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00:01:04 Do you want to stand alone
00:01:07 There's no place
00:01:09 Nobody can improve on the buildings of the
00:01:13 We've tried to teach you
00:01:16 You refuse to learn. You won't consider
00:01:20 You insist on designing buildings
00:01:23 This school has no choice
00:01:27 It is my duty as your dean
00:01:31 You can't hope to survive
00:01:34 Watch me. In just a few short years
00:01:37 ...of the profession because
00:01:40 You'll never get anywhere.
00:01:42 So you want to work
00:01:45 Oh, I know. He was a great
00:01:48 But he fought for modern
00:01:49 ...and he's done for. What do you get?
00:01:52 Why do you wanna work for me?
00:01:53 You're setting out to ruin yourself.
00:01:56 I ought to throw you out of here
00:01:59 l... I wish I'd done this
00:02:02 Why did you have to come to me?
00:02:03 I'm perfectly happy
00:02:06 I don't want any fool visionaries
00:02:09 You're an egotist. You're impertinent.
00:02:11 You're too sure of yourself.
00:02:13 Twenty years ago, I'd have punched
00:02:18 You're coming to work for me
00:02:23 No, no, no.
00:02:27 Wait.
00:02:30 Howard Roark.
00:02:43 Paper here. Read all about it.
00:02:46 Get your morning Banner.
00:02:48 Morning Banner.
00:02:50 Get your Banner.
00:02:52 Morning Banner, sir.
00:02:54 Give me that paper.
00:03:00 Now give me another one.
00:03:04 Give me all of them.
00:03:06 I said, give me all of them.
00:03:10 You... You all think
00:03:14 That's all the money I've got,
00:03:19 I can still do this...
00:03:23 Howard. Look at... Look here.
00:03:41 It's no use, Howard.
00:03:49 Come inside.
00:03:51 It's no use.
00:03:54 You... You took over
00:03:57 My... My heir, eh?
00:04:00 You haven't got
00:04:02 ...and you won't.
00:04:04 How many years have you
00:04:07 And what have you got
00:04:09 You've done four buildings
00:04:13 That's quite a good deal
00:04:16 After the kind of struggle you've had?
00:04:20 I didn't expect it to be easy,
00:04:24 They don't want you, son. Don't you
00:04:29 Gail Wynand's Banner the foulest
00:04:32 You hold to your own ideas
00:04:34 Gail Wynand gives people
00:04:37 The common, the vulgar,
00:04:39 And he's maybe the most
00:04:41 - Can you fight that?
00:04:45 Look. You see those people down there?
00:04:51 I don't care what they think
00:04:54 l... I don't want to see
00:04:58 Me, I am... I'm through.
00:05:00 I've had enough.
00:05:02 I don't want any part
00:05:21 Get me an ambulance.
00:05:27 Howard, look
00:05:29 Skyscrapers, the greatest structural
00:05:33 Yet they made them
00:05:37 ...Gothic cathedrals and mongrels
00:05:43 ...just because others had done it.
00:05:46 I told them that the form of a building
00:05:51 That new materials demand new forms.
00:05:54 That one building can't borrow
00:05:57 ...just as one man can't
00:06:01 Howard, every new idea in the world
00:06:08 ...and you know the price
00:06:14 I built that.
00:06:17 Howard, you do me a favor.
00:06:20 All my things that you're keeping
00:06:24 All my... My papers,
00:06:29 - Everything. Burn them, will you?
00:06:32 I don't want to leave anything
00:06:35 How sorry, I'm leaving you
00:06:38 Howard, it's no use!
00:06:42 Give in. Compromise.
00:06:46 You'll have to later, anyway.
00:06:48 Why are you saying that to me?
00:06:51 That's why I'm saying it.
00:06:53 Because it's not what I did.
00:06:56 Do you want to end up this way?
00:06:59 It's your future.
00:07:00 - Do you want it?
00:07:03 Then may God bless you, Howard.
00:07:36 - Hello, Howard.
00:07:41 Just passing by. Thought I'd drop in.
00:07:46 Did you know Guy Francon
00:07:48 No.
00:07:50 You see, you don't keep track
00:07:54 Yes, it's Francon and Keating now.
00:07:56 I don't have to tell you that Guy Francon
00:08:00 No, you don't have to.
00:08:02 Remember? I told you once I'd rise.
00:08:09 - Hello?
00:08:11 No. You have
00:08:14 Are you waiting for
00:08:17 You were telling me
00:08:19 I was just reminding you
00:08:23 I hate to see you brought down to this.
00:08:25 Remember how we started?
00:08:27 And look at us now.
00:08:30 Why did you
00:08:32 Because we're old friends...
00:08:34 ...and I hate to see you being beaten.
00:08:36 Oh, it's no use pretending now.
00:08:38 You haven't had any clients for a year.
00:08:40 You're wrong, Peter.
00:08:43 Well, you might have a couple
00:08:46 I have $ 14 left and...
00:08:49 ...57 cents.
00:08:51 And all those bills?
00:08:53 It's an unpaid electric light bill?
00:08:55 It's a disconnect notice and in the drawer,
00:08:59 How do you expect to go on?
00:09:02 That's my concern and not yours.
00:09:07 Now, don't protest, Howard.
00:09:10 You need it.
00:09:12 Thank you, Peter.
00:09:14 I don't need it.
00:09:16 But I want to help you.
00:09:18 I don't give or ask for help.
00:09:23 Oh, why don't you drop it?
00:09:25 - What?
00:09:26 Or the ideals, if you prefer.
00:09:28 You can't stand alone. Give in.
00:09:31 Design the kind of buildings everybody
00:09:35 You'll be admired.
00:09:39 Is that what disturbs you
00:09:41 That I want to stand alone?
00:09:44 I don't know.
00:09:46 Go home, Peter.
00:09:50 It's getting late.
00:09:53 - Have you lost your watch, Howard?
00:09:57 Good night.
00:09:59 Good luck.
00:10:10 - Hello?
00:10:11 - Yes.
00:10:14 ...but unfortunately, the board of directors
00:10:18 I know you've been
00:10:20 ...but the drawings you submitted
00:10:24 ...that we
00:10:26 I think I can promise you
00:10:29 If not, it'll have
00:10:32 ...but by Monday we'll know.
00:10:34 You've been wonderfully
00:10:37 Can you wait
00:10:40 Yes, I'll wait.
00:10:42 Thank you.
00:10:58 Mr. Roark, the commission is yours.
00:11:02 ...of the Security Bank of Manhattan has
00:11:06 My congratulations.
00:11:09 The board was quite impressed
00:11:11 It's a tremendous assignment,
00:11:16 You're unknown but you'll be famous
00:11:19 It's a chance you've wanted for years.
00:11:21 - Yes.
00:11:22 On one minor condition.
00:11:25 ...and when you agree to it,
00:11:28 - What is it?
00:11:30 ...we wouldn't alter
00:11:32 It's the ingenuity of your plans
00:11:35 But its appearance is not
00:11:37 The public wouldn't like it.
00:11:39 It'd shock people.
00:11:42 Originality is fine, but why go to extremes?
00:11:46 So we want to preserve
00:11:48 ...but just soften it
00:11:51 Here.
00:11:53 We've had this made to show you
00:11:55 It's very simple. All you do is copy it.
00:11:58 We want you to adapt
00:12:04 Now there's a touch of the new
00:12:07 ...so it's sure to please everybody.
00:12:10 Why take chances when you
00:12:13 You see? It doesn't
00:12:17 And we must always compromise with the
00:12:22 No.
00:12:23 If you want my work,
00:12:26 ...or not at all.
00:12:29 A building has integrity,
00:12:32 And just as seldom.
00:12:33 It must be true to its own idea, have
00:12:37 But we can't depart from
00:12:40 Why not?
00:12:42 - Because everybody's accepted them.
00:12:44 Do you wish to defy
00:12:46 I set my own standards.
00:12:48 - Do you intend to fight against the world?
00:12:51 But after all, we are your clients,
00:12:55 I don't build in order to have clients.
00:12:59 Mr. Roark, we can't argue about this.
00:13:03 The decision of our board was final.
00:13:05 We want these changes.
00:13:08 Will you accept the commission
00:13:11 You realize, of course,
00:13:14 This may be your last chance.
00:13:16 Well?
00:13:19 Yes or no, Mr. Roark?
