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The Passion of Ayn Rand is a american film of genre Drama directed by Christopher Menaul released in USA on 27 january 1999 with Helen Mirren
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 january 1999
Length 1h44
Directed by Christopher Menaul
OriginUSA
Themes Films about writers
Rating57%
The Passion of Ayn Rand is a 1999 film directed by Christopher Menaul. It is based on the book of the same title by Barbara Branden (one of Rand's former associates and Nathaniel Branden's first wife). The screenplay is written by Howard Korder and Mary Gallagher.
The film stars Helen Mirren as philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand, who engages in an affair with a psychologist 25 years her junior by the name of Nathaniel Branden, played by Eric Stoltz. Branden built up an institute to spread Rand's ideas, but the two eventually had a falling out. The film also stars Julie Delpy as Branden's wife, Barbara, and Peter Fonda as Rand's husband Frank O'Connor.
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The film stars Helen Mirren as the philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand, who engages in an affair with a psychologist 25 years her junior by the name of Nathaniel Branden, played by Eric Stoltz. Branden built up an institute to spread Rand's ideas, but the two eventually had a falling out. The film also stars Julie Delpy as Branden's wife, Barbara, and Peter Fonda as Rand's husband Frank O'Connor.Actors
Helen Mirren
(Ayn Rand)
Eric Stoltz
(Nathaniel Branden)
Julie Delpy
(Barbara Branden)
Peter Fonda
(Frank O'Connor)
Tom McCamus
(Richard)
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