Featured in The 7PM Project: Episode 11 October 2024 (2024)
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The story of how a young Donald Trump started a real estate business in New York in the 1970s and 1980s with the help of infamous lawyer Roy M. Cohn. Roger Stone, a longtime associate of Donald Trump and Roy M. Cohn, admitted that Cohn’s portrayal of Jeremy Strong was “uncanny in its accuracy.” [From Trailer] Roy Cohn: Rule Three: No matter what happens, you declare victory and never admit defeat..
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Anti Anti AntiPerformed by Consumers Licensed by kind permission of Domino Publishing Company Limited, (PRS) obo In The Red RecordingsWritten by Paul B. See Ali Abbasi’s amazing film ‘The Apprentice’; leaves you feeling anxious. How can someone be so devoid of feelings and morals, and more importantly, how can millions of people elect someone like that to rule the country. Ali Abbasi explores all these aspects in a highly stylized and captivating portrait of a man who had it all and wants more.
Film never seems dead, always moving forward
The Apprentice follows Donald Trump in a specific era of his career, from the beginning to the madness that turned into his huge success in the 1990s and especially his relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn. First of all I have to say this film is GORGEOUS, it has style, the vintage grainy feel of the 80’s and 90’s is replicated in such a beautiful way that every single frame full of detail and colors that stand out. The feel of the era was definitely done carefully and the music too with some well chosen great songs to accompany the scenes. Comparisons with movies like Wall Street etc.
they are very obvious, but Ali manages to do it
It’s a portrait that isn’t very glamorous and is super angst-inducing because it’s truly horrifying how someone could be like that. The acting is phenomenal and superb, especially Sebastian Stan, who gives a terrifying performance – this really is the Trump we’ve seen on TV. If I can think of one negative thing about this film, it’s that it perhaps doesn’t explore many of the film’s relationships in depth. Some of the characters in the film feel a bit cut off from the narrative, but that doesn’t detract from what a great film it is.
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