00:13:24 No.
00:13:26 You realize what you're doing?
00:13:28 Quite.
00:13:30 Roark, this is sheer insanity.
00:13:32 Can't you give in just once?
00:13:35 - Not that way.
00:13:37 Don't you have to work?
00:13:39 I'd rather work as a day laborer,
00:13:46 - Well, can you beat that?
00:13:49 It was you who recommended
00:13:52 You chose him.
00:13:54 - Wasn't he?
00:13:57 You said he'd accept them.
00:13:59 Oh, yes, so I did.
00:14:00 I told you, Mr. Gail Wynand wants buildings
00:14:05 - Then why did you pick this man?
00:14:08 A very interesting experiment.
00:14:10 But what are we going to do?
00:14:12 Pick another
00:14:16 Yes, Mr. Toohey.
00:14:26 I'm sure you know that I seek nothing
00:14:29 My only motive is a selfless concern
00:14:32 The new building of the Security Bank
00:14:36 ...and you hold
00:14:39 The board of directors has attempted
00:14:43 They will accept anyone you choose.
00:14:45 And I felt it my duty
00:14:47 - Whom do you recommend?
00:14:50 ...Peter Keating.
00:14:54 That, Mr. Wynand, is my sincere opinion.
00:14:56 I quite believe you.
00:14:57 - You do?
00:15:00 ...why should I consider your opinion?
00:15:02 Well, after all, I am
00:15:05 My dear Toohey,
00:15:10 l... I took the liberty of bringing you
00:15:15 You may judge for yourself.
00:15:25 - lf you have seen any of these buildings...
00:15:27 They were excellent 2000 years ago
00:15:31 But surely you're not in favor
00:15:34 It's worthless because it's merely the work
00:15:39 Artistic value is achieved collectively...
00:15:42 ...by each man subordinating himself
00:15:45 - I read that in your column yesterday.
00:15:48 Thank you.
00:15:50 The greatness in Peter Keating's personality
00:15:54 ...stamped upon his buildings.
00:15:56 Thus he represents not himself
00:16:00 And produces great big
00:16:05 I believe I am failing
00:16:07 Why, no.
00:16:09 You're succeeding.
00:16:12 Your Keating is worthless...
00:16:14 ...so he's probably
00:16:17 He's sure to be popular.
00:16:20 You wouldn't expect me
00:16:23 I've never hired a good architect
00:16:26 ...or other commercial
00:16:29 I give the public what it wants,
00:16:33 Am I to understand
00:16:35 I really don't care. One of those fashionable
00:16:42 I think you have a good idea, however.
00:16:45 I think I will decide according to the advice
00:16:50 Yes, indeed, Mr. Wynand.
00:16:58 But you're not my only expert,
00:17:05 I should consult Dominique Francon,
00:17:10 - Yes, sir?
00:17:14 - Miss Francon and I do not always agree.
00:17:18 - Yes?
00:17:21 ... but Miss Francon is not in the building.
00:17:24 Shall I telephone her home
00:17:27 No.
00:17:35 You're not going in person...
00:17:37 You know, Toohey?
00:17:40 I shall endeavor not to do so
00:18:04 How did you come in?
00:18:06 Your maid let me in.
00:18:07 Without an announcement?
00:18:08 You can't expect her
00:18:11 You're the only person in New York
00:18:15 Why did you come here?
00:18:17 I needed you at the office.
00:18:21 Isn't it unprecedented for you to come
00:18:25 I hoped you'd take note of that.
00:18:29 ...about a matter which
00:18:31 I must pick an architect for the Security
00:18:36 No one.
00:18:37 I don't know a single architect of ability.
00:18:40 And you're not looking
00:18:43 And if I left the choice up to you?
00:18:45 - I wouldn't care to make it.
00:18:48 Ellsworth Toohey is very anxious
00:18:51 Peter Keating is
00:18:54 - Is he? He's your father's partner.
00:18:57 - Aren't you engaged to Peter Keating?
00:19:02 If you found it amusing to tempt me
00:19:05 ...you miscalculated.
00:19:07 I have no desire
00:19:10 I was trying to tempt you,
00:19:16 I should like to meet Peter Keating.
00:19:19 Will you have dinner with me this
00:19:22 - lf you wish.
00:19:25 ...for being absent from the office.
00:19:27 I know it.
00:19:29 - Shall I consider myself fired?
00:19:32 Don't really care
00:19:35 You know, you could do much more
00:19:38 You could make a brilliant career
00:19:41 ...if you asked me for it.
00:19:43 I never wanted a career
00:19:45 Tell me, what would you
00:19:48 I'd like to find
00:19:51 Don't try to, Mr. Wynand.
00:19:53 I'll never want anything.
00:19:56 Do you know what I was doing
00:19:59 I had a statue which I found in Europe,
00:20:03 I think I was in love with it...
00:20:04 ...but I broke it.
00:20:06 - I threw it down the air shaft.
00:20:08 So that I wouldn't have to love it.
00:20:10 I didn't wanna be tied to anything. I wanted
00:20:14 ...part of a world where beauty and
00:20:18 The world of the mob
00:20:22 Do you still want me to have
00:20:26 More than ever.
00:20:36 It's such a magnificent opportunity.
00:20:40 - I take it you want this commission.
00:20:43 I'd sell my soul for it.
00:20:45 That may be the right phrase.
00:20:49 In this instance, the price is that you
00:21:00 My engagement?
00:21:02 Why?
00:21:03 For any reason
00:21:05 You may think what you wish about my
00:21:10 - Dominique?
00:21:13 I'd like to see it decided
00:21:16 - But would you agree?
00:21:20 Our engagement helped you
00:21:23 Mr. Wynand's patronage
00:21:28 I'm sure this is a joke, Mr. Wynand.
00:21:31 They're done all the time
00:21:34 I grant you that
00:21:36 It's extremely cruel to be honest.
00:21:40 I...
00:21:42 I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
00:21:44 It's simple. You're supposed
00:21:47 You were supposed to do that
00:21:50 No?
00:21:52 Of course, you don't have to
00:21:55 Would you rather refuse the commission?
00:21:58 - No.
00:22:00 Now I think it would be best if you left.
00:22:03 Call up my office in the morning,
00:22:07 If that's what you want,
00:22:11 We should be grown-up
00:22:13 I'm sure we'll have
00:22:17 Good night.
00:22:23 Why did you do this?
00:22:25 Did you believe I'd agree like Peter? Did you
00:22:29 Of course not. I merely wanted to show you
00:22:33 And that you're wrong
00:22:36 There is no honest way
00:22:38 We have no choice except
00:22:41 I chose to rule.
00:22:43 A man of integrity would do neither.
00:22:45 There are no men of integrity.
00:22:46 I have many years behind me to prove it.
00:22:49 I was born in Hell's Kitchen.
00:22:51 I rose out of the gutter
00:22:54 It's a contemptible paper, isn't it?
00:22:56 But it has achieved my purpose.
00:22:58 - What was your purpose?
00:23:00 Why are you trying to justify
00:23:02 I wasn't trying to jus...
00:23:05 Yes.
00:23:06 - That is what I was doing.
00:23:09 I think you know it.
00:23:20 You see?
00:23:21 I suppose I'm one of those freaks
00:23:24 A woman completely incapable of feeling.
00:23:29 I was engaged to Peter Keating...
00:23:31 ...because he was the most safely,
00:23:35 And I knew I'd never be in love.
00:23:37 Haven't you ever loved anyone?
00:23:39 No, and I never will.
00:23:41 If I fell in love, it'd be like
00:23:44 I know it. I accept it.
00:23:48 I want you to marry me.
00:23:53 If I ever decide to punish myself
00:23:56 ...l'll marry you.
00:23:59 No matter what reason you choose for it.
00:24:01 - Will you let me see you again?
00:24:05 - Where are you going?
00:24:08 I'm going there so
00:24:10 What are you really seeking?
00:24:12 Freedom: to want nothing, to expect
00:26:41 Why, Miss Francon.
00:26:43 How do you do?
00:26:46 I'm out here for the summer.
00:26:47 Father let me have his house all to myself.
00:26:49 - I thought I'd take a look at this quarry.
00:26:53 This is the best gray granite
00:26:55 - Why, last month, we shipped...
00:26:58 What man, Miss Francon?
00:26:59 No, never mind.
