Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn

2019
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1h 34min

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Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)

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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA look at the life and work of New York power broker Roy Cohn.A look at the life and work of New York power broker Roy Cohn.A look at the life and work of New York power broker Roy Cohn.

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- Ivy Meeropol
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- Ivy Meeropol
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- 5 nominaciones en total

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Cindy Adams

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Joey Adams

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Peter L. Allen

Self - Cohn's former driver
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Noreen Bahring

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Wayne Barrett

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Maryanne Trump Barry

Self - Sister of Donald Trump
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Tom Brokaw

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Susan Brown

Ethel Rosenberg
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Roy M. Cohn

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Alan Dershowitz

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Richard DuPont

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Peter Fraser

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Carmine Galante

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Ethan Geto

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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David Greenglass

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Irving Kaufman

Self - Rosenberg Trial Judge
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Larry King

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7soapytiger

Not a death blow.

In its attempt to show Cohn from various angles, I felt this film treated Cohn with kid gloves and danced around the edges. While the filmmaker is a granddaughter of the Rosenbergs, whom Cohn had put to death, it seems she worked out of need to humanize the madman. It's a commendable, especially given the circumstances, however I really wanted this film to slice him to ribbons. I don't fault her. The film was good and I learned a couple new things I hadn't before (duPont fracass, for one), it just ended before I was sated. I had a different set of expectations going in.

8Bachfeuer

The rest of the story

The director is the granddaughter of the Rosenbergs. Their execution would never have taken place without Roy Cohn's villainy. Yet, it is crafted with such depth of understanding and refinement that no "disinterested" commentator could have done half as well. It pertains to the 2020 election, and has come along just in time to make a difference. After that, it will stand as a history lesson we will never not need. (Seen at a sneak preview with the director and her dad, Michael Meeropol in attendance. They are inspiring people! )

10jackiee1970

Enlightening in 2025

Well, this is indeed an enlightening documentary given the current state of the USA. Trump has emulated Cohn's playbook. And it's starkly obvious. The amount of corruption in USA politics is nothing new. But it is interesting to see how people can so easily manipulate it using money, power and influence. Cohn was an awful human being. And the people trying to say this documentary is biased or slanted, are the same people who will excuse felons in the White House. This documentary showed how easily people are manipulated. People love proximity to power and to see people openly admit they were friends with Cohn because it benefited them, is just an echo of history we see today. Unless corruption affects them, they don't care. Fascinating.

8keithdailey-48525

More proof that conservatives are just horrible people

This movie matches what I believe about conservatives; I enjoyed it!

9fitzmary

Disputable excuse for a human being?

Excellent history lesson. An influencer of McCarthy, successfully prosecuted the Rosenbergs, and rubbed elbows with the likes of Barbara Walters, Estée Lauder, Andy Warhol, Cardinal Spellman, Trump, Fat Tony. Endless weaver of connections, always for self-benefit. A cautious tale, more pernicious because it is true.

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Ivy Meeropol, the director of this documentary, is the daughter of Michael Meeropol--the older son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The subject of this documentary, Roy Cohn, was a prosecutor in the Rosenbergs' espionage trial. Cohn was accused of (but never absolutely proven to have committed) an array of unethical and illegal acts during the trial, including encouraging Ethel's brother to lie on the stand to falsely incriminate Ethel and save himself and his wife. Cohn's actions led to the death penalty for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Michael and Ivy Meeropol's last name is not Rosenberg because after Julius and Ethel's execution, Michael and his brother were adopted by the activist and songwriter Abel Meeropol, best known for having written the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit."