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Donald Trump Biopic “The Apprentice” Premieres Friday. Here’s Where to Watch in DC.

The controversial film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as lawyer Roy Cohn.

Jeremy Strong (as Roy Cohn) and Sebastian Stan (as Donald Trump) in The Apprentice, directed by Ali Abbasi. Photograph by Pief Weyman, courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment.

The Apprenticea film detailing the life of a young Donald Trump in 1970s New York premieres on Friday, October 11. Starring Sebastian Stan as the future 45th president, the movie focuses on Trump’s business ventures and relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn (played by Jeremy Strong), who represented him in a 1973 housing discrimination lawsuit. Strong told Variety that the biopic is best described as a “Frankenstein” movie “about the creation of a monster by another monster.”

The movie isn’t without controversy, of course: According to Variety, the film’s production dodged cease and desists from Trump’s legal team. However, the movie will still make its debut, less than a month before Election Day.

Though the film has already been released in select theaters, it’ll officially premiere nationwide on Friday. Here’s where to watch in the DC area.

 

Alamo Drafthouse

630 Rhode Island Ave., NE

The speciality movie theater chain has early showings on Thursday night at its Bryant Street location as well as multiple showtimes throughout the weekend.

 

Landmark E Street Cinema

555 11th St., NW

The downtown theater, which typically shows independent and foreign language films, is screening the biopic starting on Friday.

 

AMC

3111 K St., NW; 2150 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington 

Locations in Georgetown and Court House are doing advance showings on Thursday night and premiere screenings on Friday.

 

Regal Cinemas

Multiple locations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia 

Theaters in Hyattsville, Silver Spring, Ballston, and Gallery Place are running advance showings ahead of the premiere day and have tickets available throughout the weekend.

Molly Szymanski
Editorial Fellow