00:28:08 Why do you always stare at me?
00:28:10 For the same reason
00:28:13 I don't know what you're talking about.
00:28:15 If you didn't, you'd be more astonished
00:28:20 So you know my name.
00:28:22 You've been advertising it
00:28:25 You'd better not be insolent.
00:28:29 - Shall I call the superintendent?
00:28:33 But since you know who I am, you'd better
00:28:37 It might be misunderstood.
00:28:40 I don't think so.
00:29:38 Come in.
00:29:44 Good evening, Miss Francon.
00:29:46 Yes.
00:29:47 Would you like to make
00:29:50 Certainly, Miss Francon.
00:29:51 That marble piece is broken
00:29:55 I want you to take it out.
00:29:57 Yes, Miss Francon.
00:30:10 Now it's broken
00:30:13 Would you know what kind of marble this is
00:30:17 - Yes, Miss Francon.
00:30:20 Yes, Miss Francon.
00:30:29 Oh, I'm sorry.
00:30:31 You might have thought that I was laughing
00:30:38 I didn't want to disturb you.
00:30:41 I'm sure you're anxious to finish
00:30:47 I mean, because you must be tired.
00:30:53 There must be things
00:30:56 Oh, well, yes, Miss Francon.
00:30:58 Well?
00:31:02 I think this is an atrocious fireplace.
00:31:06 Really? This house was
00:31:10 There's no point in your
00:31:13 None at all.
00:31:16 Shall we choose some other subject?
00:31:17 Yes, Miss Francon.
00:31:20 Generally, there are three kinds of marble:
00:31:25 This last must not be considered
00:31:28 True marble is the metamorphic form
00:31:33 Pressure is a powerful factor.
00:31:35 It leads to consequences which,
00:31:40 What consequences?
00:31:43 The infiltration of foreign elements
00:31:47 They form the colored streaks
00:31:55 This is pure white marble.
00:31:58 You should be very careful, Miss Francon.
00:32:00 To accept nothing but a stone
00:32:03 This is Alabama marble,
00:32:09 What shall I do with the stone?
00:32:10 Leave it here. I'll have it removed.
00:32:12 All right.
00:32:14 I'll order a new piece cut to measure
00:32:19 - Do you wish me to set it?
00:32:21 I'll let you know when it comes.
00:32:25 Keep the change.
00:32:27 Thank you, Miss Francon.
00:32:29 - Good night.
00:32:48 Come in.
00:32:53 The man sent from
00:32:57 Who are you?
00:32:59 - Pasquale Orsini.
00:33:02 The tall guy down at the quarry told me
00:33:07 Yes. Yes, of course. I forgot.
00:33:10 Go ahead.
00:33:55 Why didn't you come set the marble?
00:33:57 I didn't think it would make any difference
00:36:41 Good afternoon, Miss Francon.
00:36:46 There was a man you had here.
00:36:48 A tall, gaunt man who worked a drill.
00:36:51 - Where is he?
00:36:56 - Gone?
00:36:59 - When?
00:37:02 What was his...?
00:37:04 No. No, I don't want to know his name.
00:37:07 - lf you want me to find him for you...
00:37:15 I don't know what to do. I give up.
00:37:17 I've gone the limit. I'm at my wit's end.
00:37:20 - That's not going very far.
00:37:23 But I'm in trouble. We need some
00:37:27 I've got to invent a crusade and I
00:37:31 We start a campaign
00:37:33 We did that two years ago, then we
00:37:37 And a crusade against Wall Street.
00:37:39 Now, what else is there to be against?
00:37:41 You're a smart woman,
00:37:43 - Sorry, I'm not good at that sort of thing.
00:37:47 The Banner's got to be active.
00:37:49 I've racked my brain, and I can't think
00:37:52 - I can.
00:37:54 This.
00:37:56 - Who cares about a building?
00:38:02 It's an outrage against art and a threat to
00:38:06 - Nobody's ever used that structural method.
00:38:09 The owner of it is Roger Enright,
00:38:12 Stubborn and rich as blazes.
00:38:14 It's always safe to denounce the rich.
00:38:15 Everyone will help you...
00:38:17 - The rich first.
00:38:19 - Howard Roark, who is he?
00:38:22 Think what you could do with it.
00:38:25 ...and there's those poor people
00:38:28 We could have some Sunday supplement
00:38:32 ...who are victims of the slums.
00:38:35 You've got something there.
00:38:37 It's a wonderful idea.
00:38:44 You know that this Enright House
00:38:47 Perhaps one of the greatest.
00:38:49 Ellsworth, what are you after?
00:38:52 I daresay nobody knows what I'm after.
00:38:54 They will, though.
00:38:56 When the time comes.
00:39:05 So we've got three wonderful angles:
00:39:08 Highbrow stories about the bad art.
00:39:11 Sob stories about the poor.
00:39:13 We get everybody riled up
00:39:16 Who'll want to defend it?
00:39:19 - My first step would be...
00:39:21 It's good. Go ahead.
00:39:24 What a surprise and what a lovely contrast
00:39:28 You approved a campaign
00:39:30 Yes, of course.
00:39:32 I'm sailing next week.
00:39:35 This will keep them busy.
00:39:36 Have you seen drawings
00:39:39 No.
00:39:40 - Please send for them.
00:39:42 That building is a magnificent
00:39:47 - Is that of no importance?
00:39:49 You're willing to destroy it
00:39:51 ...to give them something
00:39:54 That is the policy which has made the
00:39:58 Don't expect me to change it.
00:40:01 You asked me once to tell you
00:40:04 I've tried never to ask favors of anyone...
00:40:07 ...but I'm going to now.
00:40:09 Please call off this campaign.
00:40:12 Is the architect a friend of yours?
00:40:14 I've never set eyes on him.
00:40:17 Why should you plead for that building?
00:40:19 Because it's great.
00:40:21 There's so little in life
00:40:23 I'm pleading for a man's achievement.
00:40:27 Are you reproaching me
00:40:30 I'm begging you, Mr. Wynand.
00:40:33 Dominique, I would give you
00:40:37 ...except the Banner.
00:40:39 My whole life and an unspeakable
00:40:43 I will not sacrifice it for anyone on earth.
00:40:46 It's your right to do as you wish.
00:40:48 It's mine to take no part
00:40:51 Please accept my resignation
00:40:55 I'm sorry.
00:40:57 It's quite useless, my dear.
00:41:00 You can't fight me. You have no chance.
00:41:04 I know it.
00:41:08 While so many
00:41:10 ... effort is being wasted to erect
00:41:13 ... known as the Enright House.
00:41:15 It is designed by one Howard Roark,
00:41:19 ... who has the arrogance
00:41:22 You are architects and you should realize
00:41:26 ...is a threat to all of you.
00:41:29 Can your buildings stand
00:41:32 I believe you understand me, gentlemen.
00:41:34 If you'll sign a protest
00:41:37 ...the Banner will be glad to publish it...
00:41:39 ...and we shall win
00:41:43 ...thousands against one.
00:41:46 More of it. Look.
00:41:49 Thousands of them,
00:41:52 Ellsworth, you're wonderful.
00:41:54 How could you ever foresee
00:42:19 - Roark.
00:42:23 Thanks.
00:42:25 - Don't pay attention to that public howling.
00:42:28 I've been denounced so much,
00:42:31 I started out in life as a coal miner.
00:42:34 ...on my own honest judgment
00:42:37 When you grow older, you'll see
00:42:40 - I know it.
00:42:42 They're gonna get tougher, don't worry.
00:42:44 - You'll win.
00:42:46 - That's the only defense you need.
00:42:50 That's exactly what I'm going to do.
00:42:51 I'll be the first tenant to move in.
00:42:53 I'll give a party to celebrate the
00:42:56 I'll invite them: The press,
00:43:00 They think we're gonna apologize.
00:43:13 I have nothing to say
00:43:15 God gave you eyes and a mind to use. If
00:43:20 Don't you want to convince me?
00:43:21 Is there any reason
00:43:28 I dread to think of the fate
00:43:31 - Why? You don't think he's good?
00:43:43 - Dominique.
00:43:46 What a pleasure to see you again.
00:43:49 What do you think of this building?
00:43:53 - A what?
00:43:55 What for? In order to find out
00:43:59 We have to consider
00:44:05 No, don't ever hire an architect
00:44:08 - I don't like geniuses. They're dangerous.
