The Passion of Ayn Rand Movie Review 1999

Warts-and-all bio of the Russian-born novelist/philosopher that focuses on the 20-year friendship between Rand (Mirren) and psychoanalyst Nathaniel Branden (Stoltz). When the pic opens in 1951, self-important Rand is already famous for "The Fountainhead" and has a longtime marriage to the overshadowed Frank (Fonda). Nathaniel and Barbara (Delpy) are college students pushed to marry by mentor Rand, who soon becomes Nathaniel's lover and encourages his ambitions--to the dismay of both spouses. Based on the 1986 memoir by Barbara Branden, so there's an axe to grind.

Distribution

Showtime Networks, Inc., 5120 E. La Palma, No. 103, Anaheim Hills, CA 92807, Email: customerservice@sho.com, URL: http://www.SHO.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Writers, Marriage, Sex & Sexuality, Biopics: Writers, Big Ideas, Period Piece: 1950s, Adapted from Memoirs or Diaries

Screenplay

Howard Korder, Mary Gallagher

Cast

Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda, Tom McCamus, Sybil Temchen, Don McKellar, David Ferry

Cinematography

Ronald Orieux

Director

Christopher Menaul

Music

Jeff Beal