1 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,761 The Dow Jones stock average dipped under 4000 points today. 2 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:38,702 You see it in the market's volatility. 3 00:00:38,903 --> 00:00:40,303 It's violent wealth loss. 4 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:44,367 If it's bad for the rich people, can you imagine how bad it is for me and you? 5 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:46,306 Good evening, America, I'm Jay Knight. 6 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:51,408 Our nation is slipping deeper and deeper into a crisis never seen before. 7 00:00:51,585 --> 00:00:55,749 Oil and gas shortages have crippled manufacturing and transportation costs... 8 00:00:55,923 --> 00:00:58,016 While conflicts in the Middle East... 9 00:00:58,191 --> 00:01:00,955 have virtually cut off all oil imports to the United States. 10 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,693 Well, what are you saying? 11 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:09,563 Are you saying that the American people aren't taking care of their own country? 12 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:11,601 Global States Oil Corporation... 13 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:13,967 suffered yet another major spill off the Gulf Coast. 14 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:15,899 We're seeing an unprecedented... 15 00:01:15,976 --> 00:01:18,044 As a result, rail travel has reemerged... 16 00:01:18,045 --> 00:01:19,745 as the only affordable means of freight... 17 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,343 and passenger transportation. 18 00:01:31,892 --> 00:01:34,326 Mr. Speaker, we would like to propose a bill... 19 00:01:34,494 --> 00:01:38,487 to make it illegal to fire employees from profitable corporations. 20 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:41,725 Our government has put a moratorium on all wage increases... 21 00:01:41,902 --> 00:01:43,995 and recently passed the Fair Price Bill... 22 00:01:44,171 --> 00:01:47,265 restricting increases in the price of most goods and services. 23 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:49,170 This is your wake-up call, America. 24 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:51,504 Another government relief ship was hijacked... 25 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:53,168 by pirate Ragnar Danneskjold. 26 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:57,010 Violence and crime are skyrocketing throughout the nation. 27 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:04,189 Shifting to manual. 28 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:28,143 Good evening, and we come to The Jay Knight Hour. 29 00:02:28,315 --> 00:02:32,308 My guests tonight are James Taggart, CEO of Taggart Transcontinental Railroad... 30 00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:34,613 Wesley Mouch, a noted Washington lobbyist... 31 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:37,655 from the Philadelphia law firm Young, Stephens and Sachs... 32 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:40,156 and Ellis Wyatt, the o and gas entrepreneur... 33 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:43,387 who is responsible for the current economic boom in Colorado. 34 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:46,024 My first question is to Mr. Taggart. 35 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:49,066 Sir, your company is one of the few managing to survive... 36 00:02:49,236 --> 00:02:51,067 in our current economic downturn. 37 00:02:51,238 --> 00:02:55,072 Yet, there have been dozens of derailments on your lines in the last year alone. 38 00:02:55,242 --> 00:02:56,368 How do you explain that? 39 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:58,738 With any growth there can be growing pains. 40 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:02,643 People shouldn't have to worry about how they're gonna get where they need to go. 41 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:04,909 We must act to benefit society as a whole. 42 00:03:05,085 --> 00:03:07,383 People aren't gonna be going anywhere without oil. 43 00:03:07,554 --> 00:03:12,355 That means the railroads like Mr. Taggart's need to be fixing their railways here... 44 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:14,551 - Can I get you something? - A cup of coffee. 45 00:03:14,728 --> 00:03:16,593 He makes a very good point, Mr. Taggart. 46 00:03:16,763 --> 00:03:19,391 - Do you have any money? - I got plenty of money. 47 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:22,892 Taggart Transcontinental is committed to sharing the burden... 48 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:25,265 Hey, what happened to you? 49 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,741 - Who's John Galt? - We don't need more rail lines. 50 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:31,935 We just need the ones we have to be reliable. 51 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:38,608 Well, prices are too high. We have a nation in crisis. 52 00:03:38,785 --> 00:03:41,720 Every business must lend a helping hand, Mr. Wyatt. 53 00:03:42,189 --> 00:03:46,182 Gasoline prices are 37.50 a gallon. 54 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:50,295 The Mideast has imploded, creating a worldwide o shortage. 55 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:52,694 We have plenty of oil right here in the U.S. 56 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:53,890 Hello, Joy. 57 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:56,968 But because of political shenanigans and back room deals... 58 00:03:57,137 --> 00:03:58,900 One slice of cherry pie. As usual. 59 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:01,597 Punctual, as always. Thank you, dear. 60 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:05,871 And Taggart Transcontinental is providing Wyatt Oil excellent rail transportation... 61 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:08,310 in order to get his oil to the people. 62 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:10,473 Your Rio Norte Line is so incompetent... 63 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:13,141 that I've had to switch to the Phoenix/Durango. 64 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,255 - After years of excellent service from us. - From your father. 65 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:19,256 Since you've taken the reins, that company's gone downhill. 66 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:24,625 Oil prices have caused consumers to be less reliant on trucks... 67 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:27,824 - Stay dry now. - See you tomorrow, Mr. Mulligan. 68 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:31,095 They've gone to the railroads for the benefits that they provide. 69 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:35,765 People can't count on companies like Taggart Transcontinental to deliver. 70 00:04:39,412 --> 00:04:40,674 Midas Mulligan? 71 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:44,344 Who's asking? 72 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:47,009 Someone who knows what it's like to work for himself... 73 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:49,951 and not let others feed off the profits of his energy. 74 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:51,852 That's funny. 75 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:54,016 Exactly what I've been thinking. 76 00:04:54,528 --> 00:04:56,291 We're alike, you and I. 77 00:04:56,696 --> 00:04:58,493 Who are you? 78 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:29,686 Eddie. 79 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:33,025 What? No. Uh... 80 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,361 Hold on. Hold on. 81 00:05:35,735 --> 00:05:38,727 The Dow Jones stock average dipped under 4000 points today. 82 00:05:39,239 --> 00:05:40,900 This is the deepest one-day drop... 83 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:43,235 No, not yet. I'm trying another channel. 84 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:47,073 Simply one of the worst railroad accidents in recent history. 85 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:49,977 A Taggart Transcontinental freight train has crashed... 86 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:53,381 and derailed in Colorado's Rocky Mountain region. 87 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:55,316 Early reports put much of the blame... 88 00:05:55,488 --> 00:05:58,423 on the poor condition of the 100-year-old railroad line. 89 00:05:58,592 --> 00:06:03,393 This rail disaster could delay eastbound oil shipments by at least two weeks. 90 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:07,158 The accident is yet another downturn for Taggart Transcontinental... 91 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:09,529 the largest railroad remaining in the U.S. 92 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:11,261 I'm on my way in. 93 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:49,965 I already know about the derailment on the Rio Norte Line, Eddie. 94 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:53,306 Cancellations. People are giving up trying to use the line. 95 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,641 Their business is going to the Phoenix/Durango. 96 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:59,410 - I have new steel rails coming from... - That order is 13 months old. 97 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:01,986 The Phoenix/Durango has cut deeply into our business. 98 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,248 They expect to have Wyatt as their main account. 99 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,255 He needs us just as much as we need him. 100 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:09,623 Ellis Wyatt has put Taggart Transcontinental on notice. 101 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:12,959 He'd rather backlog with any competitor than ship anything... 102 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:14,430 Wyatt's a greedy bastard. 103 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:16,466 We've been serving the Colorado Region... 104 00:07:16,636 --> 00:07:20,436 since my great-great grandfather ran this company. What happened to loyalty? 105 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:23,167 Perhaps the problem is we haven't updated that branch... 106 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:25,573 since your father ran the company. 107 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:30,274 Are you accusing me of not doing my job? 108 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:35,010 Careful, Eddie, it's one thing I learned from my father... 109 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:38,185 everyone's expendable. 110 00:07:38,358 --> 00:07:40,292 Let me be very clear, James. 111 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,984 Colorado is our last hope. 112 00:07:42,162 --> 00:07:46,690 If we don't do something about it, there's not gonna be a railroad. 113 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,334 I'm still the president, regardless of my sister... 114 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:51,094 Morning. 115 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:54,807 Eddie, can you give us a minute? 116 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:57,341 I need to have a conversation with my brother. 117 00:07:57,510 --> 00:08:00,445 A meeting without your right-hand man? 118 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:02,812 Must be real important. 119 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:06,043 I've ordered the replacement rails from Reardon Steel. 120 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:09,677 - I have a contract with Orren Boyle. - You had a contract with Orren Boyle. 121 00:08:09,856 --> 00:08:11,323 Canceled. You've no authority. 122 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:14,619 As much authority as you had to do a backdoor deal with Orren Boyle. 123 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:16,887 There are consequences to this accident, Jim. 124 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:21,500 We have to service Ellis Wyatt. He is this company's main priority. 125 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:23,727 You just love to keep feeding the monopolies. 126 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:26,371 You keep pissing off the heart of this operation... 127 00:08:26,539 --> 00:08:30,134 Wyatt is gonna stop providing the blood we need to keep this company alive. 128 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,210 You understand that? Why Reardon Steel? 129 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,370 There are companies that need the money. 130 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:38,005 It's his new metal. That metal's completely untested. 131 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:41,915 The consensus of the best metallurgical authorities are highly skeptical. 132 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:43,851 I'm not interested in their opinions. 133 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,419 - Then who's do you go by? - My own. 134 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:52,227 And what on earth do you know about Reardon Metal? 135 00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:54,594 It is tougher, cheaper, lighter than steel... 136 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:56,861 and will outlast any metal in existence. 137 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:58,061 Says who? 138 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:01,173 I studied engineering in college, Jim. 139 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:03,536 - When I see things, I see them. - What'd you see? 140 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:07,111 Reardon’s plans, in the research he's done. This is the greatest metal on the market. 