00:44:10 A man abler than his brothers
00:44:13 He must not aspire
00:44:16 I wouldn't know about that intellectual
00:44:20 I play the stock market of the spirit...
00:44:23 ...and I sell short.
00:44:25 It's stunning, perfectly stunning, but
00:44:30 One could never relax and feel homey.
00:44:33 - Comfortable and sloppy and, well, homey.
00:44:41 - Dominique.
00:44:44 I can't understand how my own daughter
00:44:47 This is such uncivilized taste.
00:44:50 No, I won't try to defend it.
00:44:52 Mr. Francon, that stairway,
00:44:56 I'm designing a building right now
00:44:59 ...and I'd have to adapt it, of course.
00:45:01 Well, if one gave it some elegance...
00:45:05 The engineering idea is brilliant.
00:45:37 Hello. I've been waiting for you.
00:45:39 You're the guest of honor tonight,
00:45:43 Whom do you want to meet first?
00:45:45 There's Dominique Francon looking at us.
00:45:48 Come on.
00:45:55 Miss Francon, may I present
00:45:59 You're...
00:46:00 ...Howard Roark?
00:46:02 You don't know it, but Miss Francon
00:46:06 She resigned from the Banner to
00:46:09 - How did you know that?
00:46:11 - I didn't want Mr. Roark to know it.
00:46:15 It was a perfectly futile gesture
00:46:17 Dominique won't admit it, but she admires
00:46:21 - I expected her to understand them.
00:46:24 - But you didn't know me.
00:46:29 I admire your work
00:46:31 You may realize that this is not a tie,
00:46:35 ...if you remember what you read
00:46:38 I remember every line of it.
00:46:41 I wish I had never seen your building.
00:46:46 ...that enslave us,
00:46:50 That depends upon the strength
00:46:58 Well?
00:46:59 Roger, why did you bring him here?
00:47:01 Why did you deliver him
00:47:03 Don't you see he doesn't
00:47:11 Come in.
00:47:22 I expected you to come here.
00:47:24 I didn't know your name.
00:47:28 But you haven't tried to find me
00:47:31 I wanted you to find me
00:47:35 If it gives you pleasure
00:47:38 ...l'll give you a greater satisfaction.
00:47:41 I love you, Roark.
00:47:43 Would it please you to hear
00:47:47 ...hoping never to find you,
00:47:49 ...just to see you once more?
00:47:52 But you knew that, of course. That's
00:47:57 - Yes.
00:48:00 I have no pride left to stop me.
00:48:03 I love you without dignity,
00:48:06 I came to tell you this...
00:48:09 ...and to tell you
00:48:12 You want to know whether
00:48:16 You can.
00:48:18 Roark, you're everything
00:48:20 And that's why I hoped
00:48:24 I'll give you up now myself
00:48:27 ...by a world where you have no chance.
00:48:29 - Why are you afraid?
00:48:32 You had the genius
00:48:35 But you were working like a convict
00:48:38 - I chose to do it.
00:48:40 Don't you know why?
00:48:42 Yes. Because you won't conform.
00:48:45 They'll drive you down again.
00:48:48 - I got out of the quarry.
00:48:51 Do you think the Enright House
00:48:55 It's your death sentence.
00:48:57 Has any other client come to you?
00:49:00 No.
00:49:01 They won't.
00:49:03 They hate you for the greatness
00:49:06 They hate you for your integrity.
00:49:08 They hate you because they know
00:49:12 They won't let you survive.
00:49:16 Roark, they'll destroy you.
00:49:20 But I won't be there to see it happen.
00:49:36 Do you want to leave me?
00:49:48 I've loved you from the first moment
00:49:52 You tried to escape from it.
00:49:55 I had to let you learn to accept it.
00:50:00 Are you gonna leave me?
00:50:04 Yes.
00:50:06 I won't stop you.
00:50:09 Roark, don't you see?
00:50:12 Will you marry me?
00:50:14 I want to stay with you.
00:50:16 We'll take a house in some small town,
00:50:19 Don't laugh. I can. I'll cook, I'll wash
00:50:23 ...and you'll give up architecture.
00:50:25 If you give it up,
00:50:28 ...but I can't bear to stand by and see you
00:50:32 It can't end any other way.
00:50:35 Take a meaningless job.
00:50:37 We'll live only for each other.
00:50:41 I wish I could tell you
00:50:45 Roark, yes or no?
00:50:48 No.
00:50:56 You must learn not to be afraid
00:50:59 I must let you learn it.
00:51:01 When you have,
00:51:04 They won't destroy me, Dominique.
00:51:06 I'll wait for you.
00:51:08 I love you.
00:51:09 I'm saying it now
00:51:15 I'd do anything to escape from you.
00:51:43 I could've expected anything on my return
00:51:48 If I wanted to delude myself,
00:51:51 - I was.
00:51:53 ...no matter your reason.
00:51:54 I'm honest enough to warn you,
00:51:57 I realize that.
00:51:59 If you found another request to make of me,
00:52:03 No. I didn't come to make a request
00:52:07 You still wish me to marry you?
00:52:09 More than anything
00:52:12 I'll marry you.
00:52:19 - Don't you want to ask me any questions?
00:52:23 Thank you.
00:52:26 Whatever your reason, I shall accept it.
00:52:28 What I want to find in our marriage
00:52:32 I exact no promises
00:52:35 Incidentally, since it is of no importance
00:52:51 No, Mr. Roark, there is too much talk
00:52:55 We can't take part in controversies.
00:52:59 I'm sorry, but we find it impossible to
00:53:03 As one of our directors said, "You can't
00:53:09 No, and I don't expect it.
00:54:47 Hello, Mr. Roark.
00:54:49 I hoped I'd meet you someday,
00:54:53 - You shouldn't mind talking to me.
00:54:57 There's a building
00:54:59 There are buildings going up all over the city,
00:55:04 You're walking the streets while they do
00:55:08 This city is closed to you.
00:55:10 It is I who have done it.
00:55:12 - Don't you want to know my motive?
00:55:15 I'm fighting you, and I shall fight you
00:55:19 - You're free to do what you please.
00:55:22 Why don't you tell me what you think of me
00:55:25 But I don't think of you.
00:55:36 It's great, Mr. Roark. It's wonderful.
00:55:39 Ever since I saw the Enright House,
00:55:42 But I was afraid you wouldn't do
00:55:45 ...for me after doing
00:55:47 No building is unimportant.
00:55:51 Anywhere, so long as I build my way.
00:56:44 Your career has been as unprecedented
00:56:46 I never knew anybody to survive
00:56:50 Everything was against you.
00:56:53 - What'd you think of the Banner's campaign?
00:56:56 Haven't you answered
00:56:58 But you had years torn out of your life,
00:57:01 No. All these years, I've found some one
00:57:06 ...one man who saw through his own eyes
00:57:09 Such men may be rare, they may be
00:57:12 - How did you look for them?
00:57:15 Any man who calls for me
00:57:28 This is probably something very big.
00:57:30 I made an appointment for you,
00:57:33 - Whose office?
00:57:37 Mr. Gail Wynand.
00:58:06 - I don't think you'll want to work for me.
00:58:09 You ought to feel contempt for me
00:58:13 - You're honest, aren't you?
00:58:15 That's the first time
00:58:18 ...and it's one of the few times
00:58:20 What I want you to build
00:58:23 - What is it?
00:58:25 A country house
00:58:29 Did Mrs. Wynand choose me for the job?
00:58:31 No, Mrs. Wynand doesn't know anything
00:58:34 I've looked at buildings all over the country.
00:58:38 ...and asked who designed it,
00:58:45 I want you to know that I have
00:58:50 The only thing I worship,
00:58:54 ...is man's ability to produce work
00:58:57 I believe you.
00:58:59 Why do you say that as if it hurt you?
00:59:01 It doesn't.
00:59:03 Don't hold them against me,
00:59:05 Those worthless commercial structures
00:59:09 ...for me to have a house by you.
00:59:12 Don't apologize for your past.
00:59:15 You do have courage, don't you?
00:59:17 No one else would dare
00:59:20 But you're right. I was apologizing.
00:59:23 That house means a great deal to me,
00:59:27 What kind of a house do you want?
00:59:29 Far from the city. I bought the land.
00:59:33 What kind of a house?
