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Controversial ‘The Apprentice’ Has Trouble-Free U.S. Premiere At Telluride As Director Stresses Film Is “Not A Political Hit Piece” – Watch Video

We were in the room for the US launch of controversial Donald Trump movie 'The Apprentice'.

Filmmaker Ali Abbasi, director of controversial movie The Apprentice, has stressed that his drama about Donald Trump’s rise to prominence in the 1970s-80s “is not a political hit job,” instead describing it more as a “mirror” of the country. Abbasi initially appeared a tad nervous as he stepped onto the stage of the Galaxy Theater in Telluride for the U.S. premiere of his feature that was a hit at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Guests at the screening included Kieran Culkin who’s at the festival with Jesse Eisenberg’s film A Real Pain, and, of course, he wanted to support Succession sibling Jeremy Strong.

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