141 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,113 - Dagny, nobody's used Reardon Metal. - We will. 142 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:13,844 - Why do we have to be the first? - Do you wanna save Colorado or not? 143 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:16,580 I'm not taking responsibility for any of this. 144 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:19,384 You don't have to take responsibility, Jim. I will. 145 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,121 Just know that this is the consequence of your policies. 146 00:09:25,632 --> 00:09:26,621 Which policies? 147 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,860 Your 13-month experiment with Orren Boyle, for one. 148 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:31,765 The Mexican catastrophe, for another. 149 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:33,428 The bottom line is that... 150 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:36,598 we are going to fix the Rio Norte Line with Reardon Metal. 151 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:40,644 I'm going to Philadelphia tonight to finalize the deal with Hank Reardon. 152 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:43,806 - You're lucky. - What? 153 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:45,382 Other people are human. 154 00:09:45,552 --> 00:09:47,452 They're sensitive. 155 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:50,817 They can't just dedicate their whole lives to metals and engines. 156 00:09:51,391 --> 00:09:53,484 You've never had any feelings. 157 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:55,491 I don't think you've ever felt a thing. 158 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:57,487 No, Jim. 159 00:09:57,664 --> 00:10:00,326 I guess I've never felt anything at all. 160 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,688 All passengers for Train 1210. 161 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:33,492 Taggart Transcontinental... Thanks. 162 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,521 It's here. 163 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:04,685 And it's very nice. 164 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:07,663 Gwen, it's beautiful. 165 00:11:09,302 --> 00:11:11,702 You have more messages, Mr. Reardon. 166 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,736 National Council of Metal Industries. 167 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,397 File it. 168 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:19,009 The State Science Institute. File it. 169 00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:28,553 Your last appointment of the day is here. 170 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:32,718 Miss Taggart? 171 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:34,655 He'll see you now. 172 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:44,230 Mr. Reardon? 173 00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:45,428 Miss Taggart. 174 00:11:45,872 --> 00:11:47,339 If you're here for your rails... 175 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:50,067 they won't be tempered and cooled for a few days. 176 00:11:50,243 --> 00:11:51,938 I'm just here to discuss our deal. 177 00:11:52,412 --> 00:11:54,039 Please, sit. 178 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:02,446 So, what's the premium to rush these rails? 179 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:04,550 Forty thousand dollars a ton. 180 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:08,626 - That's the best price you can give me? - I could charge you double and you'd pay. 181 00:12:08,795 --> 00:12:10,126 You could. 182 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:12,025 And I would. 183 00:12:12,632 --> 00:12:15,123 - But you won't. - Why won't I? 184 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:18,099 You need to have the Rio Norte rerailed with your new metal. 185 00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:19,761 It will be its first showcase. 186 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:22,635 And I'm gambling your new metal can do what you say it can. 187 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:24,299 I'm staking my business on it. 188 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:26,411 I know what you mean. 189 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:28,771 Like I said, we need each other. 190 00:12:29,916 --> 00:12:35,149 So if you can have the Rio Norte completely rerailed in nine months... 191 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:37,312 I will give you $20,000 a ton. 192 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:41,821 Deal. 193 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,224 I'm curious. 194 00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:45,659 Is it all right with you... 195 00:12:45,832 --> 00:12:49,324 that I'm squeezing every penny of profit I can from your emergency? 196 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:52,494 I have to get the Rio Norte completely rerailed in nine months... 197 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:54,799 or Taggart Transcontinental will crash. 198 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:57,169 Doing their best to make it harder for you. 199 00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:59,641 Yes, but it's useless to get angry with people... 200 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:02,076 like my brother and his friends in Washington. 201 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:05,479 I don't have time for it. I have to undo what they've done. 202 00:13:05,652 --> 00:13:07,415 And after? 203 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:11,317 After, they won't matter anyway. 204 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:12,981 I was just heading out myself. 205 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:14,854 Can I walk you to your car? 206 00:13:15,695 --> 00:13:16,684 Do you need a ride? 207 00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:19,696 No, thank you. I walk home most nights. 208 00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:21,993 It gives me a chance to think. 209 00:13:22,502 --> 00:13:24,265 Well, I hope that doesn't catch on. 210 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:26,598 It would put me out of business. 211 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:32,535 If your new metal works, have you thought of the implications? 212 00:13:32,712 --> 00:13:35,442 Yeah. Their uses are almost endless. 213 00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:39,878 Naval ships, armor plating, even spacecraft. 214 00:13:40,053 --> 00:13:44,012 Can you imagine a commercial jet twice the size with half the weight? 215 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:46,385 Commercial airlines. 216 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:49,687 You really do wanna put me out of business, huh? 217 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:20,786 Remember, there was like... 218 00:14:20,787 --> 00:14:22,487 - I love this. - 20 people... 219 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,094 I can't believe I did this. And then... 220 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,255 Well, look who's finally home. 221 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:29,401 Henry, Paul's been waiting here for hours. 222 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:30,934 - Hello, Henry. - Hey, Paul. 223 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:33,163 - I know. I'm late. - Could have called. 224 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:37,867 Henry, do you mind holding the 10th of December open for me? 225 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:39,705 That's three months away. 226 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,074 I don't know what I'm doing next week. 227 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:44,944 - We started a major new pour today. - Oh, cheers. 228 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:47,450 It's our wedding anniversary, Henry. December 10th? 229 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:50,748 Henry isn't interested in anything that doesn't tie in to his work. 230 00:14:50,923 --> 00:14:52,618 I know that you are very busy... 231 00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:55,386 but I would very much like for you to be there. 232 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:58,121 - Of course, Lillian. I'll be there. - Thank you, dear. 233 00:14:58,297 --> 00:14:59,889 I want it to be spec al. 234 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:01,966 Everyone will be there. 235 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,693 Have you had any dinner, Henry? 236 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:06,771 No, I was busy working, but I'm not hungry anyway. 237 00:15:06,939 --> 00:15:09,567 That's the trouble with you. You work too hard. 238 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:12,803 Mm. 239 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:17,412 Ooh. What is this? 240 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:21,781 I had it made from the first pour of Reardon Metal. 241 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,820 You're giving me a railroad spike? 242 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:32,496 It's wonderful. It is. 243 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:34,826 It's original. 244 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:38,596 I'll be the toast of the town wearing a piece of the same metal... 245 00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:43,731 used to build railroads and bridges and sewer pipes and oil tanks and... 246 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:45,104 You are so selfish, Henry. 247 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,644 Oh. Phillip, it is not the gift, it's the intention. 248 00:15:47,814 --> 00:15:50,510 The intention's pure selfishness, it seems to me. 249 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:54,016 I mean, another man would have given his wife a diamond bracelet... 250 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:57,179 if he wanted to give her a gift for her pleasure, not his. 251 00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:58,948 No. The, uh... chain is appropriate. 252 00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:02,652 I think it's the chain by which he holds us all in bondage. 253 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:07,796 Henry's poured his metal today and I have the first trophy. 254 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:08,991 It's sweet. 255 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:10,863 It's pathetic, Lilly. 256 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,664 Thank you. 257 00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:18,977 I hope you didn't come here for anything. 258 00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:21,545 - Henry. - Phillip. 259 00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:25,374 What are you doing with yourself these days? 260 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:27,644 I'm working for Friends of Global Awareness. 261 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:29,883 I know them. 262 00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:33,047 - What do you want? - Money. 263 00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:36,658 Doesn't everyone? 264 00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:40,999 Call my office first thing in the morning. I'll authorize a hundred grand for you. 265 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:47,068 You don't care about helping the underprivileged. 266 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,902 No, Phillip, I don't, but it will make you happy. 267 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:52,067 It's not for me, Hank. 268 00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:55,009 It's for the benefit of the less privileged. 269 00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:58,582 Do you think I can have the money wired to my account? 270 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,082 A wire? Why? 271 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:02,244 Well, the thing is it's a progressive group. 272 00:17:02,421 --> 00:17:04,753 They wouldn't appreciate your name on a check. 273 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:07,991 You're kidding me. 274 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,926 No. It would embarrass us to have you on the list of our contributors. 275 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,693 You shouldn't have given Phillip that money. 276 00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:19,830 By the way, I don't care what the industry says, Henry. 277 00:17:20,006 --> 00:17:22,201 Reardon Metal, it's terrific. 278 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:24,673 I just hope you don't run into any trouble. 279 00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:25,868 What trouble? 280 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:28,411 Well, you're not very popular, Hank. 281 00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:30,913 I haven't had any complaints from my customers. 282 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:33,574 Yeah? That's not what I mean. 283 00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:35,220 You know what you should do? 284 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:39,119 You ought to get yourself a good press agent to sell you to the public. 285 00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:41,886 It's my metal I'm selling. Not me. Thank you. 286 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:46,964 But you don't want the public against you. Public opinion, you know, can mean a lot. 287 00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:50,466 As far as I can tell, it doesn't mean a damn thing, one way or another. 288 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,131 The press is against you. 289 00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:54,629 They have time to waste. I don't. 290 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:57,139 Well, they say you're intractable, you're ruthless. 291 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:58,800 Your only goal is to make money. 292 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:01,909 My only goal is to make money. 293 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,072 Yeah, but you shouldn't say it. 294 00:18:06,052 --> 00:18:09,249 Hank, I'm on your side. 295 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:13,582 How's your man in Washington? 