00:59:35 The appearance, whatever you wish.
00:59:41 You see, I want this house because
00:59:45 What's the matter?
00:59:48 No. Go on.
00:59:50 I can't stand to see my wife
00:59:53 It's not jealousy.
00:59:56 I can't share her
00:59:58 I want a house
01:00:02 Think of it as you would think
01:00:05 ...and of a temple.
01:00:07 A temple
01:00:10 I want you to meet her
01:00:13 I've met Mrs. Wynand some years ago.
01:00:15 - You have? Then you understand.
01:00:20 Start work at once.
01:00:22 I'll pay whatever...
01:00:25 Forgive me.
01:00:27 Too much association
01:00:29 I haven't asked you
01:00:34 Yes. I'll do it.
01:00:41 - What's the matter, Gail?
01:00:45 - You look as if you felt happy.
01:00:48 ...as I did when I was starting and
01:00:51 ...and honesty was possible.
01:00:53 - You want it to be possible?
01:00:55 ...how much I wanted to find it.
01:00:57 Dominique, you look
01:01:00 No. That's not what
01:01:04 I feel for the first time
01:01:07 - You thought you hadn't?
01:01:10 But now I believe nothing
01:01:12 Nothing and no one.
01:01:15 - I don't love you, Gail.
01:01:17 ...but you'd never loved anyone else.
01:01:19 - What makes you think so?
01:01:21 You'd never surrender to anyone,
01:01:25 No. I've found we have
01:01:30 We both had strength,
01:01:33 We've committed
01:01:36 If I have, I feel as if
01:01:39 - Why?
01:01:41 You've always wanted
01:01:43 Would you like to live in the
01:01:46 ...away from the Banner?
01:01:49 I'm having a house designed for us.
01:01:51 It will be my greatest gift to you.
01:01:53 If I've been guilty in my life,
01:01:56 - Who is designing it?
01:02:01 His name is Howard Roark.
01:02:04 Gail.
01:02:06 Do you happen to remember
01:02:10 It was because of a campaign...
01:02:13 ...against the Enright House.
01:02:20 Just one of the Banner's
01:02:23 Not important enough
01:02:25 You staged so many of them.
01:02:28 You were away on your yacht.
01:02:34 He was just some architect
01:02:37 It built circulation. Didn't it, Gail?
01:02:41 When I spoke to him,
01:02:44 Why should he?
01:02:45 He knows he's won.
01:02:47 He could afford to be generous.
01:02:51 I never thought
01:02:55 Maybe we're wrong
01:02:58 He's the one who's earned
01:03:00 Has he? That's a right
01:03:04 There are no men of integrity, are there?
01:03:08 Well, you've met one.
01:03:10 There aren't.
01:03:14 - What if he is?
01:03:17 Nobody can break him.
01:03:21 I'll find out.
01:03:29 Why did you accept this commission?
01:03:31 No. Why should I?
01:03:33 - Do you want me to speak of it first?
01:03:36 The Enright House.
01:03:37 You had forgotten that, hadn't you?
01:03:40 I know what the Banner has done to you,
01:03:44 ...in the Banner.
01:03:47 Mr. Roark, I was away
01:03:49 ...but my editor was doing
01:03:52 Had I been in town,
01:03:54 - That was your privilege.
01:03:58 - No.
01:04:00 ...for compliments or for pity.
01:04:05 I wish to sign a contract
01:04:08 ...for all the future buildings I may erect.
01:04:10 If you accept, you will make a
01:04:12 If you refuse, I will see to it
01:04:15 You may have heard.
01:04:18 I want you to design
01:04:21 ...as the public wishes
01:04:23 You will build colonial houses,
01:04:26 ...and semi-Grecian office buildings.
01:04:29 You will take your spectacular talent
01:04:32 ...to the taste of the masses.
01:04:34 That is what I want.
01:04:37 Of course. I'll be glad to do it.
01:04:41 It's easy.
01:05:14 This what you want?
01:05:20 Good heavens, no.
01:05:22 Then shut up and don't ever let me hear
01:05:28 I didn't think anyone would waste time
01:05:31 - I meant it until I saw that.
01:05:34 You were taking a terrible chance.
01:05:36 Not at all. I had an ally I could trust.
01:05:38 - What, your integrity?
01:05:40 Why do you think that about me?
01:05:42 Why don't you admit to yourself
01:05:45 - What?
01:05:47 You're saying it about Gail Wynand
01:05:50 I'm saying it.
01:05:52 ...who had the strength and spirit
01:05:55 ...but who made a bad mistake
01:05:59 No. You shouldn't deal with me.
01:06:02 You shouldn't remain here.
01:06:04 - You wish to throw me out?
01:06:07 Shall I tell you now what I think of this?
01:06:10 You told me.
01:06:11 I'll take this drawing home
01:06:14 I want her to see it
01:06:16 Will you come
01:06:20 Will you?
01:06:23 Yes.
01:06:37 - Howard.
01:06:41 You two know each other.
01:06:43 - How do you do, Mr. Roark?
01:06:45 Thank you for the house you designed for
01:06:49 If you like it, I've fulfilled
01:06:52 What was the order?
01:06:54 To design a house as a temple
01:06:57 Shall I accept it as a tribute
01:07:01 From both of us.
01:07:04 I appreciate it.
01:07:06 Particularly since I would have expected you
01:07:10 Why?
01:07:11 Was there nothing in your past
01:07:14 - No.
01:07:16 I never expected you
01:07:20 Isn't Mr. Roark the man you said
01:07:22 I tried it and lost.
01:07:25 Are you admitting defeat?
01:07:27 Do you wish to call it that?
01:07:32 Your feeling, once granted...
01:07:35 ...will you ever withdraw it?
01:07:37 Never.
01:07:41 Have you studied the floor plans
01:07:43 I should like to know whether
01:07:47 - The rooms?
01:07:49 ...will open to a terrace over the lake.
01:07:53 - We'll get the first sunlight in the morning.
01:07:58 - Why not?
01:08:02 - Don't ask me to live in it.
01:08:05 Dominique, what is it?
01:08:07 Nothing.
01:08:09 Only the constant reminder.
01:08:12 - After the Enright House, we have no right.
01:08:17 Yes, Mr. Roark.
01:08:20 I wouldn't be so frightened if I could
01:08:23 - Why did it happen?
01:08:26 There's no use kidding myself. I've been
01:08:30 I've had less work each year.
01:08:33 You were a fashion, Peter.
01:08:35 But I was at the top.
01:08:38 Don't be astonished, ask yourself,
01:08:42 But you used to say
01:08:46 Well, I could have had two reasons
01:08:49 Maybe I wanted to honor you...
01:08:51 ...and maybe I wanted to dishonor
01:08:54 l... I thought you were my friend.
01:08:56 Of course, I'm everybody's friend.
01:09:00 Now, why did you come here?
01:09:04 Cortlandt Homes.
01:09:07 You're not serious.
01:09:08 If I could get a great project to design...
01:09:11 ...like Cortlandt Homes, it would save
01:09:14 But Cortlandt Homes is to be
01:09:17 A model development
01:09:19 You can help me, Ellsworth.
01:09:21 You have influence
01:09:24 Don't forget that this is not
01:09:26 I'm only an unofficial adviser to them.
01:09:28 As an expert in architecture,
01:09:31 But just a word
01:09:33 But, Peter, do you imagine
01:09:36 They haven't found anyone able to do it.
01:09:39 Do you know the big problem
01:09:42 How to design a building
01:09:46 Cortlandt Homes has to be
01:09:48 ...of planning ingenuity
01:09:51 Do you think you could do that?
01:09:53 Well, I could try. I'd do my best.
01:09:55 Your best won't do it, Peter.
01:10:01 But you may try if you wish.
01:10:08 Here's all the dope on Cortlandt.
01:10:11 Solve the problem. I'll submit it
01:10:15 You will let me try.
01:10:17 All our best architects
01:10:19 Nothing can be done in life
01:10:23 My friends have the land,
01:10:26 ...but not the man
01:10:28 Howard, I'm a parasite.
01:10:31 You helped me
01:10:33 Everything I've built was stolen from you
01:10:37 I've never had an idea of my own.
01:10:39 I've fed on you and hated you for it
01:10:43 - Go on.
01:10:46 I know I can't do it. I've tried.
