Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016)

Funny or Die presents a satirical rendition of Donald J. Trump's 1987 best selling business book, The Art of the Deal.

Director:

Jeremy Konner

Writer:

Joe Randazzo

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Ron Howard, Alfred Molina

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp	...	Donald J. Trump
Ron Howard	...	Ron Howard
Alfred Molina	...	Jerry Schrager
Robert Morse	...	Walter Hoving
Patton Oswalt	...	Merv Griffin
Jack McBrayer	...	Der Scutt
Michaela Watkins	...	Ivana Trump
Henry Winkler	...	Ed Koch
Stephen Merchant	...	Barron Hilton
Christopher Lloyd	...	Doc Brown
Kristen Schaal	...	Gloria
Andy Richter	...	Pete Rozelle
Paul Scheer	...	Roy Cohn
Rob Huebel	...	Le Club Boss
Jason Mantzoukas	...	Hobo Oracle

Storyline

Donald J. Trump has it all. Money, power, respect, and an Eastern European bride. But all his success didn't come for nothing. First, he inherited millions of dollars from his rich father, then he grabbed New York City by the balls. Now you can learn the art of negotiation, real estate, and high-quality brass in this illuminating made-for-TV special feature, Funny Or Die Presents Donald Trump's The Art Of The Deal: The Movie.

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Plot Keywords:

donald trump character | dr emmett l brown character | looking at oneself in a mirror | bad man | new york city | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Funny Or Die website Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Funny or Die Presents: Donald Trump's the Art of the Deal: The Movie

Company Credits

Production Co:

Funny or Die

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The puppet ALF, from the sitcom ALF (1986), appears on Trump's wedding scene date - 1977.

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Goofs

Video was supposedly made in 1988, but it's in 16:9 aspect ratio, which was not used in broadcast TV until the late 90s.

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Quotes

Ron Howard: We should probably just pretend that this film, and in fact Donald Trump, never even existed.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the movie the following credit appears:

Some of the characters appearing in this fake TV Movie may be based on real people, but we took huge liberties and basically made a bunch of stuff up for laughs. With the exception of Alf. He is not real. He is a puppet, and Melmac is not a real planet. And if Melmac was real, it doesn't exist anymore because it exploded. Anyway, even if Alf really lived, he probably wouldn't have been Donald Trump's best man as the filmmakers don't think they would have been that close. May be would have been an user at the wedding or the DJ at the reception? Doesn't matter.

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Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

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Soundtracks

The Art of the Deal
Performed by Kenny Loggins
Lyrics by Owen Burke and Joe Randazzo

User Reviews

Not Very Funny...

The concept of this movie is actually really fascinating to me. Personally, I really dislike Donald Trump, and a good satire of him would work extremely well! Also, it's interesting how this movie is a) an adaptation of his book "The Art of the Deal" b)is shot as mockumentary, and has a cool visual style, and c) Johnny Depp is playing Donald Trump!

However, the movie itself is nowhere near as good as its concept!While I did laugh a couple of times here and there, it was, overall, very unfunny. Most of it is immaturely making fun of Trump instead of packing the movie with little details about Trump's life that would take actual research. I'm ALWAYS impressed when those behind the scenes actually do research on whoever/whatever they're satirizing.

But, despite the movie not really being funny, I thought Johnny Depp did a pretty great job. He doesn't look or sound much like the real Donald Trump, but his performance is extremely unique and bizarre, and I really found myself enjoying!

Also, I'd like to comment on the people angrily calling this movie "propaganda". I highly disagree with them. It's just a quick little comedy that pokes fun of Trump, it's no "Triumph of the Will"! Really, calm down!

Overall, this movie made me agree with what Ron Howard said at the end of the credits.