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Where's my Roy Cohn?
Languages
In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English audio description track.
Publication Information
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; thematic content, some sexual material and violent images.
Summary
Where's my Roy Cohn? unearths the origins of a seditious manipulator's ascent, revealing how an enigmatic and disturbed man shaped our current political world. This shocking film exposes Cohn's malign influence and contextualizes him as a modern Machiavelli, tracing his rise to national prominence--first as prosecutor of the Rosenbergs, then as handmaiden to Joseph McCarthy and, finally, mentoring the ascent of Donald Trump.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2019.
Special features: Commentary with director Matt Tyrnauer & producer Marie Brenner ; Q&A with director Matt Tyrnauer.
Subjects
- Lawyers > United States > Biography.
- Politicians > United States > Biography.
- Politics, Practical > United States > History > 20th century.
- Political corruption > United States > History > 20th century.
- Manipulative behavior > United States > History > 20th century.
- Cohn, Roy M.
- Cohn, Roy M. > Influence.
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 > Friends and associates.
- Trump, Donald, 1946- > Friends and associates.