296 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,556 Wesley Mouch? 297 00:18:15,728 --> 00:18:18,959 - Well, he's fine, I suppose. - Good. 298 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:21,895 It's important that your man in Washington is fine. 299 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,571 What are you trying to imply, Paul? 300 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:30,070 Is there something going on that I should know about? 301 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:32,142 No. It's nothing. 302 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:35,678 It's just you don't know who's loyal these days. 303 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,985 What is wrong with the word, Paul? 304 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:44,355 Why ask useless questions? 305 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,018 How deep is the ocean? 306 00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:47,523 How high is the sky? 307 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:50,618 Who is John Galt? 308 00:18:56,369 --> 00:19:00,772 Henry Reardon claims that his steel is lighter than even the cheapest brands... 309 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:04,034 - but it's 10 times stronger. - This is physically impossible, Jim. 310 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:07,043 - You're inviting disaster if you use it. - Dagny is, not me. 311 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,204 Well, something has to be done. 312 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:10,508 Agreed. 313 00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:14,141 I believe you know Wesley Mouch, Reardon’s man in Washington. 314 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,151 You know what I like about you, Wesley? 315 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:18,882 - You're a one-word man. - True. 316 00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:22,391 Alright, something has got to be done about the iron ore shortage. 317 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:25,496 It threatens the very existence of the steel industry. 318 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,566 I don't think it's fair that one company has its own supply. 319 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:30,224 - Reardon Steel. - Exactly. 320 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:35,067 It's not in the public interest to let one man destroy an entire industry. 321 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:38,904 If we're gonna bring Reardon down we should do it from the inside. 322 00:19:39,478 --> 00:19:41,412 Under my guidance, of course. 323 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:45,744 The National Council of Metal Industries has completed a report... 324 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:48,751 that draws public opinion against Reardon Metal. 325 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:51,754 Excuse me. I just wanna make sure that Hank doesn't get hurt. 326 00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:53,482 Paul, it's his own fault. 327 00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:55,718 He's not exactly open to competition. 328 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,363 A monopoly. To be exact. 329 00:19:58,531 --> 00:19:59,896 We are working on a bill. 330 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:02,660 It's called The Equalization of Opportunity. 331 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:05,099 It proposes to limit the number of businesses... 332 00:20:05,271 --> 00:20:08,570 that any one person owns to one business. 333 00:20:08,741 --> 00:20:11,005 However, we're gonna need your help, Jimmy. 334 00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:14,510 We need you to grease the palms of your politicians... 335 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,444 in order to get legislation we're spearheading passed. 336 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:19,948 What will Taggart Transcontinental get in return? 337 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,781 I can see to it that the exclusive grip... 338 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:26,015 that Dan Conway's Phoenix/Durango railroad has in Colorado... 339 00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:27,625 can come to a halt. 340 00:20:28,694 --> 00:20:30,423 Paul, this is not personal. 341 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:33,963 Everybody needs to share the burdens we face. 342 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:35,794 Especially Reardon. 343 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,608 - Isn't that Francisco d’Anconia? - That's him. 344 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:50,138 - Francisco. - Throwing away his daddy's money. 345 00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:55,086 Did you get in on that ore mine deal in Mexico? 346 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:56,278 We all did. 347 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:59,913 He may be a slacker, but he makes business investments that pay off. 348 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,720 - Well, that's it for me, gentlemen. - I have to go too. 349 00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:04,726 Um, Mr. Taggart. Orren. 350 00:21:04,897 --> 00:21:08,128 Uh, Paul, uh... maybe you'd like a lift in my limo? 351 00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:11,595 Of course. Thank you. 352 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:13,466 - Please. This way. - Gentlemen. 353 00:21:13,639 --> 00:21:15,163 - Good night, Paul. - Orren. 354 00:21:15,341 --> 00:21:16,933 Wesley. 355 00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:25,313 Jim? What is it? 356 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,485 Well, if he's such a great businessman... 357 00:21:28,654 --> 00:21:31,680 then why hasn't a single train filled with ore left Mexico yet? 358 00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:34,015 Isn't that what we invested in? 359 00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:37,356 d'Anconia has invested billions developing their infrastructure. 360 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:40,693 But he also bought in himself. 361 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:41,992 He must know something. 362 00:21:42,168 --> 00:21:45,194 - What are you thinking? - I think it's the ore reserves. 363 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:47,362 I think they must be huge. 364 00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:51,533 Well, the success of my Mexican expansion depends on those mines, Orren. 365 00:21:52,178 --> 00:21:54,305 Uh, sure. 366 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,938 This time next year, Phoenix/Durango needs to be a memory. 367 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:02,780 Thank you, Mr. McNamara. I look forward to working with you as well. 368 00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:05,219 Frankly, I appreciate working directly with you. 369 00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:07,018 - My pleasure. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 370 00:22:07,193 --> 00:22:08,285 Who was that? 371 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:12,191 I found an excellent contractor to takeover the rebuilding of the Rio Norte Line. 372 00:22:12,364 --> 00:22:13,388 That was quick. 373 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:17,161 You'd be surprised how quickly things get done when you do some actual work... 374 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,668 and don't rely on political favors. 375 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:31,245 Is this accurate? Just one passenger train per day on the Mexican line? 376 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:33,408 - And one freight every other night? - Yes. 377 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,713 How are the Mexicans gonna develop the area... 378 00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:38,152 with a single passenger train once a day? 379 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:39,757 They're not, Jim. 380 00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:43,190 You should know I moved everything of value out of Mexico a month ago. 381 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:46,024 There's nothing for looters once the Mexicans nationalize. 382 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:49,895 That Mexican line was helping those destitute people get back in the game. 383 00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:52,565 And it was great PR for this company. 384 00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:54,933 I would have happily put a railroad in Mexico... 385 00:22:55,107 --> 00:22:57,769 if there was a reason to build up the region... 386 00:22:58,344 --> 00:22:59,834 but I don't see one. 387 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:03,709 You can't just take everything away from people who need our help. 388 00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:07,342 - Move. - Okay. 389 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:11,853 - Miss Taggart? - Oh. Hello, Owen, please, have a seat. 390 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:13,582 Thank you. 391 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:16,953 Um... 392 00:23:19,298 --> 00:23:22,290 I've have come to give you my resignation. Effective immediately. 393 00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:25,133 - Why? - For a personal reason. 394 00:23:25,304 --> 00:23:27,101 - Are you dissatisfied here? - No. 395 00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:29,207 - Have you received a better offer? - No. 396 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:31,339 I'm sorry, I don't understand, are you ill? 397 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,037 - No. - Are you leaving the city? 398 00:23:33,138 --> 00:23:34,038 No. 399 00:23:34,113 --> 00:23:36,877 But you no longer wish to work for Taggart Transcontinental? 400 00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:39,381 Miss Taggart, I assure you... 401 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:42,748 um, no person, matter or event connected to my job... 402 00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:45,682 has anything to do with my decision to leave. 403 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:49,825 I actually called you in here today to offer you a promotion. 404 00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:51,963 I wanted you to manage the Rio Norte Line. 405 00:23:53,065 --> 00:23:57,001 That's very kind of you, Miss Taggart... 406 00:23:57,169 --> 00:24:00,263 but, um... my decision has been made. 407 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:03,104 I'll double what any other railroad is offering. 408 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:05,004 I won't be working for any railroad. 409 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:08,340 - But you will be working? - Yes, um... 410 00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:11,079 Look, I came to tell you I'm leaving... 411 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:16,017 because I promised you once that I would and I wanna keep my word. 412 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:18,855 Write your own ticket, Owen. 413 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:23,929 Name your price. 414 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:29,025 I want you to stay. 415 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:31,963 I'm sorry, Miss Taggart. 416 00:24:33,539 --> 00:24:35,370 So there's nothing I can offer you? 417 00:24:35,874 --> 00:24:38,035 Nothing, nothing on Earth. 418 00:24:38,544 --> 00:24:42,207 I'm sorry, Owen, I have to ask and I'd like the truth. 419 00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:43,541 Why are you leaving? 420 00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,381 Who is John Galt? 421 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:04,698 All done then? 422 00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:12,741 - Where are you going? - I have some work to do. 423 00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:18,176 - Fix me a drink? - Of course. 424 00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:47,873 Miss Taggart? 425 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,537 Am I calling too late? 426 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:54,075 Not at all. What's going on? 427 00:25:54,253 --> 00:25:55,277 Nothing. 428 00:25:55,454 --> 00:25:57,445 Well, um... 429 00:25:57,623 --> 00:25:59,557 something. 430 00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:01,625 I don't know why I thought of calling you. 431 00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:03,955 It's fine, Dagny. 432 00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:05,289 What happened? 433 00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:08,562 One of my best employees quit today. 434 00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:11,427 Owen Kellogg. 435 00:26:12,604 --> 00:26:15,129 I was actually grooming him for a management position... 436 00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:19,107 and he just up and left. 437 00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:20,609 He couldn't even tell me why. 438 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:22,303 He just said: 439 00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:31,919 Why are so many great men disappearing? 440 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:35,293 It's going to be okay, Dagny. 441 00:26:35,828 --> 00:26:38,160 You know, when you say that, I actually believe it. 442 00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:40,298 Dagny, what we're doing... 443 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:44,168 my metal, your railway... 444 00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:46,334 it's us who move the world... 445 00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:48,735 and it's us who will pull it through. 