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‘The Apprentice’ Promo Banner Buzzes Donald Trump Rally, Among Other Efforts To Get 45 To Watch


'The Apprentice' filmmakers hired a plane to fly a banner over the crowd at Reading, PA, right before a Donald Trump rally.

EXCLUSIVE: The cease-and-desist letter sent by Donald Trump ‘s campaign to the makers of The Apprentice might have cooled distributor interest in the former president’s coming-of-age tale, but now all bets are off. The filmmakers and distributor Briarcliff Entertainment are pulling out the stops to create awareness for the film — and goad Trump to see it — when it opens Friday on 1,740 screens in 50 states both red and blue. But hey, when you’ve got a movie that only recently firmed up its release plans in the heat of an incendiary presidential election campaign, you gotta try.

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