STUDIOCANAL has released a new trailer for The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi’s searing exploration of Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America. It will be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland on 18 October 2024.
Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, THE APPRENTICE stars Emmy® & Golden Globe Award Nominee and Silver Bear Winner Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Donald Trump, Emmy®, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award® Winner Jeremy Strong (Succession) as the firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr, and Academy Award® & Golden Globe Award Nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
The film premiered In Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
THE APPRENTICE is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
THE APPRENTICE is produced by Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde for Tailored Films, and Ali Abbasi and Louis Tisné for Film Institute.
Executive Producers are Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Grant S. Johnson, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Levi Woodward, Niamh Fagan, Gabriel Sherman, Greg Denny, James Shani, Noor Alfallah, Andy Cohen, Andrew Frank, Neil Mathieson, Lee Broda, Blair Ward and Anders Erdén.
Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, THE APPRENTICE stars Emmy® & Golden Globe Award Nominee and Silver Bear Winner Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Donald Trump, Emmy®, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award® Winner Jeremy Strong (Succession) as the firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr, and Academy Award® & Golden Globe Award Nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
The film premiered In Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
THE APPRENTICE is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
THE APPRENTICE is produced by Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde for Tailored Films, and Ali Abbasi and Louis Tisné for Film Institute.
Executive Producers are Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Grant S. Johnson, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Levi Woodward, Niamh Fagan, Gabriel Sherman, Greg Denny, James Shani, Noor Alfallah, Andy Cohen, Andrew Frank, Neil Mathieson, Lee Broda, Blair Ward and Anders Erdén.
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00:00Yes?
00:02Hello, this is Donald Trump from Mr. Cohn. Thank you so much.
00:05Donald who?
00:07Roy Cohn, nice to meet you.
00:09The Roy Cohn from all the papers? Yeah, you're brutal.
00:12Guilty as charged.
00:17Roy Cohn is a crook. He's been indicted three times.
00:20I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
00:22People, they hire me because I'm a winner.
00:24How do you win?
00:27The first rule is the simplest.
00:29Attack, attack, attack.
00:31It's gonna be the finest building in the country.
00:33In the world, it's gonna be spectacular.
00:38Rule two, admit nothing, deny everything.
00:47Rule three, no matter what happens,
00:50you claim victory and never admit defeat.
00:53I record everything in case I need it.
00:55Well, that's illegal.
00:56You have to be willing to do anything to anyone to win.
01:03There are two types of people.
01:05There are winners and there are losers.
01:07You're over leveraged and have debt up to your ears.
01:10I know what I'm talking about.
01:12And look at yourself, you're getting ugly.
01:16Don't you forget, I made you.
01:20We have a brand new campaign slogan.
01:22Let's make America great again.
01:27Oh, I like the again part.