446 00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:49,931 I know. 447 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,275 Goodnight. 448 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,004 Goodnight. 449 00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:09,419 Richard McNamara? 450 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,961 I'm McNamara. 451 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:15,191 Are you here from Taggart Transcontinental? 452 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:16,459 No, I'm not. 453 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,337 What are you selling, pal? 454 00:27:19,505 --> 00:27:24,340 Nothing, I'm simply offering a society that cultivates individual achievement. 455 00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:26,375 I know where such a place exists. 456 00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:39,046 And then we do what? 457 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:43,388 We say its purpose is to prevent destructive competition between railroads. 458 00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:44,790 We build public opinion... 459 00:27:44,963 --> 00:27:47,557 against encroachment on existing train routes then... 460 00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:50,566 And then the National Alliance of Railroads proposes a rule. 461 00:27:50,736 --> 00:27:52,704 The Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog rule. 462 00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:54,338 Every member must subordinate... 463 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,373 his own interests for the collective needs of the industry. 464 00:27:57,543 --> 00:28:01,741 But, in fact, we're squeezing Dan Conway out of Colorado. 465 00:28:01,914 --> 00:28:05,179 You are thinking like a politician, Jimmy. 466 00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:16,995 Mexican authorities seized land throughout the country today. 467 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:19,062 Most affected were the San Sebastian Mines... 468 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:21,665 where international playboy Francisco d’Anconia... 469 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:24,734 and other investors, including Taggart Transcontinental... 470 00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:28,100 and Associated Steel have reportedly lost billions. 471 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:35,443 The San Sebastian Line has been seized by the Mexican government. 472 00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:39,209 It's been nationalized as Dagny predicted. 473 00:28:39,785 --> 00:28:42,618 An emergency board meeting has been called. 474 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,856 I can assure you that there is no need for panic. 475 00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:51,291 And have full confidence that our government... 476 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:54,125 will negotiate an equitable settlement with Mexico. 477 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:56,597 I foresaw the possibility of this type of event... 478 00:28:56,768 --> 00:29:01,432 and took every precaution to protect the interests of Taggart Transcontinental. 479 00:29:01,607 --> 00:29:04,474 Several months ago, ordered Operations to cut the schedule... 480 00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:07,635 on the San Sebastian Line down to a single train a day... 481 00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:11,078 and to remove everything of value from Mexico. 482 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,808 Now, because of my actions... 483 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:15,818 billions of company dollars have been saved. 484 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,317 No, this is no trick. I checked it all out, Jimmy. 485 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:26,828 d’Anconia used his own cash and now he has lost it all in those mines. 486 00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:30,491 He is too smart for that. He must have something up his sleeve. 487 00:29:30,669 --> 00:29:33,638 Well, let's hope so. What do your friends in Washington think? 488 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:36,569 They don't know anything. Well, he knows something. 489 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:39,438 And we need to find out what it is and get in on it too. 490 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:42,410 Ruth Anne, why haven't you gotten me a meeting with d’Anconia yet? 491 00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:44,075 I wasn't able to get a meeting. 492 00:29:44,076 --> 00:29:45,076 Why not? 493 00:29:45,851 --> 00:29:49,685 Senor d’Anconia says that you bore him, Mr. Taggart. 494 00:29:53,692 --> 00:29:56,252 Yeah, okay, yeah. There's something else, Dagny. 495 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:59,659 There was a call just now from the Rio Norte branch in Colorado. 496 00:29:59,831 --> 00:30:01,856 Richard McNamara never showed up for work. 497 00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:03,092 Well, go find him. 498 00:30:03,268 --> 00:30:05,862 Well, we've looked and we found a note. 499 00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:09,306 - What did it say? - It said, "Who is John Galt?" 500 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:12,876 - What does that mean? - Was explained once. 501 00:30:13,045 --> 00:30:15,036 "Don't ask questions nobody can answer". 502 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:18,812 - Can you get Hank Reardon for me? - He actually called earlier. 503 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:21,782 He's in town and he wants to know if you're available. 504 00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:24,388 And what did you say? 505 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:26,717 He's meeting you at 4:30. 506 00:30:28,727 --> 00:30:30,524 Thanks, Eddie. 507 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:43,505 - We need to talk. - You guys carry on, I'll catch up. 508 00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:46,002 You think I've ruined this company. 509 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:49,841 Do you and Orren Boyle have a plan for making up for the Mexican line's losses? 510 00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:52,984 Yes, I do. The Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog rule. 511 00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:55,415 Wyatt will have to use Taggart Transcontinental... 512 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:57,817 because we will be the only railroad in town. 513 00:30:57,989 --> 00:31:02,688 The Phoenix/Durango is a good line, Jim. Conway put his lifeblood into its success. 514 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,853 - You have to take radical steps to survive. - And what does that mean? 515 00:31:06,031 --> 00:31:07,931 Go see your old boyfriend, Francisco... 516 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,762 find out why he screwed us out of billions of dollars? 517 00:31:11,737 --> 00:31:13,432 It will never happen. 518 00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:16,233 You'll never open those old wounds. 519 00:31:18,577 --> 00:31:19,908 Get me Dan Conway. 520 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:26,777 I'm Ellis Wyatt. 521 00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:29,947 - How can I help you? - I'll make this quick. 522 00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:35,051 I came here today because, well, I met your brother... 523 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:39,061 and I was hoping someone in this business still had a brain. 524 00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:41,597 If you and your brother try to undermine me... 525 00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:45,726 or go to the government like you did to destroy my best friend, Dan Conway... 526 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,462 Maybe you should let me explain... 527 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,800 Maybe you should let me finish speaking! 528 00:31:49,975 --> 00:31:52,808 - Okay. - Dagny? 529 00:31:52,978 --> 00:31:54,468 Okay. 530 00:31:54,646 --> 00:32:00,414 Now that you have effectively closed down the Phoenix/Durango railroad line... 531 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:07,081 because of this new Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog bullshit... 532 00:32:07,993 --> 00:32:11,827 I have no choice but to get back into business with you Taggart’s again. 533 00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:14,329 I had nothing to do with the creation of that bill. 534 00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:19,596 I will not lower my business standards to your lousy level of incompetence. 535 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:22,262 - Shall I explain what I intend to do in... - No. 536 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:24,841 Now that I'm forced to use your railroad... 537 00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:28,173 all I want from you is dependable transportation. 538 00:32:31,850 --> 00:32:35,445 You will get the transportation you need, Mr. Wyatt. 539 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,781 I promise you that. 540 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:40,180 We' see. 541 00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:48,099 Is everything all right, Dagny? 542 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,029 I don't know. 543 00:32:52,838 --> 00:32:55,830 - Eddie? - Yes, Dagny? 544 00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:01,970 Can you get me a dinner appointment with Francisco d’Anconia? 545 00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:03,478 What about Henry Reardon? 546 00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,384 I guess I have two dinner dates then. 547 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:20,889 In the end, he's right. 548 00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:25,002 If Wyatt fails, Taggart Transcontinental and everyone else around him goes down. 549 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:28,162 I have 50 miles of my new rail tempered and ready to roll. 550 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:32,071 With your new rail, I can triple my load capacity but I need more diesel engines. 551 00:33:32,244 --> 00:33:35,077 I barely have enough parts to keep the ones I have working now. 552 00:33:35,247 --> 00:33:37,909 Hmm. Engine parts are hard to come by these days. 553 00:33:38,083 --> 00:33:41,177 I have engines I ordered two years ago and still have not received. 554 00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:44,049 There was a company that made terrific engines years ago... 555 00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,213 uh, in Wisconsin, I think. 556 00:33:46,391 --> 00:33:50,919 It closed suddenly, but they might have machine tools and parts that you can use. 557 00:33:51,096 --> 00:33:52,586 I can look into it if you like. 558 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:56,233 There is so much at stake. 559 00:33:57,235 --> 00:33:59,430 We have to make it. 560 00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:06,868 Did you get Lillian's invitation to our anniversary party? 561 00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:12,205 I did, thank you. 562 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:14,951 I can't speak for James, but I will be there. 563 00:34:16,955 --> 00:34:18,252 Good. 564 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:23,291 - Did you hear about Richard McNamara? - I did. 565 00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:28,364 Can you imagine what will happen if this trend continues? 566 00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:31,197 Who will be left to keep things running? 567 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:34,702 Your brother and his friends in Washington, people like that. 568 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:35,897 That's depressing. 569 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:40,607 I have to go. 570 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:07,604 Ha, ha. Whoo! 571 00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:09,103 That was refreshing. 572 00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:13,406 If you came here in order to remind me how lovely you are... 573 00:35:13,578 --> 00:35:14,602 well done. 574 00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:19,580 San Sebastian, you did it cold-bloodedly and with full intention. 575 00:35:20,352 --> 00:35:21,683 - Wine, please? - No. 576 00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:23,514 Yes. 577 00:35:23,688 --> 00:35:25,424 What is it exactly you say I did... 578 00:35:25,425 --> 00:35:27,325 - with full intention? - You knew those mines were worthless. 579 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:30,352 Why did I invest? Can you think of a motive that would prompted me to do? 580 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:33,520 You knew they were gonna seize those mines, didn't you? 581 00:35:33,698 --> 00:35:36,189 What you were after were your American stockholders. 582 00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:39,166 That's part of the truth. What’s the rest of the truth? 583 00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:42,465 - It's for you to figure out. - And here you are, sir. 584 00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:48,841 I came here because I want you to know I'm beginning to understand your motives. 585 00:35:49,014 --> 00:35:50,538 If you did, you wouldn't come. 586 00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:54,515 You get a thrill from swindling people in order to watch them squirm. 587 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:57,985 They provided a spectacle on a grand scale, especially your brother. 588 00:35:58,156 --> 00:36:00,386 He trusted your name and your honor. 589 00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:03,220 They did, they did. I'm aware of that. 590 00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:07,460 - Do you find this amusing? - Not at all. 591 00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:11,568 Your brother and his friends know nothing of the copper mining industry. 