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Where's My Roy Cohn?

  • 20192019
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 37m
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Roy M. Cohn in Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
This documentary explores the life of controversial attorney Roy M. Cohn.
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Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump.Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump.Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump.

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  • Director
    • Matt Tyrnauer
  • Stars
    • Roy M. Cohn(archive footage)
    • Ken Auletta
    • Marie Brenner
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  • Director
    • Matt Tyrnauer
  • Stars
    • Roy M. Cohn(archive footage)
    • Ken Auletta
    • Marie Brenner
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    • 22User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Roy M. Cohn
    Roy M. Cohn
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ken Auletta
    Ken Auletta
    • Self - Journalistas Self - Journalist
    Marie Brenner
    Marie Brenner
    • Self - Journalistas Self - Journalist
    Robert Cohen
    • Self - Lawyer in Cohn's Law Firmas Self - Lawyer in Cohn's Law Firm
    Thomas Doherty
    • Self - Historianas Self - Historian
    Joseph Epstein
    • Self - Publisheras Self - Publisher…
    David Cay Johnston
    David Cay Johnston
    • Self - Journalistas Self - Journalist
    Elizabeth Kabler
    • Self - Lew Rosenstiel's Daughteras Self - Lew Rosenstiel's Daughter
    Martin London
    Martin London
    • Selfas Self
    David Marcus
    David Marcus
    • Self - Cousin of Roy Cohnas Self - Cousin of Roy Cohn
    Gary Marcus
    • Self - Cousin of Roy Cohnas Self - Cousin of Roy Cohn
    Sam Roberts
    Sam Roberts
    • Self - Journalistas Self - Journalist
    Anne Roiphe
    Anne Roiphe
    • Self - Cousin of Roy Cohnas Self - Cousin of Roy Cohn
    David Rosenthal
    • Self - Publisheras Self - Publisher
    Roger Stone
    Roger Stone
    • Self - Protege of Roy Cohnas Self - Protege of Roy Cohn
    Peter Sudler
    • Self - Former U.S. Attorneyas Self - Former U.S. Attorney
    John Vassallo
    • Self - Lawyer in Cohn's Firmas Self - Lawyer in Cohn's Firm
    Adam Wallace
    • Self - Boyfriend of Roy Cohenas Self - Boyfriend of Roy Cohen
    • Director
      • Matt Tyrnauer
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    Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare. —Production
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    • american jew
    • bully
    • manipulative
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      • If You Were In His Presence, You Knew You Were In The Presence of Evil.
    • Genre
      • Documentary
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for thematic content, some sexual material and violent images
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    • Trivia
      The title of this documentary comes from a 2017 complaint that President Donald Trump reportedly directed at his then-attorney general Jeff Sessions. In January 2018, the New York Times reported that when Trump learned that Sessions would recuse himself from the Justice Department's investigation of possible Trump campaign involvement in the Russian plan to interfere with the 2016 election, Trump was furious. In the presence of many White House officials, Trump launched into a tirade in which he accused Sessions of failing to protect him, during which he asked, "Where's my Roy Cohn?" Cohn had been one of Trump's early mentors and had also served as his lawyer and "fixer."
    • Goofs
      When Cohn is described as having gone into the filthy water of the Hudson River under the George Washington Bridge, an image is shown of the Williamsburg Bridge over the East River instead, on the opposite side of Manhattan.
    • Connections
      Features Midday with Bill Boggs: Roy Cohn & Gore Vidal (1977)

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    8/10
    Bio of a Hyper-Aggressive Lawyer Who Mentored a Certain Real Estate Guy
    This is a fascinating documentary of Roy Cohn, a New York power broker and uber lawyer, whose adversary, legal or otherwise, you didn't want to be. We see some of the history of the 20th century as Cohn was involved in the Rosenberg's trial ("I would have pulled the switch if they'd let me"), the Army-McCarthy hearings which ushered the downfall of McCarthyism (Cohn was chief Counsel to Senator McCarthy), and numerous mob trials, including the notorious John Gotti, where - no surprise - Cohn pleaded for the mobsters. The film shows an earlier interview with Cohn where this legal barracuda says: "in our adversary system, the lawyer's job is to win, and to win he should try anything that works" (paraphrase). Accordingly, when a certain landlord and his son were sued by the Justice department for racial discrimination, they hired Cohn who promptly counter-sued the Feds for $100 M. This was the lesson Cohn gave the landlord's young son: you never give in, you never admit you're wrong, you go on the offensive and attack your adversaries in any way you can.

    I happened to remember seeing "Citizen Cohn," a docudrama (HBO - 1992), where Cohn's confrontational manner was fostered by his wealthy, hard-bitten mother who dominated her weaker husband. This documentary, on the other hand, seems to emphasize Cohn's mother doting on him as well as his affection for her. I'm no psychologist but perhaps Cohn's aggressive manner was fostered by his absurd attempts to hide his homosexuality, when everyone knew it, up to his death from AIDs (which he called liver cancer). Another fascinating item from this doc was how this aggressive, seemingly unlikable man had scores of friends among New York society. I guess power is a seductive agent.

    I have to mention before my closing paragraph in this review that the editing and research in this film were outstanding.

    Cohn cloaked himself as a great American patriot which is hard to square with his famous comment (also depicted in the film) that: "my goal is to die with no money and owing the IRS millions." Another self-styled patriot, who's a friend neither of taxes or revealing how much he pays, gave us the title of this film, since when this political "personality" was confronted with the Mueller probe and was displeased with the aggressiveness of his lawyers (Rudy Giuliani!), he is supposed to have said: "where's my Roy Cohn?" Obviously, this individual mentored by the notorious Roy Cohn, resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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    • Release date
      • December 5, 2019 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Altimeter Films
      • Sony Pictures
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Где мой Рой Кон?
    • Production company
      • Altimeter Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $705,274
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $41,202
      • Sep 22, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,243,067
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
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      • Color

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