Roy Cohn, Trump's mentor was also a great man, somewhat sinister and overly aggressive though, we all have faults, our president does have an interesting history, so does his dad..

The Apprentice (2024 film)

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The Apprentice
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Directed by	Ali Abbasi
Written by	Gabriel Sherman
Produced by	Ali Abbasi Louis Tisné Ruth Treacy Julianne Forde Jacob Jarek Daniel Bekerman
Starring	Sebastian Stan Jeremy Strong Martin Donovan Maria Bakalova
Cinematography	Kasper Tuxen
Edited by	Olivier Bugge Coutté Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Music by	Martin Dirkov
Production companies	Scythia Films Profile Pictures Tailored Films
Distributed by	Rich Spirit Mongrel Media (Canada) StudioCanal (Ireland) Nordisk Film (Denmark) Briarcliff Entertainment (United States)
Release dates	May 20, 2024 (Cannes) October 11, 2024 (Canada and United States) October 17, 2024 (Denmark) October 18, 2024 (Ireland)
Running time	122 minutes[1]
Countries	Canada Denmark Ireland United States
Language	English
Budget	$16 million[2]
Box office	$17.3 million[3][4]

The Apprentice is a 2024 independent^[5][6] biographical drama film starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump. The plot examines Trump making a career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, highlighting his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn. Directed by Ali Abbasi, written by Gabriel Sherman, the film also stars Jeremy Strong as Cohn, Martin Donovan as Trump's father Fred, and Maria Bakalova as Trump's first wife, Ivana.

An international co-production between Canada, Denmark, Ireland, and the United States, the biopic was announced in May 2018, but languished until Abbasi, Stan, and Strong joined in 2023. It premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024, and impressed the critics, sparking an eight-minute standing ovation,^[7] and "feverish media attention". However, the film struggled to find American distribution due to its subject matter and an attempt by Trump's legal team to block its release.^[8] Briarcliff eventually bought the rights, and theatrically released it on October 11, 2024.^[9] The film grossed $17 million on a $16 million budget.

The film received praise from critics for its acting, directing, and editing; Trump himself, meanwhile, described it as a "defamatory, politically disgusting hatchet job" intended to harm his ultimately successful 2024 presidential campaign.^[10] For their performances, Stan and Strong each received wide acclaim and recognition, including respective nominations for Lead Actor and Supporting Actor at the 97th Academy Awards.