592 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,994 They consider knowledge to be superfluous. 593 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:17,903 - So you did betray them intentionally? - That's for you to decide. 594 00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:21,307 They rode on my brain and on the premise that I wanted to make money. 595 00:36:21,479 --> 00:36:25,245 What happened to you, Francisco? Where is the man I used to love? 596 00:36:32,724 --> 00:36:35,158 You'll figure it out in time. 597 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:39,929 Just answer the question, please. 598 00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:45,165 Who is John Galt? 599 00:37:00,452 --> 00:37:02,682 Plans for a rainy day, national... 600 00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:04,719 Happy anniversary. 601 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:11,788 I know you're famous for skulking in corners, but be sociable tonight. 602 00:37:11,863 --> 00:37:14,960 For once, please, for me. 603 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:19,130 The Equalization of Opportunity Bill is set to appear before Congress next week. 604 00:37:19,304 --> 00:37:22,569 The bill, in an effort to control big business monopolies, proposes... 605 00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:25,972 to limit the number of businesses any one person can own to one. 606 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:27,975 Lawmakers feel the bill will help... 607 00:37:28,146 --> 00:37:30,478 Wesley Mouch, please. Hank Reardon. 608 00:37:30,648 --> 00:37:33,640 Police have no leads on the disappearance of Midas Mulligan. 609 00:37:33,818 --> 00:37:35,752 - He's not? - A banker by trade, Michael... 610 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,912 - No, have him call me back. - Changed his name to Midas... 611 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,785 Can I have one night? 612 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,493 This week, gas prices reached a historic high. 613 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,825 And here you are, Mr. Reardon. 614 00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:49,159 - Thank you. - You're quite welcome. 615 00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:54,905 Oh, darling, thank you. 616 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:56,836 Where are you going? 617 00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:59,169 Pardon us, Phillip. 618 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:01,774 Henry, dear... 619 00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:03,640 try to have fun. 620 00:38:03,815 --> 00:38:06,283 How could I possibly have more fun than this, Lillian? 621 00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:09,147 You're really a wretched liar, aren't you? 622 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,015 Behave. 623 00:38:11,189 --> 00:38:12,622 Mother? 624 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:14,588 You look beautiful, Mother. 625 00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:16,522 - Hello, Lillian. - Congratulations. 626 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:17,956 Pardon me one moment. 627 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,528 Hello. 628 00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:21,597 James Taggart. Lillian. 629 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:24,200 A little late and a lot gorgeous. 630 00:38:24,369 --> 00:38:26,803 And Dagny. Mrs. Reardon, how are you? 631 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:29,371 I'm wonderful. Tell me, who are you wearing? 632 00:38:29,541 --> 00:38:31,202 Oh, Lennon Couture. 633 00:38:31,376 --> 00:38:32,434 I have often said... 634 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:35,704 he is someone who should come back into fashion and here you are. 635 00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:39,310 - That is a beautiful bracelet. - Yeah. 636 00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:44,117 Well, you know, Henry had that made for me from his new metal. 637 00:38:44,289 --> 00:38:45,551 He tries, poor thing. 638 00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:46,781 Now, come. 639 00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:49,654 There's some gentleman who wants desperately to meet you. 640 00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:54,988 Here he is, as promised, James Taggart. 641 00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,003 Hank. 642 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:04,141 Dagny. 643 00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:06,573 Oh, excuse me. 644 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:15,748 - To a successful business partnership. - I'll drink to that. 645 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,649 Glad you could make it. 646 00:39:17,822 --> 00:39:18,846 Pardon me. 647 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:21,753 Honey, uh, there's someone I want you to meet. 648 00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:23,518 Excuse us. 649 00:39:25,063 --> 00:39:27,229 You have to pose for photos later. - No. 650 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:30,526 You promised. You will do it, I own you tonight. 651 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:34,103 - I'm having a magnificent time. - Good, I'm so glad. 652 00:39:34,272 --> 00:39:35,330 Are you glad? Here... 653 00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:38,339 Okay, what the hell is he doing here? 654 00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:43,105 Well, you can't have a party without inviting Senor d’Anconia if he's around. 655 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:46,114 You keep him away from me. I mean it. 656 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:48,115 Grow up, Henry. 657 00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:53,384 - Francisco. - Lillian. 658 00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:54,786 Pardon me. 659 00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:56,290 How are you? You rogue. 660 00:39:59,631 --> 00:40:01,428 Good to see you. 661 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,799 Two, please. 662 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:18,045 Did you hear? Ralph Eubank is here. 663 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:19,240 Good. 664 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:24,821 He said, "Happiness is a delusion of those whose emotions are superficial". 665 00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:27,219 The guy is a genius. 666 00:40:27,392 --> 00:40:29,155 Who are you? 667 00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:31,651 I'm Phillip Reardon. 668 00:40:57,322 --> 00:40:59,085 Thank you. 669 00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:03,956 Well, congratulations on your 10th anniversary. 670 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,755 Cheers. 671 00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:08,860 Hit it. 672 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:11,361 Thank you. 673 00:41:15,106 --> 00:41:16,801 Thanks for coming. 674 00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:28,943 Try the cake, Phillip. 675 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,385 Well, what's great about it? 676 00:41:33,558 --> 00:41:36,618 Okay, Paul? 677 00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:40,461 Well said. 678 00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:43,657 I picked it out because I know that you love banana... 679 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:48,829 and I like chocolate and Mother likes the butter cream. 680 00:42:00,151 --> 00:42:02,915 Mr. Reardon, allow me to introduce myself. 681 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:07,552 Your reputation precedes you, Senor d’Anconia. 682 00:42:07,725 --> 00:42:09,420 I'm not a fan. 683 00:42:09,594 --> 00:42:11,186 Then I'll be brief. 684 00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:13,489 I came here tonight just to meet you. 685 00:42:13,664 --> 00:42:16,690 And what did you wanna meet me for? Help me lose money? 686 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:19,496 I don't wanna sell anything to you. 687 00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:21,963 Matter of fact, I didn't try to sell the coppermine... 688 00:42:21,964 --> 00:42:23,964 to James Taggart either, he came to me. 689 00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:26,767 - You wouldn't have. - Exactly. 690 00:42:26,944 --> 00:42:28,275 So, what do you want? 691 00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:34,711 I want to learn to understand you. 692 00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:41,023 What for? 693 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:46,620 If it wasn't for you, most of these people would be left helpless. 694 00:42:46,798 --> 00:42:49,266 Why are you willing to carry them? 695 00:42:49,434 --> 00:42:52,062 Because they're a bunch of miserable children... 696 00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:56,104 trying to stay alive desperately and very badly. 697 00:42:56,274 --> 00:42:58,265 - Have you told them? - Told them what? 698 00:42:58,443 --> 00:43:01,310 - You're working for your sake, not theirs. - They know. 699 00:43:01,479 --> 00:43:03,947 Yes, they do. But they don't think you do. 700 00:43:04,115 --> 00:43:06,140 And what do I care what they think? 701 00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:07,944 Because it's a battle. 702 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:11,054 A battle in which one must make one's stand clear. 703 00:43:11,222 --> 00:43:14,817 What battle? Don't fight the disarmed. 704 00:43:14,992 --> 00:43:16,823 Oh, they have a weapon against you. 705 00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:19,428 It's their only weapon, but it's a terrible one. 706 00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:22,964 Ask yourself what it is sometime. 707 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:26,729 There's a reason you're as unhappy as you are. 708 00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:31,807 What exactly is your motive here? 709 00:43:32,677 --> 00:43:33,666 Let us say... 710 00:43:33,845 --> 00:43:37,440 to give you the words you need for the time when you'll need them. 711 00:43:38,850 --> 00:43:41,284 It was a pleasure meeting you, Mr. Reardon. 712 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:42,976 Good evening. 713 00:43:52,530 --> 00:43:54,191 Are you having a good time, Dagny? 714 00:43:54,365 --> 00:43:55,696 - I am. - Good. 715 00:43:55,867 --> 00:43:58,131 And I really do love that bracelet. 716 00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:00,702 I would throw it into the fire if it would burn. 717 00:44:00,872 --> 00:44:02,965 Perhaps, I can take it off your hands? 718 00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:07,339 Are you serious? Was planning on giving it to the maid for her birthday. 719 00:44:07,879 --> 00:44:09,870 Maybe the maid would like this instead. 720 00:44:10,047 --> 00:44:11,309 That's enough, Lillian. 721 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:13,112 Dagny is just being kind. 722 00:44:13,113 --> 00:44:14,363 For God's sake, Henry, be quiet. 723 00:44:14,385 --> 00:44:16,546 Dagny and I are having a negotiation, it seems. 724 00:44:16,621 --> 00:44:18,279 - You were saying? - A simple trade. 725 00:44:18,456 --> 00:44:20,549 That bracelet for this necklace. 726 00:44:27,131 --> 00:44:28,496 And it's yours. 727 00:44:34,238 --> 00:44:36,001 Sorry, Hank, I had to. 728 00:44:36,174 --> 00:44:37,471 - No, you didn't. - Yes, I did. 729 00:44:37,642 --> 00:44:39,837 And we both know why. 730 00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:42,377 It's nothing. It's just a useless hunk of metal. 731 00:44:42,547 --> 00:44:44,674 Nice try. 732 00:44:44,849 --> 00:44:46,908 I had a lovely time. 733 00:44:58,763 --> 00:45:01,596 That party took a lot out of me, Henry. 734 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,368 Don't worry. I didn't come in here for sex. 735 00:45:04,535 --> 00:45:06,264 Thank you, dear. 736 00:45:07,672 --> 00:45:08,934 Why are you here? 737 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:12,940 The next time you decide to throw a party, can you stick to your own crowd? 738 00:45:13,110 --> 00:45:15,601 Don't bother inviting people you think are my friends. 739 00:45:16,113 --> 00:45:18,274 But, Henry, you don't have any friends. 740 00:45:31,963 --> 00:45:33,794 And in Colorado this morning... 741 00:45:33,965 --> 00:45:38,459 work commenced to replace 100-year-old track on the Rio Norte Line... 742 00:45:38,636 --> 00:45:42,128 Some sections of this rail line, one of Taggart's most important... 743 00:45:42,306 --> 00:45:43,706 have fallen into disrepair... 744 00:45:43,907 --> 00:45:46,007 - over the last decades. - The rails of the Rio Norte Line, 745 00:45:46,175 --> 00:45:48,445 have not been replaced in over 100 years. 746 00:45:48,446 --> 00:45:52,314 This marks the first time Reardon Steel has been used this extensively... 747 00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:55,646 in a major railroad construction project in the country. 748 00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:58,812 Going slow and safe, slow and safe. 749 00:45:58,990 --> 00:46:01,550 Get two men on that side. 750 00:46:01,726 --> 00:46:03,785 Pull the pin. 751 00:46:20,111 --> 00:46:23,103 Your speech at this dinner tonight better inspire confidence. 752 00:46:26,484 --> 00:46:28,475 The National Council of Metal Industries... 753 00:46:28,653 --> 00:46:31,486 is questioning the structural integrity of Reardon Metal. 754 00:46:31,656 --> 00:46:34,819 I just hope you can defend Reardon Metal against Bertram Scudder. 755 00:46:34,992 --> 00:46:36,186 Scudder? 756 00:46:38,029 --> 00:46:40,589 You didn't tell me there would be other speakers. 757 00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:42,629 We want to be objective, hear all sides. 758 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,324 Especially in front of the media. 759 00:46:44,502 --> 00:46:45,867 Objective? 760 00:46:46,037 --> 00:46:49,165 Did you read the hatchet job he did on Hank Reardon in his magazine? 