The Fountainhead - Movie Review

Rating: 4 out of 5

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