01:10:48 I've come to beg you as I did in school
01:10:52 To design it
01:10:55 Well, there's no reason
01:10:57 If you can solve their problem, go
01:11:01 - Do you think I could get past Toohey?
01:11:06 He's not the only one.
01:11:08 ...by any group, board, council,
01:11:11 ...but I would like to do this job.
01:11:13 You'd design Cortlandt for me?
01:11:16 I might if you offer me enough.
01:11:18 Howard, anything you ask. Anything.
01:11:21 Name a motive
01:11:24 There's no reason
01:11:26 - No.
01:11:29 Think of the people in the slums.
01:11:31 If you can give them decent housing,
01:11:34 Would you do it just for their sake?
01:11:36 No. The man who works for others
01:11:40 I do not believe that slavery is noble.
01:11:42 Not in any form,
01:11:46 Is there any kind of payment
01:11:51 Yes, there is.
01:11:52 Now, listen to me.
01:11:54 I've worked on the problem
01:11:57 I've thought of the new inventions,
01:12:00 ...the great possibilities never used
01:12:05 I loved it because it was a problem
01:12:08 Yes. I understand.
01:12:10 Peter, before you can do things
01:12:14 ...you must be the kind of man
01:12:16 But to get things done,
01:12:22 Your own work,
01:12:25 I'll be glad if men who need it find a
01:12:30 ...but that's not the motive of my work,
01:12:34 My reward, my purpose,
01:12:39 My work done my way.
01:12:41 Nothing else matters to me.
01:12:45 I've always wanted to build
01:12:48 I never hoped to get the chance.
01:12:53 Now, here's what I'll offer you.
01:12:55 I will design Cortlandt.
01:12:59 You will keep all the fees,
01:13:03 ...that it will be built exactly
01:13:07 - I see.
01:13:11 That's the payment
01:13:13 My ideas are mine. Nobody else has a right
01:13:18 Those who need them
01:13:21 All right, Howard.
01:13:24 I guarantee it.
01:13:26 I give you my word.
01:13:32 Everybody would say
01:13:34 That I'm getting everything.
01:13:37 You'll get everything that society can give.
01:13:42 ...and the gratitude and I'll take that...
01:13:45 ...which nobody can give a man except
01:13:48 I will have built Cortlandt.
01:13:52 "After two years of futile attempts
01:13:56 ...the design submitted by Peter Keating
01:14:00 ...that provides the best living quarters
01:14:03 - What on earth are you up to?
01:14:06 Do you think I pick artworks
01:14:09 Who designed that project?
01:14:11 Peter Keating.
01:14:15 Who designed this?
01:14:17 - Of course.
01:14:21 - Drop it.
01:14:23 I won't try to guess your motive...
01:14:25 ...but I'd know your work anywhere.
01:14:29 Howard, I never expected
01:14:32 ...but I'm grateful to you every moment
01:14:35 I'm learning so many things
01:14:38 - What?
01:14:42 I'm a millionaire who's never
01:14:46 ...like a city billboard.
01:14:47 But this is mine. Here I'm safe.
01:14:51 Why didn't you come here yesterday?
01:14:54 - Too much work in the office.
01:14:57 - You've worked too hard for years.
01:15:00 Yes. We need a rest, both of us.
01:15:03 My yacht's been refitted.
01:15:06 I've meant to for years.
01:15:09 Gail, is this an obsession?
01:15:10 What is Mr. Roark to you?
01:15:13 My youth.
01:15:14 - Is he what you were in your youth?
01:15:17 What I thought I'd be when I was 16.
01:15:20 I'm sure Mr. Roark
01:15:24 Why, yes, Mrs. Wynand,
01:15:27 I thought, that you'd never give up
01:15:31 I won't give it up.
01:15:34 You're willing to be away for months?
01:15:36 I'd enjoy it.
01:15:39 It's incredible.
01:15:42 Wonderful!
01:15:43 I'm even more grateful to you
01:15:46 Now, don't frown. I'll fix a drink.
01:15:48 We'll toast the cruise.
01:15:56 Roark.
01:15:59 Roark, don't go with him.
01:16:01 I can't stand this much longer.
01:16:02 I am jealous...
01:16:04 ...of you and of every moment you give him,
01:16:08 - I don't want you to come here or like him.
01:16:19 Howard, that's where I was born,
01:16:21 I own most of it now.
01:16:24 I decided when I was 16 that that's
01:16:28 ...and that it'd be
01:16:30 What's the matter?
01:16:32 - Do you want it pretty badly?
01:16:37 - Is that what you wanted?
01:16:39 I won't demand your life,
01:16:42 I'll start to build it in a few years.
01:16:44 Do you know how much
01:16:46 - Yes. I know what you want.
01:16:49 After I'm gone, that building
01:16:51 My last and greatest achievement
01:16:55 The Wynand building by Howard Roark.
01:16:57 I've waited for it from the day I was born.
01:17:01 ...you've waited for your one great chance.
01:17:06 Yours from me.
01:17:12 Please, Mr. Keating,
01:17:15 We've engaged Mr. Prescott and Mr. Webb
01:17:18 - What for?
01:17:21 You can afford to share the credit with two
01:17:24 Don't be selfish.
01:17:28 But you've accepted my design.
01:17:30 Yes, of course. It's excellent,
01:17:34 - What improvements?
01:17:37 We ought to add a few balconies.
01:17:39 Balconies? What for?
01:17:40 To give it a human touch.
01:17:41 We got to have some kind of trimming
01:17:45 I won't allow it. It's my building.
01:17:48 But why shouldn't we
01:17:51 We want to express
01:17:53 On another man's work?
01:17:55 What the heck?
01:17:58 I can't let you.
01:18:01 Well, Peter, why not?
01:18:03 You've never fought
01:18:06 - Is there anything different in this case?
01:18:10 - Oh, I suppose so.
01:18:14 You made a contract with me
01:18:17 ...exactly as I designed it, I did
01:18:20 - What's a contract?
01:18:23 - But I have a contract.
01:18:26 Go ahead. Try it.
01:18:31 But you had no right to do this!
01:18:32 - What are rights, Peter?
01:18:35 Oh, what's the use of talking?
01:18:56 I couldn't help it, Howard.
01:18:57 They started making changes
01:18:59 Everybody had authority
01:19:01 I tried to fight. They pushed me
01:19:04 - I couldn't help it.
01:19:06 I had no way to reach you.
01:19:09 I was afraid.
01:19:11 What are you going to do?
01:19:12 They've got such a setup,
01:19:15 - No.
01:19:17 - To everybody?
01:19:18 Will you let me give you
01:19:21 I'm sorry.
01:19:24 Howard.
01:19:27 What are you going to do?
01:19:29 You have to leave that up to me now.
01:19:46 Why did you come here?
01:19:48 Because I couldn't stand it any longer.
01:19:50 You've been away for months.
01:19:52 I had to see you again...
01:19:54 Please go.
01:19:57 Roark, do I mean nothing to you?
01:19:59 I can't answer you now.
01:20:02 You stayed away from me for years.
01:20:04 I tried to forget you. I couldn't.
01:20:07 - You knew I never would.
01:20:10 I never thought it'd be Gail
01:20:13 Don't you see why
01:20:15 Living in a house you designed,
01:20:19 ...having no right to look at you,
01:20:21 Don't say it.
01:20:24 Do you remember?
01:20:25 You said once that you...
01:20:28 For all the years we'll have to wait.
01:20:32 Roark, I know...
01:20:34 ...that you've known
01:20:37 We can never change it,
01:20:41 I'm going to leave Gail.
01:20:43 You may refuse to see me again,
01:20:52 Before you leave him will you help me
01:20:56 - Yes.
01:20:59 Yes, Roark, anything you want.
01:21:02 You've seen Cortlandt Homes?
01:21:04 Yes. I know what they've
01:21:07 Next Monday night, I want you to drive up
01:21:12 You must be alone in your car.
01:21:14 You must make it appear
01:21:16 Roark, I know
01:21:22 This is a test, isn't it?
01:21:24 Can I equal your courage,
01:21:27 ...can I help you take the most
01:21:30 You can guess anything you wish.
01:21:33 Just listen. When I finish don't tell me
01:21:38 If you decide to do it, say nothing...
01:21:40 ...but let me see you do it.
01:21:42 All right. Go on.
01:21:44 Drive up to Cortlandt
01:22:08 I ran out of gas.
