 According to Variety _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv) producer  Albert S. Ruddy (qv) spent years trying to bring  _Atlas Shrugged (2008)_ (qv) to the big screen, attracting the  interest of Clint Eastwood (qv), Robert Redford (I) (qv) and  Faye Dunaway (qv) along the way.