761 00:46:50,141 --> 00:46:52,268 And why is there media at a private dinner? 762 00:46:52,443 --> 00:46:55,708 You're gonna debate Scudder on the safety concerns of Reardon Metal. 763 00:46:58,049 --> 00:46:59,209 Driver? 764 00:46:59,383 --> 00:47:00,611 Pull over. 765 00:47:00,785 --> 00:47:02,548 What are you doing? 766 00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:05,314 I don't need to defend my decision to use Reardon Metal. 767 00:47:05,489 --> 00:47:07,354 But, apparently, you do. 768 00:47:07,792 --> 00:47:08,884 Good luck. 769 00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:12,723 How is it gonna look when we're not there to defend our own proposal? 770 00:47:16,233 --> 00:47:17,825 Taggart construction crews... 771 00:47:17,826 --> 00:47:19,826 reached the foot of The Rockies this morning. 772 00:47:19,904 --> 00:47:24,568 Over 125 miles of track have been replaced in little over a month... 773 00:47:24,742 --> 00:47:27,210 with still almost 200 miles more to go. 774 00:47:27,378 --> 00:47:30,404 This is Tawny Johnson reporting from Granby, Colorado. 775 00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,580 Ease off on that, big bro. 776 00:47:35,753 --> 00:47:37,182 The State Science Institute... 777 00:47:37,255 --> 00:47:39,950 is simply requesting that you stop production... 778 00:47:40,024 --> 00:47:42,083 until the economy can stabilize. 779 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:44,990 The answer is no. 780 00:47:46,764 --> 00:47:48,925 At a time of desperate steel shortages... 781 00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:52,866 we can't afford to allow the expansion of a company which produces too much... 782 00:47:53,037 --> 00:47:56,438 and might replace companies which produce too little. 783 00:47:57,241 --> 00:48:00,039 That is how you create an unbalanced economy. 784 00:48:00,945 --> 00:48:04,210 Oh. Well, I tell you what. 785 00:48:04,382 --> 00:48:08,546 If you can answer me one simple question truthfully... 786 00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:11,119 I'll consider your request. 787 00:48:11,756 --> 00:48:14,122 Is Reardon Metal good or not? 788 00:48:17,261 --> 00:48:21,459 I'm authorized by the government to pay you a very generous sum... 789 00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:23,293 for the rights to Reardon Metal. 790 00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:26,296 What would seem fair to you? 791 00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:30,463 Tel me if Reardon Metal is good or not and I'll sell you the rights. 792 00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:33,307 I think that's a very selfish question to ask... 793 00:48:33,308 --> 00:48:35,708 at a time of great economic uncertainty. 794 00:48:39,150 --> 00:48:42,586 Is Reardon Metal good or not? 795 00:48:43,154 --> 00:48:45,918 Answer the question, doctor. 796 00:48:46,624 --> 00:48:50,583 The question of Reardon Metal being good or not is irrelevant. 797 00:48:52,329 --> 00:48:57,062 If Reardon Metal is not good, it's a physical danger to the public. 798 00:48:57,234 --> 00:48:58,667 If it is good... 799 00:48:59,437 --> 00:49:01,598 it's a social danger. 800 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:06,505 If you have any proof that Reardon Metal poses a physical threat... 801 00:49:06,677 --> 00:49:08,611 show it to me. 802 00:49:09,980 --> 00:49:11,447 Otherwise, we're done here. 803 00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:31,193 Why is it so important for you to struggle for years squeezing out meager gains... 804 00:49:31,368 --> 00:49:33,700 rather than accept a fortune for Reardon Metal? 805 00:49:33,871 --> 00:49:35,805 Because it's mine. 806 00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,770 Do you understand that concept? 807 00:49:37,942 --> 00:49:39,307 Mine. 808 00:49:39,477 --> 00:49:41,536 Why are you taking such a hardline position? 809 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:43,771 I don't understand. 810 00:49:43,948 --> 00:49:46,007 I don't think you'll ever understand, doctor. 811 00:49:50,521 --> 00:49:53,217 And Reardon Metal is good. 812 00:50:12,309 --> 00:50:14,300 I can't risk making more switches for you... 813 00:50:14,478 --> 00:50:15,911 out of that unproven metal. 814 00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:17,707 Too many people think it's unsafe. 815 00:50:17,882 --> 00:50:18,906 What people? 816 00:50:19,083 --> 00:50:22,177 - I just don't want any trouble. - Herbert, look... 817 00:50:22,353 --> 00:50:25,049 you've been working with Reardon Metal for four months now. 818 00:50:25,222 --> 00:50:28,487 You know it is the best material available. What's going on? 819 00:50:28,659 --> 00:50:30,718 I got a family. I need to make money. 820 00:50:30,895 --> 00:50:33,090 - I'm trying to survive here. - And you will. 821 00:50:33,264 --> 00:50:36,893 Continue manufacturing my mainline switches. 822 00:50:37,067 --> 00:50:39,035 There have been threats. 823 00:50:39,904 --> 00:50:41,599 Who is threatening you? 824 00:50:41,772 --> 00:50:45,208 The State Science Institute has issued a statement... 825 00:50:45,376 --> 00:50:47,936 warning people against the use of Reardon Metal. 826 00:50:48,112 --> 00:50:49,739 And what are they saying, exactly? 827 00:50:49,914 --> 00:50:51,438 It's what they're implying. 828 00:50:53,784 --> 00:50:56,116 It was issued under your name. 829 00:50:56,287 --> 00:50:58,949 Make it a habit of letting the Institute speak for you... 830 00:50:59,123 --> 00:51:00,954 even if the words it uses are false? 831 00:51:01,125 --> 00:51:04,424 Miss Taggart, it is public opinion that Reardon Metal is unsafe. 832 00:51:04,595 --> 00:51:06,290 What about the truth? 833 00:51:07,698 --> 00:51:10,929 That Reardon Metal is the best material available on the market today. 834 00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:13,626 It's strong, it is safe. You know that. 835 00:51:13,804 --> 00:51:16,136 Please, have a seat. 836 00:51:24,982 --> 00:51:28,247 Please. Consider my side, Miss Taggart. 837 00:51:28,619 --> 00:51:31,110 I work for the last center of science left on Earth. 838 00:51:31,288 --> 00:51:33,620 We do rely on public funding. 839 00:51:33,791 --> 00:51:34,815 Which do I sacrifice? 840 00:51:34,992 --> 00:51:38,155 An excellent piece of smelting or the future of this institute? 841 00:51:43,067 --> 00:51:44,762 Miss Taggart. 842 00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:46,994 Please sit down. 843 00:51:54,511 --> 00:51:57,275 I had three brilliant students... 844 00:51:57,448 --> 00:52:01,509 that I shared with another Philosophy professor, Hugh Akston. 845 00:52:01,685 --> 00:52:04,245 Doctor Stadler, I don't understand what this has to do... 846 00:52:04,421 --> 00:52:06,685 We even had a bet. 847 00:52:06,857 --> 00:52:09,621 Who would win over their hearts and minds first? 848 00:52:10,527 --> 00:52:12,927 One of them became a depraved playboy. 849 00:52:13,097 --> 00:52:15,691 - His name was Francisco d’Anconia. - I know who he is. 850 00:52:15,866 --> 00:52:18,967 The second, Ragnar Danneskjo, he became a pirate... 851 00:52:19,036 --> 00:52:20,801 stealing to give to the rich. 852 00:52:20,871 --> 00:52:22,800 And the third? 853 00:52:23,340 --> 00:52:26,000 The third one simply vanished. 854 00:52:28,812 --> 00:52:32,543 We were expecting such a magnificent future for them. 855 00:52:35,386 --> 00:52:37,513 I do wish you best of luck, Miss Taggart. 856 00:52:47,631 --> 00:52:49,565 Sorry, I'm late. 857 00:52:50,567 --> 00:52:51,898 Please, continue. 858 00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:56,632 Today, the Rio Norte Line... 859 00:52:56,807 --> 00:53:00,843 completed 211 miles of replaced track using the new Reardon Steel. 860 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:04,904 According to studies, Reardon’s new steel, mined with the latest standard... 861 00:53:05,082 --> 00:53:09,246 MAN: This extensively In a major railroad construction project in the country. 862 00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:11,551 Hello, Dagny. 863 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:14,180 Mr. Wyatt. Hello. 864 00:53:14,358 --> 00:53:17,486 There was a big-rig pileup a couple of weeks ago. 865 00:53:17,661 --> 00:53:22,428 Landslide closed down the supply line for workers and the rail. 866 00:53:22,599 --> 00:53:24,760 I thought we'd be down for a couple of weeks. 867 00:53:24,935 --> 00:53:27,403 We were back up and running in 24 hours. 868 00:53:27,571 --> 00:53:32,599 I figured someone knew how to manage a crisis up here. 869 00:53:33,711 --> 00:53:35,201 Nice job. 870 00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:36,941 Can't afford to fall behind. 871 00:53:37,114 --> 00:53:40,242 We have to get those rails in place before the first snows come. 872 00:53:42,453 --> 00:53:44,614 I underestimated you. 873 00:53:48,692 --> 00:53:50,250 Hey, Dagny? 874 00:53:51,962 --> 00:53:53,589 If you ever want a job... 875 00:53:54,064 --> 00:53:55,622 I'll keep that in mind. 876 00:53:56,366 --> 00:53:59,301 It comes from the reservoir. Make sure it's clean. 877 00:54:05,042 --> 00:54:07,567 I was watching you with the workers there. 878 00:54:07,745 --> 00:54:10,578 You look as at home there as you do in that office of yours. 879 00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:12,773 I'm needed here. 880 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:14,277 This is important. 881 00:54:14,952 --> 00:54:15,976 Yeah, go ahead. 882 00:54:16,153 --> 00:54:18,553 What you need is to replace that bridge. 883 00:54:18,722 --> 00:54:19,746 Not a chance. 884 00:54:19,923 --> 00:54:22,414 - I have to be ready in six months. - Plenty. 885 00:54:22,593 --> 00:54:26,552 What if I told you I could have it made in three months... 886 00:54:26,730 --> 00:54:29,563 and that it would last for centuries? 887 00:54:32,236 --> 00:54:33,430 Let me check my budget. 888 00:54:33,604 --> 00:54:35,663 I can make it happen. 889 00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:37,466 Now, I'm staying in town tonight. 890 00:54:37,641 --> 00:54:39,973 I was wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner. 891 00:54:41,612 --> 00:54:43,773 I can't. I have to get back to New York. 892 00:54:44,248 --> 00:54:45,306 But walk with me. 893 00:54:46,850 --> 00:54:48,977 Do you think it can be stopped? 894 00:54:49,153 --> 00:54:51,621 - This new line or us? - Both. 895 00:55:27,558 --> 00:55:28,718 What's going on, Eddie? 896 00:55:29,226 --> 00:55:30,887 Ben Nealy's quit. 897 00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:34,190 Kellogg, McNamara, now Nealy. 898 00:55:34,364 --> 00:55:36,059 That's not all, Dagny. 899 00:55:36,233 --> 00:55:38,633 Taggart Transcontinental stocks have plummeted... 900 00:55:38,802 --> 00:55:42,533 because the State Science Institute has denounced Reardon Metal. 901 00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:45,470 Your family's railroad is in real trouble. 902 00:55:46,743 --> 00:55:48,210 Eddie. 903 00:55:51,215 --> 00:55:53,979 I think it's time to stand on our own. 904 00:55:58,055 --> 00:56:01,047 In order to save my family's business... 905 00:56:02,993 --> 00:56:04,984 I'm gonna have to abandon it. 906 00:56:15,439 --> 00:56:17,407 Good morning, Miss Taggart. 907 00:56:27,117 --> 00:56:29,051 Taggart Transcontinental is done. 908 00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:32,120 - What are you talking about? - We're finished. 909 00:56:32,689 --> 00:56:34,213 We can't stop and we can't go on. 910 00:56:34,391 --> 00:56:36,450 In weeks. Our stock won't be trading anymore. 911 00:56:36,627 --> 00:56:39,528 You're paranoid. Orren Boyle has assured me there is pending legislation... 912 00:56:39,596 --> 00:56:41,061 Here's what we're gonna do. 913 00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:44,029 And, Jim, this is not a proposal. 914 00:56:44,201 --> 00:56:45,793 Just listen and accept. 915 00:56:45,969 --> 00:56:48,970 I'm gonna take a leave from Taggart Transcontinental. 916 00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:51,302 - Start my own company. - You're leaving? 917 00:56:51,375 --> 00:56:54,967 Shut up. You and the board are gonna transfer the Rio Norte Line over to me. 918 00:56:55,045 --> 00:56:56,407 Our stock will go back up. 919 00:56:56,580 --> 00:56:58,275 I will act as my own contractor. 920 00:56:58,448 --> 00:57:01,576 I will get my own financing and finish the line on time. 921 00:57:01,752 --> 00:57:05,586 And where are you gonna get financing? That is not for you to worry about. 922 00:57:05,756 --> 00:57:07,485 Once we see how the rails perform... 923 00:57:07,658 --> 00:57:10,786 I will transfer the line back over to Taggart Transcontinental... 924 00:57:10,961 --> 00:57:12,656 and return to my job. 925 00:57:13,330 --> 00:57:16,390 Okay. And what are you gonna call this new line of yours, Dagny? 926 00:57:16,566 --> 00:57:19,000 You're not dragging the family name through this. 927 00:57:19,169 --> 00:57:21,137 I won't allow it. 928 00:57:29,146 --> 00:57:30,773 The John Galt Line. 929 00:57:32,449 --> 00:57:34,178 Now we know why you've gone off the rails. 930 00:57:34,351 --> 00:57:36,478 That's the name. It's your disaster. 931 00:57:37,187 --> 00:57:38,654 And what's the plan if you fail? 932 00:57:38,822 --> 00:57:40,016 I go down alone. 933 00:57:40,190 --> 00:57:42,488 Taggart Transcontinental remains in your control. 934 00:57:43,994 --> 00:57:45,518 - Two last things. - What? 935 00:57:45,696 --> 00:57:47,857 - First, I'm taking Eddie Walters. - Oh, no, no. 936 00:57:48,031 --> 00:57:49,123 - I need him here. - Tough. 937 00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:51,028 You're gonna have to do your own work. 938 00:57:51,201 --> 00:57:53,931 Second, keep your cronies in Washington off my back. 939 00:57:54,104 --> 00:57:56,868 Make sure I get all my permissions, grants, authorizations... 940 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:01,306 and any other political crap I need from those sons of bitches, otherwise, no deal. 941 00:58:02,279 --> 00:58:06,477 - I'll see what I can do. - And one last warning, brother dear. 942 00:58:07,117 --> 00:58:10,382 I have never done anything to hurt a living creature in my entire life. 943 00:58:11,355 --> 00:58:14,381 But if you double-cross me in any way... 944 00:58:15,659 --> 00:58:17,786 I will destroy you. 945 00:58:25,669 --> 00:58:27,330 The money would mean nothing to you. 946 00:58:27,504 --> 00:58:29,233 You've wasted that on senseless parties. 947 00:58:29,406 --> 00:58:31,670 You've wasted more in the San Sebastian mines. 