Flint Links
Other Alumni Sites
The
Flint School Alumni main website: www.flintschool.com
or www.flintschool.com
Flint School Alumni eCommunity / eGroup site with an Alumni
database
Will Trillich's (76-80) hosts a
Flint School Directory and other's
photos
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here, if you have photos to add?
The Philosophies
Objectivism - Ayn Rand Institute, Full Context Newsletter
Libertarian crowd: Cato Institute, National Party, Laissez
Faire Books
The Hard Money Insider Investment / Doomsday Newsletter Crowd
HarrySchultz, Free NewsLetter Samples, HS Story, HSL
The Nautical Side
Schooner Man's collection includes
TeVega & teQuest
School Ships Directory
Jim Stolls new high school afloat Argo Academy and older summer program ActionQuest
Other excellent Links pages: Sea
Dragon's Schooner Links, Captain's
Maritime Links, Holden's Sail Links, Mark Rosenstein's Excellent Sail
Page
A commerical cruising schooner launched in 1999, very similar to
teQuest - The Arabella
Note: White Squall (1996) was a movie about adolescents on a tall ship that was similar to the Flint School.
Ayn Rand had her own stamp in 1999
Late 1999 News: "TNT is developing Ayn Rand's classic 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged" as a four-hour miniseries, the cable network announced. The novel centers around Dagny Taggart, a woman who confronts bureaucracy in her job as manager of a transcontinental railroad; and John Galt, a man who attempts to stop the world. "Atlas Shrugged" is largely viewed as the most complete fictional presentation of objectivism, Rand's personal philosophy. Albert S. Ruddy ("The Godfather" trilogy) will executive produce the $15-20 million drama. He first approached Rand about attaining rights to the novel 25 years ago, but when the author insisted on final script approval, he backed away from the deal. The property has subsequently changed hands numerous times. TNT will likely begin production in summer 2000. No air date has been scheduled yet."
See the USA Today Article by Jeannie Williams at http://www.atlas-shrugged-the-movie.comATLAS SHRUGGED MOVIE NEWS November 2000
-- The script for the upcoming film version of Atlas Shrugged has finally been finished, after six months of struggling to capture the essence of the 1,150 page book. As reported in USA Today, producer Alan Ruddy "plans a two-parter: two hours for the first, three for the finale. 'We're going to start talking to actors and directors.' He says Ted Turner loves the script, as do leaders of the late Rand's Objectivist philosophy movement. Acknowledging 'you lose about 75% of the book,' Ruddy says the script maintains the integrity of Rand's themes. He can pay $1 million for the actress to play railroad owner Dagny Taggart, and seven figures also for the Hank Rearden actor. Ruddy hopes to begin shooting Atlas in February; it could air next fall."
-- Meanwhile, Prodos.com has published an earlier interview with producer Alan Ruddy, screenwriter Susan Black, and Australian movie expert Bill Collins, regarding the Atlas project. It's here: http://www.prodos.com/transcript/atlasmovie.html. -Forwarded to me by Karen Minto