Much has been written about the new Trump biopic, The Apprentice, although little of it has been about the actual film. To say the new feature from director Ali Abbasi depicting Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1970s and ’80s New York presents the former president in an unflattering light would be like saying Orson Welles was a little harsh on William Randolph Hearst.
Consequently, Trump threatened litigation in May after the film premiered at Cannes, where it received an eight-minute standing ovation but failed to take home any awards. A spokesman for Trump’s presidential campaign described it as “pure malicious defamation.” A Trump attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to those behind the film in an effort to block its release, although ultimately, the movie found distribution and hit theaters Oct. 11 to the chagrin of its subject.
Controversy aside, a…