01:22:10 I'm sorry, ma'am,
01:22:15 Where is the nearest garage?
01:22:18 Way down the road.
01:22:20 Would you mind going there
01:22:23 Sure will, young lady. Glad to.
01:23:46 What do you know
01:23:47 Arrest me. I'll talk at the trial.
01:23:50 We don't have to wait for the trial
01:23:53 Howard Roark is guilty
01:23:56 It is whispered
01:23:58 - What if he did?
01:24:02 It was his duty to sacrifice
01:24:05 ...and to contribute any ideas we demanded
01:24:10 Who is society?
01:24:12 We are.
01:24:14 Man can be permitted to exist
01:24:18 He must be nothing but a tool
01:24:22 Self-sacrifice is the law of our age.
01:24:26 The man who refuses to submit
01:24:29 Howard Roark, the supreme egoist...
01:24:32 Is a man who must be destroyed!
01:24:42 We have never learned to understand
01:24:45 Self-sacrifice, we drool,
01:24:49 Let's stop and think.
01:24:50 Can a man sacrifice his integrity
01:24:54 ...his convictions, the honesty of his
01:24:59 These are a man's supreme possessions.
01:25:02 To what must he sacrifice them?
01:25:05 Self-sacrifice?
01:25:07 But it is precisely the self that cannot
01:25:12 A man's self is his spirit.
01:25:14 It is the unsacrificed self
01:25:20 ...and where do we find it?
01:25:21 In a man like Howard Roark.
01:25:25 Have that run off and set up
01:25:27 Yes, Mr. Wynand.
01:25:29 Gail, are you out of your mind,
01:25:32 Keep still or I'll bash your teeth in.
01:25:34 The whole city is against him.
01:25:35 An unpopular cause
01:25:38 For a popular newspaper,
01:25:40 - Public opinion is responsible...
01:25:44 For once, I'll fight for what I believe.
01:25:47 You'll stand alone against everybody
01:25:51 Yes, for the first time in my life.
01:26:01 You fool, why did you have
01:26:03 Didn't you know broken glass is
01:26:06 - It didn't hurt.
01:26:08 ...the innocent bystander
01:26:10 You didn't have to cut an artery.
01:26:12 Do the police believe that I was only
01:26:16 Yes, they believe it.
01:26:19 They don't know that
01:26:22 - For whom?
01:26:23 Haven't you always fought
01:26:28 I'm glad you did it
01:26:31 I'm glad he did it.
01:26:32 - He had to.
01:26:35 - Have they arrested him?
01:26:38 - What's he told them?
01:26:39 He's refused to make any
01:26:41 They all say he's guilty,
01:26:44 They think he designed Cortlandt...
01:26:46 ...but they can't prove it.
01:26:49 It's the worst storm of public fury
01:26:52 - Are all the newspapers against him?
01:26:55 Gail, if you'll stand by him today...
01:26:58 Don't offer me bribes.
01:27:01 I know how much I have to redeem.
01:27:04 This time, the Banner
01:27:26 I was waiting for you to come.
01:27:31 - Do you want to ask me any questions now?
01:27:34 I may be sent to the penitentiary for years.
01:27:37 No. I'll share whatever they do to you.
01:27:40 I failed you once
01:27:43 Now I'll stand by you openly.
01:27:45 I'll take the disgrace, the scandal,
01:27:48 Darling.
01:27:50 Yes.
01:27:54 You're Mrs. Gail Wynand.
01:27:58 Everybody believes you were
01:28:02 If you let it be known
01:28:05 ...it'll be a confession
01:28:07 Is that why you asked me to help you?
01:28:09 In order to stop me
01:28:12 Yes.
01:28:14 Dominique, if I'm convicted...
01:28:17 ...I want you to remain with Gail.
01:28:21 And you must not tell him about us...
01:28:24 ...because he and you
01:28:26 All right, if that's what you want...
01:28:29 ...but if you're acquitted?
01:28:31 We can't speak of that now.
01:28:34 You'll be acquitted.
01:28:36 That's not what I wanted
01:28:39 If they convict you...
01:28:40 ...if they lock you in jail, if they
01:28:44 ...if they never let me see you again...
01:28:47 ...it won't break me.
01:28:48 I know how to fight it.
01:28:50 I'm not afraid of them any longer.
01:28:53 That's what I wanted
01:28:59 - Who designed Cortlandt?
01:29:01 - It's too late, Peter.
01:29:03 - Who designed Cortlandt?
01:29:06 I don't want to kill him. I want him in jail,
01:29:11 He'll move as he's told.
01:29:13 - He'll obey. He'll take orders.
01:29:17 Power. What do you think is power?
01:29:20 Whips? Guns? Money?
01:29:21 You can't turn men into slaves
01:29:24 Kill their capacity to think
01:29:27 Tie them together, teach them to conform,
01:29:31 That makes one neck
01:29:33 Ellsworth.
01:29:36 You've heard me preaching it for years
01:29:39 ...to know what you were hearing.
01:29:41 Why do you suppose I denounced
01:29:45 Great men can't be ruled.
01:29:47 Why did I preach self-sacrifice?
01:29:49 If you kill a man's sense of personal value,
01:29:53 Can you do that
01:29:55 Then don't ask me
01:30:00 That's what they mean,
01:30:03 You believed in me.
01:30:05 Well, what's left of you now?
01:30:07 Come on.
01:30:12 Howard Roark.
01:30:16 On what condition?
01:30:18 That it must be built
01:30:22 Write it down.
01:30:24 Write a full confession.
01:30:33 You're a great success, Peter.
01:30:36 A totally selfless man.
01:30:44 Selfish? Is that what they call me?
01:30:47 Well I am. I live by the judgment
01:30:50 Let them say what they please.
01:30:52 By the time you come to trial,
01:30:55 The public will think what I want them to
01:30:58 Dominique, do you see why
01:31:02 Are you sure of it, Gail?
01:31:03 You'll see the demonstration for yourself.
01:31:08 It's your first test
01:31:13 - Hello?
01:31:15 - Speaking.
01:31:17 Yes, Alvah?
01:31:19 Keating has admitted
01:31:21 - Toohey has a signed confession.
01:31:23 It made the front page
01:31:27 Stay there. I'll come at once.
01:31:29 What is it?
01:31:31 Ellsworth Toohey got a confession
01:31:33 It's on the front pages tomorrow,
01:31:36 I'm not counting on public opinion one way
01:31:40 I'll fight for you
01:31:54 When I can't fire anyone on my paper,
01:31:57 ...and blow your brains out
01:31:59 They've walked out on us.
01:32:02 Our best boys.
01:32:04 - They won't work without him.
01:32:07 I can't understand how Ellsworth
01:32:10 I never noticed it but he got his gang in
01:32:14 - And I own the Banner.
01:32:18 So you were after power, Mr. Wynand...
01:32:20 ...and you thought you
01:32:22 You left to impractical intellectuals like me
01:32:26 ...to corrupt as we please
01:32:29 You thought money was power.
01:32:32 You poor amateur.
01:32:34 You've never been enough of a scoundrel
01:32:37 That's why I'll be back on this job...
01:32:40 ...and when I am, I'll run this paper.
01:32:43 When you are. Now get out of here.
01:33:09 - How clever, my dear.
01:33:12 We must do what we can for the cause.
01:33:14 I just fired my cook
01:33:33 Gail, what are we gonna do?
01:33:36 They refuse, no matter
01:33:38 Nobody wants to work for the Banner.
01:33:41 How long can we go on like this?
01:33:44 To the end.
01:33:59 Gail, give me back
01:34:02 I shall be proud to work
01:34:06 Come on.
01:34:09 Take these to the back room, pick up
01:34:13 Then report to Manning
01:34:37 - All returns, eh?
01:34:39 Gives me the creeps.
01:34:42 And they keep growing
01:34:44 Guess nobody buys
01:34:46 They're killing themselves.
01:34:48 Work night and day and still newspapers
01:34:59 Ready with it, Mrs. Wynand?
01:35:01 There's the Sunday makeup.
01:35:05 I sent Manning home.
01:35:07 Jackson quit, but we can do
01:35:10 Alvah's column was a mess.
01:35:13 Don't tell him. Say Gail did.
01:35:16 All right.
01:35:55 It'll be all right, Gail.
01:35:58 The Banner is not helping Howard.
