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The Passion of Ayn Rand is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Christopher Menaul and written by Howard Korder and Mary Gallagher, based on the 1986 book of the same name by Barbara Branden.

The Passion of Ayn Rand
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Genre	Biographical drama
Based on	The Passion of Ayn Rand by Barbara Branden
Screenplay by	Howard Korder Mary Gallagher
Directed by	Christopher Menaul
Starring	Helen Mirren Eric Stoltz Julie Delpy Peter Fonda
Music by	Jeff Beal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Irwin Meyer Marilyn Lewis
Producers	Peter Crane Linda Curran Wexelblatt
Cinematography	Ron Orieux
Editor	David Martin
Running time	104 minutes
Production company	Producers Entertainment Group
Distributor	Showtime Networks
Release
Original network	Showtime
Original release	January 27, 1999 (1999-01-27) (Sundance) May 30, 1999 (1999-05-30) (United States)

The film stars Helen Mirren as philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand, who engages in an affair with Nathaniel Branden, played by Eric Stoltz, a psychologist who is 25 years younger than she is. 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.

The Passion of Ayn Rand premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 1999, and aired on Showtime on May 30, 1999. It received moderately positive reviews from critics.[1]

Cast

• Helen Mirren as Ayn Rand
• Eric Stoltz as Nathaniel Branden
• Julie Delpy as Barbara Branden
• Peter Fonda as Frank O'Connor
• Tom McCamus as Richard

Production

Filming took place in Toronto.[2]

Release

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 1999.[2] It aired on Showtime on May 30, 1999.[3]

Reception

Critical reception

Based on reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 80%, with an average score of 6.8/10.[4] Writing in Variety, David Kronke called the film "an ambitious, visually sumptuous attempt to depict a bizarre element of a controversial personality's life".[3] Kronke went on to say, "Unfortunately, its insistence on maintaining a detached point of view towards its characters – or, rather, no point of view at all, as the filmmakers seem reticent to offend either Rand fans or detractors – renders it dramatically inert."[3]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1999	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Helen Mirren	Won[5]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Peter Fonda	Nominated[6]
2000	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV	Peter Fonda	Won[7]
		Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV	Helen Mirren	Nominated[8]
	PGA Awards	Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform	Peter Crane, Linda Curran Wexelblatt, Marilyn Lewis, Irwin Meyer, Steven Hewitt	Nominated[9]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries	Helen Mirren	Nominated[10]
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries	Peter Fonda	Nominated[10]

References

External links

• The Passion of Ayn Rand at AllMovie
• The Passion of Ayn Rand at IMDb
• The Passion of Ayn Rand at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Passion of Ayn Rand at the TCM Movie Database

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