这是一部由金.维多导演的具有浓厚传奇色彩的黑白社会剧。讲述一个具有理想主义的建筑师,因为不肯向世俗妥协,本想隐姓埋名做一名打石工过自在的生活,可是在遇上一名行为娇纵的女记者后,又激起了他争胜的雄心。几经波折,终于能按自己的理想建筑一幢摩天大楼。
Ellsworth Toohey:
We're alone. Why don't you tell me what you think of me.
Howard Roark:
But I don't think of you.
[to Roark, regarding the Wynand Building]
Gail Wynand:
Build it as a monument to that spirit which is yours - and could have been mine.