01:36:01 It's turning more
01:36:03 He doesn't care about that
01:36:05 - Don't give in to them.
01:36:07 He'll win in his own way.
01:36:09 I can't save him. I have no power.
01:36:11 I never had any power.
01:36:13 Nobody's ever listened to me
01:36:18 I wasn't a ruler of the mob.
01:36:21 If you don't give in, you'll save yourself
01:36:24 I never ran the Banner. They did.
01:36:26 The men in the street.
01:36:28 It was their paper, not mine.
01:36:30 There's nothing to save now.
01:36:32 Gail, don't give in to them.
01:36:37 You'd better give in.
01:36:38 We can't permit this to go on.
01:36:40 After all, we're your board of directors.
01:36:43 We've lost all our advertisers
01:36:46 Now, if it were a serious cause,
01:36:50 What is this, an intellectual issue? Are we
01:36:54 Gail, Gail, it's no use.
01:36:56 We must call Ellsworth Toohey
01:36:59 We must reverse our stand
01:37:02 We must come out against Roark.
01:37:04 Wynand, this is final.
01:37:07 Give in or close the Banner.
01:37:09 You'd better give in.
01:37:15 All right.
01:38:04 I solemnly ask
01:38:07 ...to let his own mind
01:38:11 You have heard the testimony
01:38:13 The confession of Peter Keating
01:38:16 ...that Howard Roark
01:38:19 ...who has destroyed Cortlandt Homes
01:38:23 The issue which you are to decide
01:38:27 Has man any right to exist
01:38:32 Let your verdict give us the answer.
01:38:36 The state rests.
01:38:38 The defense may proceed.
01:38:46 Your Honor,
01:38:49 This will be my testimony
01:38:51 - Take the oath.
01:38:54 ...the whole truth and nothing
01:38:56 ...so help you God?
01:39:01 Thousands of years ago the first man
01:39:05 He was probably burned at the stake,
01:39:08 But he left them a gift
01:39:11 And he lifted darkness
01:39:14 Throughout the centuries, there were men
01:39:18 ...armed with nothing
01:39:21 The great creators, the thinkers, the artists,
01:39:25 ...stood alone against
01:39:27 Every new thought was opposed...
01:39:30 ...every new invention was denounced...
01:39:33 ...but the men of unborrowed vision
01:39:36 They fought, they suffered
01:39:40 No creator was prompted by a desire
01:39:45 His brothers hated
01:39:48 His truth was his only motive.
01:39:51 His work was his only goal.
01:39:54 His work, not those who used it...
01:39:57 ...his creation, not the benefits
01:40:01 ...the creation which gave form
01:40:04 He held his truth above all things
01:40:09 He went ahead whether others agreed
01:40:13 ...with his integrity as his only banner.
01:40:16 He served nothing and no one.
01:40:19 He lived for himself...
01:40:22 ...and only by living for himself
01:40:26 ...which are the glory of mankind.
01:40:28 Such is the nature of achievement.
01:40:31 Man cannot survive,
01:40:35 He comes on earth unarmed.
01:40:37 His brain is his only weapon, but the mind
01:40:42 There is no such thing
01:40:46 The man who thinks
01:40:50 The reasoning mind cannot work
01:40:54 It cannot be subordinated to the needs,
01:41:00 It is not an object of sacrifice.
01:41:03 The creator stands
01:41:07 The parasite follows
01:41:11 The creator thinks.
01:41:13 The parasite copies.
01:41:15 The creator produces.
01:41:19 The creator's concern
01:41:23 The parasite's concern
01:41:26 The creator requires independence.
01:41:30 He deals with men by free exchange
01:41:34 The parasite seeks power.
01:41:36 He wants to bind all men together
01:41:40 He claims that man is only a tool
01:41:44 ...that he must think as they think
01:41:47 ...and live in selfless, joyless servitude
01:41:52 Look at history.
01:41:54 Everything we have,
01:41:57 ...has come from the independent work
01:42:01 Every horror and destruction...
01:42:04 ...came from attempts to force men
01:42:09 Without personal rights...
01:42:11 ...without personal ambition...
01:42:13 ...without will, hope or dignity.
01:42:16 It is an ancient conflict.
01:42:18 It has another name.
01:42:20 The individual
01:42:25 Our country, the noblest country
01:42:28 ...was based on the principle
01:42:30 The principle of man's
01:42:34 It was a country where a man was free
01:42:37 To gain and produce,
01:42:41 To prosper, not to starve.
01:42:44 To achieve, not to plunder.
01:42:48 To hold as his highest possession
01:42:52 ...and as his highest virtue
01:42:57 Look at the results.
01:42:59 That is what the collectivists
01:43:02 ...as much of the earth
01:43:06 I am an architect.
01:43:08 I know what is to come
01:43:12 We are approaching a world
01:43:16 My ideas are my property.
01:43:19 They were taken from me by force,
01:43:23 No appeal was left to me.
01:43:26 It was believed that my work belonged
01:43:30 They had a claim upon me
01:43:33 ...that it was my duty to serve them
01:43:36 Now you know why
01:43:39 I designed Cortlandt...
01:43:40 ...I made it possible...
01:43:42 ...I destroyed it.
01:43:44 I agreed to design it for the purpose
01:43:48 That was the price I set for my work.
01:43:51 I was not paid.
01:43:53 My building was disfigured at the whim of
01:43:57 ...and gave me nothing in return.
01:44:00 I came here to say
01:44:02 ...anyone's right
01:44:05 Nor to any part of my energy,
01:44:09 No matter who makes the claim.
01:44:11 It had to be said.
01:44:12 The world is perishing
01:44:16 I came here to be heard...
01:44:18 ...in the name of every man
01:44:21 I wanted to state my terms.
01:44:23 I do not care to work
01:44:26 My terms are a man's right...
01:44:29 ...to exist for his own sake.
01:44:41 Further, you are instructed
01:44:44 ...suffered by the owners
01:44:48 The liability of the defendant...
01:44:50 ...for any financial loss...
01:44:52 ...is a question to be determined
01:44:56 You are concerned here only
01:45:00 You are to determine
01:45:02 ...is guilty or innocent...
01:45:04 ...of the specific crime
01:45:08 You are the exclusive judges
01:45:11 ...and under the instructions I have given
01:45:16 ...to determine the guilt
01:46:08 Your Honor.
01:46:28 Foreman.
01:46:30 - Have you reached a verdict?
01:46:32 The prisoner will rise
01:46:41 What is your verdict?
01:46:43 Not guilty.
01:47:11 I have bought from them the plans,
01:47:14 It's mine now and yours.
01:47:18 Just as you planned it.
01:47:19 Mr. Roark, Mr. Gail Wynand wishes to
01:47:23 - Is he on the wire?
01:47:26 Yes. Tell her yes.
01:47:45 Mr. Roark, this interview is necessary
01:47:49 Please act accordingly.
01:47:50 Yes, Mr. Wynand.
01:47:56 Please read this and sign it,
01:47:59 What is it?
01:48:00 Your contract to design
01:48:03 Please listen carefully, Mr. Roark.
01:48:05 I have closed my newspaper.
01:48:08 The Banner has ceased to exist.
01:48:10 I wish to undertake the construction
01:48:13 It is to be the tallest structure
01:48:17 You will design it as you wish.
01:48:19 You will have full charge
01:48:22 But I do not care ever
01:48:25 Please read the contract and sign it.
01:48:34 You haven't read it.
01:48:43 Please sign both copies.
01:48:50 Thank you.
01:48:55 This will be the last skyscraper
01:49:00 The last achievement of man on earth...
01:49:02 ...before mankind destroys itself.
01:49:04 Mankind will never destroy itself,
01:49:07 ...nor should it think of itself
01:49:09 Not so long as it does things
01:49:12 - As what?
01:49:14 That is up to you.
01:49:16 Dead things...
01:49:18 ...such as the Banner...
01:49:20 ...are only the financial fertilizer
01:49:23 It is their proper function.
01:49:25 I told you once that this building
01:49:31 There is nothing
01:49:33 The Wynand building
01:49:35 ...except what you give it.
01:50:00 Build it as a monument to that spirit
01:50:50 May I see Mr. Roark, please?
01:50:52 Mr. Roark's way up on top.
01:50:54 Who's calling, ma'am?
01:50:56 - Mrs. Roark.