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Citizen Cohn

  • TV Movie
  • 1992
  • R
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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James Woods in Citizen Cohn (1992)
BiographyDrama

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.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.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
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • Nicholas von Hoffman
      • David Franzoni
    • Stars
      • James Woods
      • Joe Don Baker
      • Joseph Bologna
    • 29User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 11 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Top Cast77

    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Roy Marcus Cohn
    Joe Don Baker
    Joe Don Baker
    • Sen. Joseph McCarthy
    Joseph Bologna
    Joseph Bologna
    • Walter Winchell
    Ed Flanders
    Ed Flanders
    • Joseph N. Welch
    Frederic Forrest
    Frederic Forrest
    • Dashiell Hammett
    Lee Grant
    Lee Grant
    • Dora Cohn
    Pat Hingle
    Pat Hingle
    • J. Edgar Hoover
    John McMartin
    John McMartin
    • Older Doctor
    Josef Sommer
    Josef Sommer
    • Albert Cohn
    Daniel Benzali
    Daniel Benzali
    • Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
    Tovah Feldshuh
    Tovah Feldshuh
    • Iva Schlesinger
    John Finn
    John Finn
    • Sen. Charles Potter
    Frances Foster
    • First Annie Lee Moss
    Allen Garfield
    Allen Garfield
    • Abe Feller
    David Marshall Grant
    David Marshall Grant
    • Robert F. Kennedy
    Joe Grifasi
    Joe Grifasi
    • Gerald Walpin
    Daniel Hugh Kelly
    Daniel Hugh Kelly
    • Congressman Neil Gallagher
    Karen Ludwig
    Karen Ludwig
    • Ethel Rosenberg
    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • Nicholas von Hoffman
      • David Franzoni
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews29

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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      When a tape is played from bugging Martin Luther King Jr.'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).
    • Goofs
      As he is scattering ashes into what is purportedly the East River, Cohn says he consigns his mother to the waters of New Jersey, where she did not live. The East River does not border New Jersey.
    • Quotes
      • Dora Cohn: You're telling this boy how to live? You are?
      • Albert Cohn: That's the idea.
      • Dora Cohn: [firmly] Don't. He's MINE. This is one boy they're NEVER going to forget!
    • Connections
      Edited from Five Easy Pieces (1970)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • August 22, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ciudadano Cohn
    • Filming locations
      • Carnegie Mellon University - 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Breakheart Films
      • Spring Creek Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 51m(111 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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