948 00:58:31,842 --> 00:58:33,671 I'm afraid I can't. Money's tight right now. 949 00:58:33,744 --> 00:58:36,042 - I've got too many expenses. - Okay. 950 00:58:37,247 --> 00:58:40,349 So, what do you want me to do, Frisco? Do you want me to beg? 951 00:58:40,350 --> 00:58:41,847 - Because now I'm begging. - Ha. 952 00:58:42,019 --> 00:58:43,043 You don't know how. 953 00:58:43,220 --> 00:58:46,656 I thought that you of all people would understand. 954 00:58:59,202 --> 00:59:01,397 Then is it me that you want? 955 00:59:07,778 --> 00:59:10,269 Don't ask me such a thing, Dagny. 956 00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:13,682 If I ever meant anything to you... 957 00:59:13,850 --> 00:59:15,784 loan me the money that I need. 958 00:59:16,787 --> 00:59:18,880 I can't. 959 00:59:24,795 --> 00:59:27,559 What is this savior line gonna be called? 960 00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:31,465 The John Galt Line. 961 00:59:33,970 --> 00:59:37,462 - What? - Because I am tired of hearing that name. 962 00:59:37,641 --> 00:59:39,802 It means quitting, giving up. 963 00:59:39,976 --> 00:59:43,605 And I am not giving up. I am not going to quit. 964 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:45,780 I'm going to win. 965 00:59:54,391 --> 00:59:56,382 I'm sorry, Miss Taggart. 966 00:59:57,494 --> 00:59:58,654 So, what do you think? 967 00:59:58,829 --> 01:00:00,160 Just one last thing. 968 01:00:06,570 --> 01:00:08,060 I'll make sets for you. 969 01:00:08,238 --> 01:00:09,671 No. 970 01:00:12,909 --> 01:00:14,399 Okay. 971 01:00:15,779 --> 01:00:19,613 So maybe you can see about an opportunity... 972 01:00:26,857 --> 01:00:28,347 Dagny? Ken Danagger. 973 01:00:28,525 --> 01:00:30,618 I have some good news. 974 01:00:31,661 --> 01:00:33,285 Mr. Reardon, Miss Taggart is... 975 01:00:33,363 --> 01:00:35,126 As president of the John Galt Line... 976 01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:38,665 I would like to commission a Reardon Metal bridge for Wyatt Junction. 977 01:00:38,835 --> 01:00:40,860 Excellent. I'll start rolling the metal. 978 01:00:41,037 --> 01:00:43,505 Aren't you curious as to how I'm able to finance this? 979 01:00:43,673 --> 01:00:45,300 Okay, I'll bite. 980 01:00:46,009 --> 01:00:50,139 Ellis Wyatt, Ted Nielsen, Lawrence Hammond, Kenneth Danagger. 981 01:00:50,313 --> 01:00:53,714 I'm not at 100 percent bonds sold yet, but I am close. 982 01:00:53,884 --> 01:00:55,181 Hmm. 983 01:00:58,555 --> 01:01:00,523 There. I just made up the difference. 984 01:01:01,691 --> 01:01:04,819 I would never ask anyone to take a risk I wasn't willing to take. 985 01:01:07,063 --> 01:01:08,553 You're a good man, Hank Reardon. 986 01:01:09,833 --> 01:01:11,892 Can I show you something? 987 01:01:12,536 --> 01:01:13,833 Mr. Reardon’s office. 988 01:01:14,738 --> 01:01:17,798 No, he's in a meeting. May I give you his voicemail? 989 01:01:18,074 --> 01:01:19,063 Thank you. 990 01:01:23,380 --> 01:01:24,443 Looks like an engine. 991 01:01:24,444 --> 01:01:26,644 Not like any engine I've ever seen. 992 01:01:27,217 --> 01:01:28,582 Where did you find this? 993 01:01:28,752 --> 01:01:31,812 Remember that motor company I was telling you about in Wisconsin? 994 01:01:31,988 --> 01:01:34,320 I did a little digging around and I found these. 995 01:01:34,491 --> 01:01:36,584 Twentieth Century Motor Corporation. 996 01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:38,921 It's a prototype for a new engine. 997 01:01:39,095 --> 01:01:42,394 It never went into production. I'm not even sure the thing works. 998 01:01:42,566 --> 01:01:44,090 Well, it's worth a look. 999 01:01:44,534 --> 01:01:48,197 Once the John Galt line is complete, I'd like to look into this further. 1000 01:01:48,371 --> 01:01:50,601 - Care to help? - Let me see what I can do. 1001 01:01:50,774 --> 01:01:51,832 Absolutely. 1002 01:01:52,108 --> 01:01:55,566 I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Reardon. There's an urgent call on line two. 1003 01:01:57,013 --> 01:01:58,105 Hank Reardon. 1004 01:01:59,783 --> 01:02:01,444 What? 1005 01:02:02,219 --> 01:02:04,119 Find Mouch. 1006 01:02:04,621 --> 01:02:05,610 What is it? 1007 01:02:05,789 --> 01:02:08,781 The legislature passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill. 1008 01:02:08,959 --> 01:02:10,790 So quickly? How is that even possible? 1009 01:02:10,961 --> 01:02:12,792 I don't know. You know what this means? 1010 01:02:12,963 --> 01:02:14,794 Nobody can own more than one company. 1011 01:02:14,965 --> 01:02:16,125 We'll find a way to fix this. 1012 01:02:16,299 --> 01:02:19,732 I'll sign away my other companies, but they are not getting my metal. 1013 01:02:20,937 --> 01:02:23,269 What about Wyatt's bridge? 1014 01:02:24,908 --> 01:02:25,932 I gave my word. 1015 01:02:26,109 --> 01:02:29,135 It will be done on time and on budget. 1016 01:02:34,284 --> 01:02:36,809 - This is just a technicality. Hank. - Okay. 1017 01:02:36,987 --> 01:02:38,749 I'll always consider the ore mine as yours. 1018 01:02:38,750 --> 01:02:39,750 No. 1019 01:02:39,823 --> 01:02:42,621 I either own the property or I don't. 1020 01:02:43,093 --> 01:02:44,924 You can trust me. 1021 01:02:45,328 --> 01:02:47,888 You know you'll always have as much ore as you need. 1022 01:02:48,064 --> 01:02:49,088 I don't know. 1023 01:02:49,266 --> 01:02:52,258 I've never given you any reason to mistrust me. 1024 01:02:52,669 --> 01:02:53,897 The mine is yours. 1025 01:02:54,070 --> 01:02:56,231 If you intend to keep your word, then keep it. 1026 01:02:56,406 --> 01:02:59,637 If you wanna give me first call on the ore produced, fine. 1027 01:02:59,809 --> 01:03:02,107 If you intend to double-cross me... 1028 01:03:04,347 --> 01:03:05,473 so be it. 1029 01:03:07,517 --> 01:03:09,178 It's not fair, Hank. 1030 01:03:09,352 --> 01:03:10,979 It wasn't me who passed the law. 1031 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:10,703 That is correct. 1032 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,508 The first train on the John Galt Line will run July 22nd. 1033 01:04:13,683 --> 01:04:16,243 - Great news. Thank you, Dagny. - My pleasure, thank you. 1034 01:04:16,419 --> 01:04:20,378 Dagny, this is, uh, Mr. Brady, a delegate from the Union of Locomotive Engineers. 1035 01:04:20,557 --> 01:04:21,888 You're busy. I'll be brief. 1036 01:04:22,058 --> 01:04:24,526 We're not gonna allow you to run that train. 1037 01:04:24,694 --> 01:04:26,093 Get out of here. 1038 01:04:26,262 --> 01:04:29,857 You do not come and tell me what you will or will not allow me to do. 1039 01:04:30,033 --> 01:04:32,092 What I meant to say was a committee decided... 1040 01:04:32,268 --> 01:04:35,760 that allowing men to run your train on that untested metal... 1041 01:04:35,939 --> 01:04:37,930 would violate their human rights. 1042 01:04:38,108 --> 01:04:39,666 Are you serious, Mr. Brady? 1043 01:04:39,843 --> 01:04:42,437 You can't force men to go out and get killed for profit. 1044 01:04:42,612 --> 01:04:43,909 Put that in writing. 1045 01:04:45,115 --> 01:04:48,380 That you want to stop your men from working and earning a wage. 1046 01:04:48,551 --> 01:04:50,280 Miss Taggart, you don't understand... 1047 01:04:50,453 --> 01:04:52,717 Oh, no, no, no. I understand perfectly. 1048 01:04:52,889 --> 01:04:55,084 You want me to provide the jobs... 1049 01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:58,887 and you wanna make it impossible for me to have any jobs to provide. 1050 01:04:59,062 --> 01:05:01,223 You can do whatever you want with your men. 1051 01:05:01,398 --> 01:05:03,798 But that train will run if I have to drive myself. 1052 01:05:03,967 --> 01:05:06,299 Because, Mr. Brady, if that bridge collapses... 1053 01:05:06,469 --> 01:05:08,733 there won't be any railroad left in existence. 1054 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:10,463 But if it does not collapse... 1055 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,302 no member of your union will ever get a job... 1056 01:05:13,476 --> 01:05:14,966 on the John Galt Line. 1057 01:05:15,145 --> 01:05:17,636 Now are you going to forbid your men to run that train? 1058 01:05:17,814 --> 01:05:19,975 I never used the word forbid. 1059 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:24,417 I'm only stating that you cannot force anyone to take that run. 1060 01:05:24,587 --> 01:05:27,420 I would never force a man to do anything. 1061 01:05:28,591 --> 01:05:30,491 I'll ask for volunteers. 1062 01:05:30,660 --> 01:05:32,423 Then it will be my problem, not yours. 1063 01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:34,062 I'll advise them to refuse. 1064 01:05:34,230 --> 01:05:36,562 Do what you want, Mr. Brady. 1065 01:05:37,167 --> 01:05:38,930 But leave them the choice. 1066 01:05:55,285 --> 01:05:57,617 We have breaking news from Cheyenne, Wyoming... 1067 01:05:57,787 --> 01:06:00,984 where the maiden run of the John Galt Line Is about to commence... 1068 01:06:01,157 --> 01:06:04,854 despite numerous warnings from the State Science Institute. 1069 01:06:05,028 --> 01:06:07,292 Two hundred fifty miles per hour all the way. 1070 01:06:07,464 --> 01:06:09,591 The John Galt Line's the future of rail travel. 1071 01:06:09,766 --> 01:06:11,256 We're gonna prove it today. 1072 01:06:11,434 --> 01:06:12,958 Miss Taggart, who is John Galt? 1073 01:06:25,715 --> 01:06:27,307 We are. 1074 01:07:04,254 --> 01:07:05,687 One hundred. 1075 01:07:13,596 --> 01:07:15,928 One fifty. 1076 01:07:18,768 --> 01:07:20,929 One seventy-five. 1077 01:07:48,598 --> 01:07:49,622 Two fifty. 1078 01:07:49,799 --> 01:07:53,200 That's faster than any train has ever gone in this country. 1079 01:08:34,410 --> 01:08:36,344 There she is. 1080 01:09:10,046 --> 01:09:11,809 We did it. 1081 01:09:43,346 --> 01:09:46,645 Today in Colorado, the John Galt Line made a successful run... 1082 01:09:46,816 --> 01:09:49,011 over its new Reardon Metal bridge. 1083 01:09:49,585 --> 01:09:52,383 The controversial metal bridge held up perfectly... 1084 01:09:52,555 --> 01:09:56,855 despite strong warnings from the State Science Institute. 1085 01:09:57,026 --> 01:09:59,085 Three hundred miles in less than 90 minutes. 1086 01:09:59,262 --> 01:10:00,422 Was there ever any doubt? 1087 01:10:00,596 --> 01:10:03,724 No, because there was no doubt I prepared a meal for the two of you. 1088 01:10:03,900 --> 01:10:05,993 Orren Boyle is on the line. 1089 01:10:07,070 --> 01:10:08,131 Did you see? 1090 01:10:09,906 --> 01:10:11,703 I'm watching it now. 1091 01:10:11,874 --> 01:10:15,435 If the John Galt Line succeeds, it's gonna make Wyatt unstoppable. 1092 01:10:15,611 --> 01:10:18,079 - Now, what can be done? - Don't you see? 1093 01:10:18,247 --> 01:10:21,876 It's his own success that provides us the tools to bring him down. 1094 01:10:22,051 --> 01:10:24,952 He's not only given us the rope, he's tied the knot. 1095 01:10:25,121 --> 01:10:27,715 All we have to do is slip it over his head. 1096 01:10:29,959 --> 01:10:32,120 This might work to our advantage. 1097 01:10:38,034 --> 01:10:40,127 I love it. Here we go. 1098 01:11:04,460 --> 01:11:06,257 - Oh, yeah, you want that. - So? 1099 01:11:06,429 --> 01:11:10,422 And he said. "It smells like museo de las pooplas". 1100 01:11:15,838 --> 01:11:20,832 I want to tell both of you something. Do you know the Buena Esperanza Pass? 1101 01:11:21,010 --> 01:11:24,275 Well, yeah, the Buena Esperanza Pass. That area has been dry for years. 1102 01:11:24,447 --> 01:11:26,677 Ah. To conventional drilling, yes. 1103 01:11:26,849 --> 01:11:31,183 There is an untapped reservoir of oil in those rocks... 1104 01:11:31,354 --> 01:11:35,518 which is larger than any known reserve in the Saudi Peninsula. 1105 01:11:36,425 --> 01:11:40,862 And underneath is an ocean of natural gas. 1106 01:11:41,764 --> 01:11:44,756 Soon everyone will be wanting to get on the bandwagon. 1107 01:11:44,934 --> 01:11:47,698 And, my friends, we are the band. 1108 01:11:48,204 --> 01:11:50,798 - I will drink to that. - Hear, hear. 1109 01:11:50,973 --> 01:11:53,533 To Colorado and the New Renaissance. 1110 01:11:53,709 --> 01:11:57,611 And forget about the Stone Age and the Iron Age. 1111 01:11:57,780 --> 01:12:00,840 Let's have a toast to the Age of Reardon Metal. 1112 01:12:01,450 --> 01:12:04,044 And the John Galt Line. 1113 01:12:11,494 --> 01:12:15,897 Ahem. Well, I can see that the market has opened in Hong Kong. 1114 01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:18,192 I have some phone calls to make. 1115 01:12:19,735 --> 01:12:23,398 You have been charming company, but I must excuse myself. 1116 01:12:24,540 --> 01:12:26,633 There are guest rooms upstairs. Help yourself. 1117 01:12:26,809 --> 01:12:28,401 Thank you for everything. 1118 01:12:28,578 --> 01:12:30,705 My pleasure, partner. 1119 01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:32,347 - Sir. - Sir. 1120 01:12:33,216 --> 01:12:35,717 My, uh, casa es su casa, and so on. 1121 01:12:35,718 --> 01:12:36,844 - Good night. - Good night. 1122 01:12:37,019 --> 01:12:38,509 Good night. 1123 01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:51,096 It's good to know there are men like Wyatt left in the world. 1124 01:12:52,568 --> 01:12:55,765 I wish I could hold myself in the same esteem. 1125 01:12:55,938 --> 01:12:57,428 I have a wife. 1126 01:12:57,607 --> 01:13:01,168 And somewhere I have a company that's being pulled apart. 1127 01:13:01,944 --> 01:13:03,878 Yet here we are. 1128 01:13:04,680 --> 01:13:09,083 And all wanna do right now is kiss you. 1129 01:13:10,887 --> 01:13:13,117 What's stopping you? 1130 01:14:59,962 --> 01:15:01,793 Ellis Wyatt? 1131 01:15:02,398 --> 01:15:04,025 Yes? 1132 01:15:04,834 --> 01:15:07,064 Could I have a moment of your time? 1133 01:15:07,236 --> 01:15:09,830 At this hour? Who the hell are you? 1134 01:15:10,306 --> 01:15:12,467 My name is familiar to you. 1135 01:15:29,358 --> 01:15:31,656 Good morning. Where's Wyatt? 1136 01:15:31,827 --> 01:15:33,260 Morning. 1137 01:15:37,433 --> 01:15:39,230 You're up early. 1138 01:15:40,202 --> 01:15:42,500 I didn't want to wake you. 1139 01:15:43,739 --> 01:15:45,434 Look at this. 1140 01:15:46,108 --> 01:15:50,442 He thanked us and he's looking forward to the Second Renaissance. That's it. 1141 01:15:51,714 --> 01:15:53,238 - Odd. - Mm-hm. 1142 01:15:55,051 --> 01:15:57,849 So I was thinking. 1143 01:15:58,554 --> 01:16:02,615 I thought we might take a trip, a little getaway. 1144 01:16:02,792 --> 01:16:04,123 How scandalous. 1145 01:16:04,794 --> 01:16:06,125 You're a married man. 1146 01:16:07,463 --> 01:16:09,226 There you go, sir. 1147 01:16:10,266 --> 01:16:11,597 Where we going? 1148 01:16:12,535 --> 01:16:15,060 You remember that folder with the strange engine? 