Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' hits theaters amid fury from his campaign
Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' hits theaters amid fury from his campaign
“The Apprentice” charts Trump’s rise to the top of Manhattan real estate under the tutelage of notorious fixer Roy Cohn. Trump’s campaign says the film is “garbage.”
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I can't believe they made that.
Although I'm sick of hearing about that turd, the fact that his campaign people are calling for it to go away kind of makes me want to see it.
Yeah i really have no intention at all of watching this. But the lead actors are great, and the pushback from Trump make it tempting.
Reportedly, one of the financial backers kept it from being distributed because he thought it was going to portray Trump in a flattering light (edit: and was angry that it didn't). The only reason it's now being released is because his share was bought out.
That's not what I've heard. The movie's creator recently gave an interview on the The New Yorker Radio Hour, where he cited as one of the difficulties the film faced with financial backers and distributors that it included a scene of Trump raping Ivana Trump (a claim she later recanted under pressure from Trump's lawyers).
That's what I'm talking about, as well as scenes showing Trump using amphetamines.
Dan Snyder, who donated over $1 million to Trump's campaign and also backed this film, was reportedly angry about the negative portrayals of Trump. He kept fighting the release of the movie until his company's stake in the film was bought out, which is why it's being shown now.
Ah, gotcha. The podcast doesn't make it sound so drastic, but it goes in a similar direction.