The Fountainhead (film)

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The Fountainhead
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	King Vidor
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Written by	Ayn Rand
Starring	Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Robert Burks
Editing by	David Weisbart
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	July 2, 1949
Running time	114 min.
Country	US
Language	English
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The Fountainhead is a 1949 American drama film based on the book of the same name by Ayn Rand. The movie stars Gary Cooper as Howard Roark, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon, Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand, Robert Douglas as Ellsworth Toohey and Kent Smith as Peter Keating. The film was directed by King Vidor, with the screenplay written by Ayn Rand.

Max Steiner composed the film's score, excerpts of which were included in RCA Victor's tribute to the composer, an album featuring the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt and released on LP in 1973 and digitally remastered for CD.

The film was released in VHS format in 1990 and in 2006 as a DVD.

[edit] External links

• The Fountainhead at the Internet Movie Database

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