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:16pm

      It’s their bigotry.

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    • NickDeringer
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:19pm

      This seems an academic question. The Left is in favor of large totalitarian government. Most of the brutal regimes of the 20th Century were Leftist regimes. Communism slaughtered 130 million people and yet not 1 major Hollywood movie about Stalin and his gulags or Mao and his mass starvations.

      Not one.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:21pm

      @EXDEM.
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:15pm
      What would Blazers do if Obama won a second term?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      You don’t want to know.

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      Showtime  
    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:21pm

      Was that a rhetorical question?
      I’m going to guess because MSNBC is unable to report anything that might be truth based. How did I do?

      @EXDEM
      Pray for 24 hours before I do anything,

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    • Mike Westfall No Hiding
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:22pm

      I used to think that there had to be a real conspiracy out there to liberalize the media, schools, etc…

      Now I just think it is mob mentality that has developed. Totally unsophicated, out of control based on unfettered emotional currents that is bent on steamrolling any opposition in its path. Eventually, the mob loses focus and disperses. This may take some time but when people really listen to their conscience and inner common sense, they will come back to the middle. We should just remain patient and have open arms when this happens.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Because it was a low budget flop. Bad reviews and that’s the end of the story! That’s how capitalism works!

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      MONICNE  
    • sooner12
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:34pm

      Now I HAVE to see it!

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    • billhodges
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:34pm

      EXDEM.
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:15pm

      What would Blazers do if Obama won a second term?
      _____________________________________

      Suffer just as you and the rest of America will!

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:36pm

      I just hung up the phone with Allen West’s Fort Lauderdale office (the phone at the West Palm Beach office was busy) and asked the lady to URGE Rep. West to run for POTUS. “If he doesn’t run, I am going to CRY!” I told her that if he runs, Donald Trump is “dead in the water.” I gave her the Blaze story and asked her to read the COMMENTS. She said that Rep. West is interested in representing the people of Florida. I told her that the people of America need him more than Florida does! She did say that he has been getting A LOT of calls pleading for him to run for POTUS and that she would pass my message on to him.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:37pm

      A film that shows the failure of the collective good, how more regulation squashes and demolishes a country and the human spirit. A film that the heroes are intelligent capitalist and sees the government as obstacles. A film were the most incompetent and corrupt are employed and are embraced by the government.

      Why would the mouthpiece of Hope and Change, of Social Good, of Wealth redistribution, and who HATE the wealthy, why would they like this film.

      This is like kryptonite to their Superman, or their Pretty girl in the nightclub to their Roseanne Barr when the lights come on.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:38pm

      @sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:31pm
      Because it was a low budget flop. Bad reviews and that’s the end of the story! That’s how capitalism works!
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Your comment is the only thing that “flopped.” Any “bad” reviews would come from a Progressive. Conservatives identify with it. Guess that makes you just another Progressive troll, WhiteProgressiveParty, Killa from Wasilla, or whatever names you are using today.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:41pm

      @ Showtime

      Good job! Or should I say “Good Show.” :)

      West is my guy, too.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:42pm

      @EXDEM.
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:15pm
      What would Blazers do if Obama won a second term?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      We, like all the Progressives, would be slaves to the government. I thought we got rid of slavery 150 years ago. But nooooooooooooo! Progressives WANT to be enslaved. Conservatives would rather have freedom. It might cost us being rounded upo into FEMA camps, which is what I think they’re going to do, but I don’t have much longer to live anyway.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:43pm

      I love rhetorical questions. :)

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:44pm

      …………
      Why is the MSM silent? Are you kidding?
      It doesn’t fit the socialist agenda they promote.

      “It ain’t news until we say it’s news.” — Wa-Po writer long ago.

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    • ozchambers
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:45pm

      saw it last weekend, enjoyed it. Planning to purchase the book as a result. understand its quite an undertaking.

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    • Silversmith
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:47pm

      Evidntley, Sleazy Hippo can’t read.

      Silversmith

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:51pm

      Hollywoods agenda for progressiveville and the theme of the movie are at direct odds with one another and therefore are deemed irrelevent in the sceme of so called “NEWS” of the day.

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    • theonefromabove
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:54pm

      Yeah this will go unnoticed by the Awards people.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:01pm

      Maybe cause the movie was a stinking piece of turd, as is the source material. You have the main female character, that makes Gorden Gecko seem like Mother Theresa. The movie is a ham fisted political statement, that is out of touch with current reality. Parts 2 and 3 are never going to be made, who but a Rand cultist is going to sit throuah a single speech that is so long it takes two movies to film.

      encinom  
    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:10pm

      I bet you can’t wait for the film adaptation of “The Coming Insurrection” though, can you Encinom?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:11pm

      Yes they don’t want people seeking it out and seeing it … which is exactly what is happening.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:24pm

      EXDEM:

      Believe me, I am preparing for it.

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:24pm

      Don’t you remember Hollywood going gaga over brokeback mountain…they were all over that one…their agenda is very easy to see…if its morally wrong…go for it!

