Trump movie not coming soon to a theater near you

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Michelle Goldberg / The New York Times

This week I finally got to see “The Apprentice,” an absorbing, disturbing movie about the relationship between red-baiting mob lawyer Roy Cohn and a young Donald Trump. The film, which was received with an extended standing ovation and mostly appreciative reviews when it premiered at Cannes last month, is a classic story of a mentor and his protégé, chronicling how Trump first learned from and later surpassed his brutal, Machiavellian fixer.

Its performances are extraordinary. “Succession” star Jeremy Strong captures both Cohn’s reptilian menace and, eventually, his pathos, as he’s wasted by AIDS but, closeted to the end, refuses to admit it. Just as impressive is Sebastian Stan, who makes Trump legible as a human being rather than the grotesque hyperobject we all know today.

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But “The Apprentice” also gives you a sense of the audacious glamour Trump projected before he became a caricature, and it makes his decision to pursue Manhattan’s Commodore Hotel in the 1970s, when midtown was a sleazy wasteland, seem visionary. It offers a fresh way of understanding how Trump — under the tutelage of Cohn, who once served as chief counsel to Sen. Joseph McCarthy — evolved from an almost charming Queens striver into the lawless predator now bestriding American politics. I wish you could see it.

Unfortunately, you may not get a chance to anytime soon, at least in the United States. Distributors have bought the rights to “The Apprentice” in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and many other countries. But the filmmakers have yet to secure a deal to release it here, either theatrically or on streaming services.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/goldberg-trump-movie-not-coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you/

[Walleye]

1. Did David pecker by the rights?

[Jim__]

2. Does it say why the filmmakers haven't secured a deal to release it here?

I can't read the article at the link - paywall.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Sounds like some are afraid to carry it.

[Jim__]

5. Thanks.

[2naSalit]

4. There will be bootlegs.

[slightlv]

6. I hope so...

because any theater that tries to screen it will be beset with bomb threats and more... I can easily see mass shootings happening in any theater that tries to screen it. These Magats won't have their god besmirched.

[FakeNoose]

7. It will be available for download on the bit torrents

Just sayin'



Edit to add: I just checked and it's not on there yet ... but it will be soon.