The Fountainhead Movie Review
The Fountainhead Review
"The Fountainhead" Overview
Rating: NR
1949
Cast and Crew
Director : King VidorProducer : Henry Blanke
Screenwiter : Ayn Rand
Starring : Gary Cooper,Patricia Neal,Raymond Massey,Kent Smith,Robert Douglas,Henry Hull,Ray Collins,Moroni Olsen,Jerome Cowan
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?
Reviewer: Christopher Null