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    • stubbs71
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:32pm

      My spouse and I went to a Tues. afternoon matinee and were really impressed with the movie. We give it 2 thumbs up. Estimate about 35 ppl in the theater, which for a matinee in my town, is pretty good. I am trying to spread the word to my family & friends to see it and for them to enourage others to see it. This is another way to get the conservative message out to people who never watch Fox News or listen to talk radio.

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    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:40pm

      The movie sucks and no one actually cares, that is why.

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    • markthespark
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:41pm

      If Obama wins a second term the country is toast. John Galt’s Radio Address has an answer if you are not wealthy enough to get out of this country.
      “Do not attempt to rise on the looter’s terms or to climb a ladder while they’re holding the ropes. Do not allow their hands to touch the only power that keeps them in power: your living ambition. …Go on strike… Use your mind and skill in private, extend your knowledge, develop your ability, but do not share your achievements with others. Do not try to produce a fortune, with a looter riding on your back. Stay on the lowest rung of the ladder… do not make an extra penny to support the looters’ state.”

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:47pm

      encinom

      Let me guess your favorite film is Idiocracy. The tale of what the world would look like if liberals have their way.

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    • Enuff Zenuff
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:54pm

      Q: How many objectivists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

      A: Duh! – Just one!

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    • right-wing-waco
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:57pm

      @EXDEM.
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:15pm
      What would Blazers do if Obama won a second term?

      Maybe we could go John Galt and then the lefties would starve to death.

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    • Obama Snake Oil Co
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:04pm

      Its also why they loathe Beck. Beck tells the truth they really don’t want us to know or hear. What is the highest liberal show on cable TV?….where are they in relationship to Fox? Air America doesn’t count, they went belly up…off the charts…the bottom…where all the bottom suckers belong….Keep in mind folks, hollywood was made for people that could never do a real job…..

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:04pm

      Here is the deal if the mainstream media shuns or hates something it probably is something very worthwhile and worth checking into. If the mainstream media loves something it isn’t something worth the time of day and is most likely going to be something I am opposed to.

      http://www.saywhatyoureallymean.blogspot.com

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    • gman46
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:34pm

      “Atlas Shrugged” and so Ayn Rann oppose the lefts worldview. Even if this movie could make them trillions, they could never back this movie. Sad, in all actuality it means they are so very closed minded.

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    • ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:39pm

      @EXDEM.
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:15pm
      What would Blazers do if Obama won a second term?
      ______________________________________________

      Gnash their teeth. Curse their own god. Comsume the flesh of their own children. Put their handguns in their mouths.

      Old testament type stuff. :-)

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    • gman46
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:40pm

      That is “Ayn Rand”, the damn keyboard…

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    • mrsmileyface
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:40pm

      Heres a DUUUUH! moment.

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    • ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:43pm

      Welcome to COSTCO, Blackhawk1. I love you.

      You are a complete idiot. You missed the entire point of Idiocracy!

      ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME  
    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:50pm

      @All Blazers
      This just in:
      SleazyHippo, ENCINOM, JZS, whiteTeaPARTY, et al.
      Please be advised that the above mentioned trolls could noy have seen “ATLAS SHRUGGED” as their proctologist has not completed the surgical procedure that separates the head from the behind, thus wherever they look it’s all brown out, Please excuse their outright lies, they are way past nap time and are incapable of truth when cranky.

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 6:11pm

      @ the aptly named sleaze

      “Capitalism is the only system geared to the life of a rational being and the only moral political-economic system in history,” Ayn Rand
      you libs attach what you rear. freedome of the individual to choose the path of ones oun lif. self determination is the firebrand of the liberated mind coupled with the liberated soul. this is to be feared by all despots for this is true strenght.
      the simple truth of the matter and proof as such. the town that i live has a liberal arts collge in it : Atls Shrugged is’nt playng within a hundred miles of it. sad . but we win.

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    • VegasGuy
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 6:15pm

      I took my wife and sister-in-law to see it two days ago. We thought it was a great film and really enjoyed it. We can’t wait for part two!

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    • westy98530
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 7:06pm

      In all honesty, it wasn’t a great movie, and it certainly wasn’t promoted well. It wasn’t terrible by any means, but I thought was somewhat flat, obviously low budget, and overall unengaging. It left out a LOT of the key insights from the book that really gave the book its true power. In other other words, it went through a lot of the same motions, but lacked the soul of the book. It felt like it would be better had they presented it on TV as a miniseries format instead of on the movie screen. I really wished it was better, because Atlas Shrugged deserves a really great adaptation.

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    • lovemysoldier
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 7:23pm

      @EXDEM
      I was thinking we would all head for the Gulch. Sound like a plan? ;o)

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 7:31pm

      They are not being silent – I have heard it on several channels – you are all just not listening!!!
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-UB

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 9:14pm

      This is really simple. This thing bombed. It bombed when it opened and it keeps blowing up bigger with every passing day. There will be no trilogy.

      Media coverage? What do you expect for a movie that finished 14th for the weekend? What, were you all awash in a media blitz for Limitless or Insidious or Soul Surfer? Me neither, and they all finished ahead of Shrugged. As of today, it’s somewhere south of Meet Monica Velour and No Eres Tu Soy Yo. (Yeah, I know.)

