Citizen Cohn

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Citizen Cohn is a 1992 made-for-TV movie covering the life of Joseph McCarthy's controversial chief counsel Roy Cohn. James Woods, who starred as Cohn, was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance. Citizen Cohn also stars Joe Don Baker (as McCarthy), Ed Flanders (as Cohn's courtroom nemesis Joseph Welch), Frederic Forrest (as writer Dashiell Hammett), and Pat Hingle (as Cohn's onetime mentor J. Edgar Hoover). It was directed by Frank Pierson. The movie was based on the 1988 book of the same name by Nicholas von Hoffman;[1] it was filmed on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Synopsis

The film spans Cohn's life from childhood through his initial rise to power as McCarthy's right-hand man in the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearings and his eventual public discrediting a month before his death in 1986 from AIDS. It is told mostly in flashback as Cohn lies dying at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, hallucinating that his many enemies (from Robert F. Kennedy to Ethel Rosenberg, a convicted Communist spy he sent to the electric chair) are haunting him. It concerns aspects of Cohn's life such as his closeted homosexuality and the measure of his culpability in the "Red Scare" of the 1950s. While the movie portrays Cohn in a decidedly unsympathetic light, it also depicts episodes in his life, such as the death of his beloved mother, in which he showed a more humane, compassionate side.

Cast

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The real Roy Marcus Cohn (right) with Joseph McCarthy

Score

Thomas Newman composed the largely minimalist film score.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1992
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1993
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Television Special Peter Zinner Template:Won [3]
American Society of Cinematographers Awards Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot Paul Elliott Template:Nom [4]
Artios Awards Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week Mary Colquhoun Template:Won [5]
CableACE Awards Movie or Miniseries Mark Rosenberg, Paula Weinstein,
Doro Bachrach, Frank Pierson, and
David Franzoni 		Template:Won [6]
Actor in a Movie or Miniseries James Woods Template:Nom
Directing for a Movie or Miniseries Frank Pierson Template:Won
Writing a Movie or Miniseries David Franzoni Template:Nom
Art Direction in a Dramatic Special or Series/Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries Gary Kosko Template:Nom
Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction in a Dramatic or
Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries 		Paul Elliott Template:Nom
Editing a Dramatic Special or Series/Theatrical Special/Movie or Mini-Series Peter Zinner Template:Nom
Make-Up Deborah La Mia Denaver and
Matthew W. Mungle 		Template:Nom
Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials Frank Pierson Template:Nom [7]
Golden Globe Awards Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Template:Nom [8]
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television James Woods Template:Nom
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Made for Television Movie Mark Rosenberg, Paula Weinstein,
Linda Gottlieb, and Doro Bachrach 		Template:Nom [9]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special James Woods Template:Nom
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Lee Grant Template:Nom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special Frank Pierson Template:Nom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Miniseries or a Special David Franzoni Template:Nom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special Stephen Marsh, Gary Kosko, and
Diana Stoughton 		Template:Nom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting for a Miniseries or a Special Mary Colquhoun and Donna Belajac Template:Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Jill M. Ohanneson Template:Nom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special –
Single Camera Production 		Peter Zinner Template:Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special Mona Orr Template:Nom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special Lynne K. Eagan,
Matthew W. Mungle,
John E. Jackson, and
Deborah La Mia Denaver 		Template:Won
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special John Pritchett, Dan Wallin,
Anna Behlmer, and Richard Portman 		Template:Nom

See also

References

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External links

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