The first part of a planned trilogy, the film was directed by little known Paul Johansson who also starred as John Galt.

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While Ryan was an atheist and a strident capitalist in the vein of John Galt, Comstock is a religious figure and an ultra-nationalist.

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But it was not her philosopher-physicist John Galt who brought down the NRA: it was the Schechter brothers, who sold kosher chickens in Brooklyn.

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The more Ryan channels Ayn Rand's John Galt, the more people will value tax equity for the middle class and a sensible safety net for the unfortunate.

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They will maul him for being a combination of Jerry Falwell, Joe Arpaio, and John Galt on a range of issues that strike deep chords with the Obama coalition.

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The essence of this dichotomy survives the terse condensing the movie plows through as it takes the viewer through the first third of Rand's novel, up through the mini-climax delivered by the completion of the John Galt Line and the dramatic ignition of Wyatt's Torch.

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