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Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

1992TV Movie⏱️ 1h 51mR
BiographyDrama
⭐ 7
IMDB Rating
1,643 votes

As ruthless lawyer and power broker Roy M. Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.

Director
Frank Pierson
Writers
Nicholas von Hoffman, David Franzoni
Stars
James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna
Release Date
August 22, 1992
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ† 11
Wins
🎯 19
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 29
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 2.0K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

James Woods
James Woods
as Roy Marcus Cohn
Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker
as Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Bologna
Joseph Bologna
as Walter Winchell
Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders
as Joseph N. Welch
Frederic Forrest
Frederic Forrest
as Dashiell Hammett
Lee Grant
Lee Grant
as Dora Cohn
Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle
as J. Edgar Hoover
John McMartin
John McMartin
as Older Doctor
Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer
as Albert Cohn
Daniel Benzali
Daniel Benzali
as Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Carnegie Mellon University - 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Production
HBO Films, Breakheart Films, Spring Creek Productions

🏷️ Keywords

hospitalaidslawyerhallucinationcloseted homosexual

🎯 Categories

BiographyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

a frightning film about a true American monster.....
by dtucker86 β€’ 2003-12-31

"Roy Cohn was truly a brilliant man. He graduated from law school before most people even graduated from college. During his prosecuting of the Rosenburgs and his stint as McCarthy's assistant, he was looked upon as a rising star, a "young Commie catching comet" as Walter Winchell called him. For all his panache, brilliane and theatrics, however, Cohn was nothing more then a liar and a crook and was disbarred shortly before his death from AIDs. It made me angry that this man was so brilliant and we could have reaped a great benefit from his talents if he had properly and honestly..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

When a tape is played from bugging Martin Luther King's hotel room, the sounds of people having sex are the same sounds from the sex scene between Jack Nicholson and Sally Struthers in Five Easy Pieces (1970).

πŸ“– Synopsis

As ruthless lawyer and power broker Roy M. Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.