      Don’t try so hard to be offended. It’s juvenile

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 21, 2011 at 11:46pm

      BetterDays, your idea is impossible. Even a contortionist couldn’t assume the configuration of body parts you’ve referred to. The human spine is not that flexible. And the size of the orifice you refer to would not admit an object of the size you refer to. Proctologists aren’t trained in the surgery of that kind because it’s a physical impossibilty and never happens.

      Okay, you didn’t mean it literally. I get that. Bathroom humor isn’t my thing, but I have to admit that your post is more clever that most of the insults that come my way. And a lot come my way. Thousand of insults come my way – no millions, maybe billions. For standing up to that, Ayn Rand would love me.

      I stand here, like the Rock of Gibraltar while the waves of the lesser humans dash themselves impotently against my mighty bulk. I care not for the feelings or opinions of other, lesser humans. I reign supreme and give no thought to how my actions or words effect others.

      As Rand herself said, “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

      I toocare nothing for other human beings, except as intruments to my aggrandizement, despite all that nonsence Christ said about helping your fellow human being. Rand was right, Christ was wrong, simple as that.

      All you have empathy toward your fellow human beings are fools. Any among you choose to help the poor are week. The strong individual is must take his rightful role and dominate others. The week will not inherit the Earth.

      Oh, sorry, I lost my train of thought channeling Rand. I haven’t watched the movie because it was universally panned. I’ll watch it when it’s free on NetFlix. Promise.

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    • bookofdaniel
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:14am

      Great site. Never heard of it before.
      http://www.pjtv.com/

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 12:00pm

      Ode to Ms. Buckie

      Too bad about Atlas Shrugged, my (and everybody’s) favorite book at the age of sixteen! The motion picture version of Ayn Rand’s 1957 depiction of egotism, free love and free markets could have been a blockbuster bigger than Pirates of the Caribbean, but possibly would have benefited from more star power and cinematography.

      While she was still alive, Ayn Rand disdained Christianity and actually wrote that she considered Ronald Reagan a weakling. In Objectivism, (the Atlas Shrugged philosophy), reason is everything and selfishness is the primary virtue. Religion is a fraud and extramarital promiscuity is openly encouraged. Altruism is a crime against human excellence and humanitarian self-sacrifice is the most contemptible weakness.

      In High School, we all loved Ayn Rand and Hugh Hefner, who provided us self-centered fantasy lives we could really see our invincible selves implement! Growing up, we went to college or the military or to work in the fields. Years passed, Mom & Dad got old (and maybe sick), we experienced our first job, marriage, and childbirth; and eventually matured to the point where we realized that self-centered SOBs like Hef and Ayn are ‘few & far between’ for good reason! Their Atlantis-on-Earth society doesn’t work.

      Not even for Donald Trump.

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    • blacksmith
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:10pm

      The postings on this site show that Ayn Rand was correct. The looters/trolls that post here are proof of it. You sad folks would not have a place to feel important or a place where your ignorant rants would be answered if not for the Blaze. You would have to find somewhere else to post your insights that the rest of the posters are racist or whatever code word that progressives use for those that do not agree with your global ideas. You would have no purpose in your miserable life if you could’nt post your snarky comments and would just slide back to the cesspool that you climbed out of. Oh while I am on a rant of my own the moron that believes he is Gibraltar, week is a period of seven days and weak is a state of being not strong. Notice your little spelling error? I feel so much more superior than you now that I have pointed it out. Except that is not how I judge a human by his spelling. I judge them by the actions and statements they make!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 3:16pm

      ABC, Today Show (NBC,) CBS, those are “MSM” no? Do you watch? So who hasn’t mentioned it?

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:15pm

      cognitivedissonance, your name says it all. You’re not here to have intellectual discussion; you’re just here to make noise and be contrary. That seems rather childish and non-constructive.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 25, 2011 at 10:10am

      Earning less than $3.25 Million after ten days ($3.09 M on April 24), looks like Atlas Shrugged is headed for the DVD aisle — without recovering its low $10 Million budget. This is disturbing to some, who point out Atlas Shrugged is the #2 published America book (behind the bible), and more patriotic Americans know the exploits of spunky protagonist Dagny Taggert than those of feisty punditician Sarah Palin.
      Don’t look for Overseas Box Office receipts to make things even, because the socialist leaning Europeans, Africans, Asians, South Americans and Canadians, have proven time after time that they will not watch movies unless they are fun and enjoyable. (Australia, maybe not so much.) Besides, the free-loving Ayn Rand philosophy cultists and the anti-government Taxed Enough Already Party movement that took ownership of the movie weeks before it was even released are intrinsically American subcultures.
      So we will soon be looking for the “Atlas Shrugged 4th of July Boxed Set” (1 movie DVD with 5 out-take DVDs and 12 blooper DVDs) for the low price of $117.76 (that’s One, Seventeen-Seventy-Six) to bail out the producer. We expect every real patriot to purchase as many sets as possible by canceling their Summer Vacations and applying the gasoline savings.

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