1149 01:16:15,237 --> 01:16:16,602 Yeah. 1150 01:16:16,772 --> 01:16:20,299 I thought we might visit the Twentieth Century Motor Company in Wisconsin. 1151 01:16:24,146 --> 01:16:27,274 It's a real mystery why the Twentieth Century Motor Company failed. 1152 01:16:27,450 --> 01:16:29,475 It's no mystery. Bad ideas brought it down. 1153 01:16:29,652 --> 01:16:30,710 Ideas? 1154 01:16:30,886 --> 01:16:33,980 As I understand it, the company flattened the wage scale... 1155 01:16:34,156 --> 01:16:36,647 and still paid everyone according to their needs... 1156 01:16:36,826 --> 01:16:38,794 not according to their contributions. 1157 01:16:39,628 --> 01:16:43,655 DAGNY: Why all these stupid altruistic urges? It's not being charitable or fair. 1158 01:16:43,833 --> 01:16:46,165 What is it with people today? 1159 01:16:48,938 --> 01:16:50,803 So after a short while, no surprise... 1160 01:16:50,973 --> 01:16:53,965 the smartest managers and the better workers left the company. 1161 01:16:54,143 --> 01:16:57,135 But hundreds of remaining staff couldn't handle it alone. 1162 01:17:02,418 --> 01:17:03,510 Service dropped... 1163 01:17:03,686 --> 01:17:06,985 quality in their once-great products was gone, and that was that. 1164 01:17:07,156 --> 01:17:10,489 The Twentieth Century Motor Company went under. 1165 01:17:10,659 --> 01:17:12,684 That's depressing. 1166 01:17:20,536 --> 01:17:23,096 Looks like they just walked away. 1167 01:17:25,374 --> 01:17:27,103 Not much here. 1168 01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:32,814 It's too bad. 1169 01:17:33,782 --> 01:17:36,615 I'd really like to figure out what happened here. 1170 01:17:40,222 --> 01:17:41,849 Dagny. 1171 01:18:04,747 --> 01:18:07,545 This is it. This is where they made the engine. 1172 01:18:08,417 --> 01:18:10,248 Do you think it's here? 1173 01:18:12,888 --> 01:18:15,686 Why would they leave all this stuff here? 1174 01:18:15,858 --> 01:18:18,850 Some of this is incredibly sophisticated. 1175 01:18:19,028 --> 01:18:20,996 It's unbelievable. 1176 01:18:37,846 --> 01:18:39,370 Hank? 1177 01:18:45,621 --> 01:18:47,953 - Atmospheric vacuum. - What? 1178 01:18:48,123 --> 01:18:50,956 This motor uses the Casimir effect. 1179 01:18:51,460 --> 01:18:54,395 It's this small particle accelerator. 1180 01:18:54,563 --> 01:18:57,293 It throws small helium particles into heavier particles. 1181 01:18:57,466 --> 01:19:01,630 And this must be a secondary cooling system. 1182 01:19:01,804 --> 01:19:05,137 Probably designed to eliminate excess heat generated during the process. 1183 01:19:05,307 --> 01:19:10,472 Exactly, and this creates a magnetic field in place long enough... 1184 01:19:10,646 --> 01:19:13,274 for the collapsing vacuum pressure to be captured. 1185 01:19:13,449 --> 01:19:17,442 An engine that uses atmospheric vacuum to create static electricity. 1186 01:19:18,053 --> 01:19:21,113 Now, does it say anywhere on this document who designed this thing? 1187 01:19:21,290 --> 01:19:22,587 I don't see any names. 1188 01:19:22,758 --> 01:19:25,318 We could get a list of the building employees. 1189 01:19:25,494 --> 01:19:27,155 We'd go to the town hall of records. 1190 01:19:27,329 --> 01:19:30,457 Find the last owner of the factory. We'd track it back from there. 1191 01:19:32,434 --> 01:19:35,062 Dagny, this could change the world. 1192 01:19:38,607 --> 01:19:43,271 That factory has had a long line of owners and the records are not complete. 1193 01:19:43,445 --> 01:19:45,606 - I'm sorry. - Thank you. 1194 01:19:45,781 --> 01:19:47,772 Okay. So I guess this is our starting point. 1195 01:19:47,950 --> 01:19:50,009 I bought it in a bankruptcy sale. 1196 01:19:50,185 --> 01:19:53,279 From a guy named Eugene Lawson. 1197 01:19:53,455 --> 01:19:56,185 Do you got any idea how we might contact Mr. Lawson? 1198 01:19:56,358 --> 01:19:58,258 He's in Washington now. 1199 01:19:58,427 --> 01:20:02,864 At the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources, I think. 1200 01:20:03,032 --> 01:20:07,469 My goal is social progress, universal prosperity. 1201 01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:10,036 Welfare of the nation is my primary consideration... 1202 01:20:10,205 --> 01:20:13,038 to which I wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice anyone's profit. 1203 01:20:13,208 --> 01:20:16,109 Well, Mr. Reardon, you must be awfully proud of your man Mouch. 1204 01:20:16,278 --> 01:20:19,645 He's doing big things in Colorado to help the nation. 1205 01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:23,376 I no longer have interest in Mr. Mouch. 1206 01:20:23,819 --> 01:20:25,286 Oh. 1207 01:20:25,454 --> 01:20:27,046 I see. 1208 01:20:27,723 --> 01:20:31,181 Well, that's, uh... that's too bad. 1209 01:20:35,364 --> 01:20:37,127 Jed Starnes. 1210 01:20:37,566 --> 01:20:40,126 - Excuse me? - Jed Starnes. 1211 01:20:40,302 --> 01:20:43,169 He was an engineer at the Twentieth Century Motor Company. 1212 01:20:43,339 --> 01:20:45,034 I hope that helps. 1213 01:20:45,207 --> 01:20:47,402 My father was an evil man. 1214 01:20:47,576 --> 01:20:50,875 But surely, he must have mentioned something about work? 1215 01:20:51,046 --> 01:20:53,037 A motor perhaps? 1216 01:20:53,215 --> 01:20:55,410 The chief engineer was William Hastings. 1217 01:20:55,818 --> 01:20:58,844 He quit the day after we introduced the plan. 1218 01:20:59,021 --> 01:21:01,182 You'll find him in Brandon, Wyoming. 1219 01:21:02,157 --> 01:21:05,684 My husband died five years ago, Miss Taggart. 1220 01:21:05,861 --> 01:21:08,022 Did he ever mention a motor he created? 1221 01:21:08,197 --> 01:21:10,597 It was his young assistant. 1222 01:21:10,766 --> 01:21:14,224 William always said he was, oh. Ahead of his time. 1223 01:21:14,403 --> 01:21:16,701 Called him a genius. 1224 01:21:17,072 --> 01:21:19,836 Do you know where we might be able to find that man today? 1225 01:21:20,008 --> 01:21:22,499 Oh, I have no idea. 1226 01:21:22,678 --> 01:21:27,945 He did keep in touch with a professor that he had at the Patrick Henry University. 1227 01:21:28,117 --> 01:21:30,711 - Hugh Akston was his name. - I know that name. 1228 01:21:30,886 --> 01:21:32,444 Do you know where he is? 1229 01:21:32,621 --> 01:21:39,049 Well, Mr. Akston was rumored to have opened a roadside diner near Cheyenne. 1230 01:21:41,563 --> 01:21:43,087 I gotta get back to my mills. 1231 01:21:43,265 --> 01:21:45,631 - Now? - I have a business to run. 1232 01:21:45,801 --> 01:21:48,235 We can't quit now, Hank. You're so close. 1233 01:21:48,404 --> 01:21:51,931 Imagine what will happen if we find the inventor and get it up and running. 1234 01:21:52,107 --> 01:21:55,565 Okay, give me a few days. I'll meet you in Colorado. 1235 01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:03,111 Hi, Dagny. Hank. 1236 01:22:03,285 --> 01:22:05,810 I'm back. I just want to see how you're doing. 1237 01:22:05,988 --> 01:22:08,218 I'm great. I'm heading up to Akston's diner now. 1238 01:22:08,390 --> 01:22:11,655 Eddie on the other line, I'll call you back. Hey, Eddie, what's up? 1239 01:22:11,827 --> 01:22:14,125 The Union of Locomotive Engineers is demanding... 1240 01:22:14,296 --> 01:22:18,665 that all trains on the John Galt Line be reduced from 100 to 60 miles an hour. 1241 01:22:18,834 --> 01:22:20,665 If we don't comply, as of right now... 1242 01:22:20,836 --> 01:22:25,273 Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah are not allowing any trains into Colorado. 1243 01:22:25,441 --> 01:22:27,671 - This is madness. - That's not all, Dagny. 1244 01:22:27,843 --> 01:22:29,743 Orren Boyle is campaigning for a buildup... 1245 01:22:29,912 --> 01:22:32,312 that would limit the production of Reardon Metal. 1246 01:22:32,481 --> 01:22:35,348 Is that my sister on the phone? Let me talk to her. 1247 01:22:35,517 --> 01:22:37,678 Where the hell are you? 1248 01:22:37,853 --> 01:22:39,844 Do you have any idea what's happening here? 1249 01:22:40,022 --> 01:22:42,081 Jim, this is your battle. I've fought mine. 1250 01:22:42,257 --> 01:22:44,157 They're your friends. You stop them. 1251 01:22:51,934 --> 01:22:55,529 Dr. Akston, I was wondering if you remember a young engineer... 1252 01:22:55,704 --> 01:22:59,697 who worked at the Twentieth Century Motor Corporation about 10 years ago. 1253 01:22:59,875 --> 01:23:02,810 He worked with a man named William Hastings. 1254 01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:05,840 Could you tell me where to find him? 1255 01:23:06,982 --> 01:23:09,212 Does this car get good mileage? 1256 01:23:09,885 --> 01:23:12,183 Is he still alive? 1257 01:23:12,721 --> 01:23:14,552 Is there anything that you can tell me? 1258 01:23:16,058 --> 01:23:19,152 I've traveled a very long way to be here. 1259 01:23:19,561 --> 01:23:21,028 Yeah. 1260 01:23:21,196 --> 01:23:23,164 You got a long way to go too. 1261 01:23:26,635 --> 01:23:29,832 Excuse me. I have to be heading home. 1262 01:23:30,739 --> 01:23:32,707 Dr. Akston? One more question. 1263 01:23:32,875 --> 01:23:36,140 I need the name of your student who worked at Twentieth Century Motor... 1264 01:23:36,311 --> 01:23:39,872 - I know why you're here, Miss Taggart. - Do you? 1265 01:23:40,048 --> 01:23:42,516 The secret you're trying to solve, it's greater... 1266 01:23:42,684 --> 01:23:48,589 and I mean much greater than an engine that runs on atmospheric electricity. 1267 01:23:54,229 --> 01:23:55,253 Good luck. 1268 01:23:55,430 --> 01:23:59,230 I'm not gonna give up trying to find the inventor of that motor. 1269 01:23:59,401 --> 01:24:02,666 Oh, don't worry, Miss Taggart. He'll find you. 1270 01:24:05,240 --> 01:24:06,434 - You all set? - Yeah. 1271 01:24:06,608 --> 01:24:08,235 Okay. 1272 01:24:12,281 --> 01:24:14,579 The Equalization of Opportunity Laws. 1273 01:24:14,750 --> 01:24:17,241 - Coffee? - Yes. 1274 01:24:17,419 --> 01:24:19,114 Anything else? 1275 01:24:19,288 --> 01:24:21,882 We got rhubarb pie. Made it myself. 1276 01:24:22,057 --> 01:24:23,581 No, I'm good. Thanks. 1277 01:24:23,759 --> 01:24:27,752 Again, I think it's significant in helping the broad spectrum... 1278 01:24:27,930 --> 01:24:29,397 Could you turn that up, please? 1279 01:24:29,565 --> 01:24:31,226 Government is overstepping its bounds? 1280 01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:32,628 Colorado is a rich state. 1281 01:24:32,801 --> 01:24:35,204 It's quite unique. It's in a position where it can help... 1282 01:24:35,205 --> 01:24:37,605 its neighborhood needier states. 1283 01:24:37,873 --> 01:24:40,007 So I... I... I think it's a good thing, yes. 1284 01:24:40,309 --> 01:24:42,910 And... and it's fair to penalize one state? 1285 01:24:42,911 --> 01:24:43,811 Please. 1286 01:24:43,879 --> 01:24:47,781 You're not penalizing another state. You're helping another state. 1287 01:24:47,950 --> 01:24:50,748 Like a Robin Hood of taking from the rich, feeding the poor. 1288 01:24:50,819 --> 01:24:54,411 I mean, rich people are getting richer. Poor people are getting poorer. 1289 01:24:54,590 --> 01:24:56,820 I heard about what Orren Boyle is up to. Call me. 1290 01:24:56,992 --> 01:24:59,324 Breaking news out of Wyatt Junction, Colorado. 1291 01:24:59,494 --> 01:25:02,224 A major fire has erupted at the Wyatt Oil Field. 1292 01:25:02,397 --> 01:25:05,662 Reports are coming in that several explosions have rocked the hillside. 1293 01:25:05,834 --> 01:25:09,270 Our news team has captured this unedited footage on the scene. 1294 01:25:09,438 --> 01:25:12,771 As you can see, the hillside behind me is completely engulfed in flames. 1295 01:25:12,941 --> 01:25:16,138 Fire crews have been brought in from as far away as Denver County... 1296 01:25:16,311 --> 01:25:19,007 to help battle the blaze, as many as 40 acres... 1297 01:25:23,452 --> 01:25:26,182 And zero containment at the moment. 1298 01:25:32,828 --> 01:25:37,424 My fellow Americans, Mr. Wesley Mouch. 1299 01:25:39,334 --> 01:25:41,029 Thank you. Thank you. 1300 01:25:41,203 --> 01:25:43,535 As the new coordinator... 1301 01:25:43,705 --> 01:25:45,536 of the Bureau of Economic Planning... 1302 01:25:45,707 --> 01:25:47,038 and National Resources... 1303 01:25:47,209 --> 01:25:49,541 I have issued a set of directives. 1304 01:25:49,711 --> 01:25:55,877 I am placing a moratorium on all railroad lines. 1305 01:25:56,051 --> 01:25:58,713 Additionally, under my direction... 1306 01:25:58,887 --> 01:26:04,052 all steel mills must produce steel at the same level and output... 1307 01:26:04,226 --> 01:26:08,856 and distribute it according to the needs of the people. 1308 01:26:11,500 --> 01:26:16,836 Furthermore, big companies will no longer be permitted... 1309 01:26:17,005 --> 01:26:23,501 to abandon their present states and move to wealthier states like Colorado. 1310 01:26:25,747 --> 01:26:31,185 Finally, a federal tax will be applied to the state of Colorado... 1311 01:26:31,353 --> 01:26:34,584 in order to equalize the national economy. 1312 01:26:36,925 --> 01:26:38,517 Thank you. He gave a good speech. 1313 01:26:39,561 --> 01:26:41,495 Thank you very much. 1314 01:26:49,738 --> 01:26:51,228 Thank you. 1315 01:26:52,040 --> 01:26:54,531 Welcome to my town, James. 1316 01:27:16,732 --> 01:27:17,960 Move it. 1317 01:27:21,269 --> 01:27:24,238 Lady, stop. You can't go in there. 1318 01:27:27,409 --> 01:27:29,036 Ellis. 1319 01:27:32,814 --> 01:27:34,748 Ellis. 1320 01:27:42,491 --> 01:27:44,322 Ellis. 1321 01:27:47,929 --> 01:27:49,590 Ellis Wyatt? 1322 01:27:49,765 --> 01:27:51,164 Who the hell are you? 1323 01:27:51,800 --> 01:27:53,495 My name is John Galt. 1324 01:27:53,668 --> 01:27:55,966 I live in a place we call Atlantis. 1325 01:27:56,138 --> 01:27:57,833 And I think you'd fit in there. 1326 01:27:58,006 --> 01:27:59,667 It's a place where heroes live. 1327 01:27:59,841 --> 01:28:02,002 And where those who want to be heroes live. 1328 01:28:02,177 --> 01:28:03,667 The government we have there... 1329 01:28:03,845 --> 01:28:06,336 respects each of us as individuals and as producers. 1330 01:28:06,515 --> 01:28:10,007 Actually, beyond a few courthouses, there's not much of a government at all. 1331 01:28:10,185 --> 01:28:11,447 Bottom line, Mr. Wyatt... 1332 01:28:11,620 --> 01:28:13,353 If you're weary of a government... 1333 01:28:13,354 --> 01:28:14,954 that refuses to limit its power over you... 1334 01:28:15,123 --> 01:28:18,249 and if you're ready this moment to claim the moral right to your own life... 1335 01:28:18,326 --> 01:28:19,418 then we should leave. 1336 01:28:19,594 --> 01:28:22,995 And I'll take you there. I'll take you to Atlantis. 1337 01:28:23,965 --> 01:28:27,526 No! 1338 01:29:01,136 --> 01:29:03,798 This is Ellis Wyatt. I'm gone. 1339 01:29:03,972 --> 01:29:06,406 Don't try to find me. You won't. 1340 01:29:06,575 --> 01:29:09,567 I am on strike.