THE PASSION OF AYN RAND

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: 'Helen Mirren Brilliantly Captures Rand's Contradictions…Cerebral Yet Sexually Hungry…' -People Magazine; ; A celebrity, a novelist, a philosopher, an inspiration. In 1949, everyone's eyes were on novelist Ayn Rand and her philosophy. This philosophy was never more evident than in her bizarre love life.; ; Rand is excited and attracted to her brilliant, young and handsome new protégé. Believing that she can control people's hearts as well as their minds, she convinces her husband and the wife of her protégé to allow them to have a long term affair while staying married. This shocking arrangement lasts for fifteen years while the lovers triumph and the spouses suffer until, as fate would have it, her protégé's interest begins to turn to a young student of his own.; ; Based on the best-selling biography about the acclaimed author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, comes an incredible true story of desire and deception starring Helen Mirren (Some Mother's Son), Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction), Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise) and Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold).
• Cast: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda, Sybil Temtchine, Tom McCamus, Don McKellar, David Ferry, Donald Carrier, Hamish McEwan, Elyssa Livergant, Christopher Marren, Jennifer Gould, Robert Thomas, John Lefebvre, Katherine Trowell, Stan Coles, Rene Lemieux, D'Arcy Smith, Andrew Dolha, Tomas Chovanec, Daniel Enright, Patrick Garrow, Aviva Armour, Tara Meyer, Sergio Di Zio, Domenico Fiore, Hakan Coskuner, Wayne Curnew, Thomas Lundy, Christopher Menaul, Barbara Branden, Howard Korder, Mary Gallagher
• Director: Christopher Menaul
• Runtime: 1:45
• Company: Showtime Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie