Funny or Die made a satirical Trump 'biopic' that raised the bar for absurdist humor


On Wednesday morning, comedy website Funny or Die released a 50-minute satirical film about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump filled with laughs, star power and complete and utter absurdity.

The film purports to be a made for TV movie from the 1980s starring Trump as himself in a film version of his best-selling book "The Art of the Deal."

Under a heaping layer of makeup is actor Johnny Depp, who plays Trump. Comedy superstars like Patton Oswalt, Andy Richter, Ron Funches, Stephen Merchant, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Jason Mantzoukas appear alongside Depp -- who looks eerily like Trump in the 1980s.

"It was a crazy, completely nuts idea that somehow we pulled off,” Adam McKay, of Funny or Die, told the New York Times.

According to McKay, the creative team hoped at the very least their film would annoy Trump.

Throughout the bizarre movie, Depp incorporates many of Trump's modern-day colloquialisms, such as how he pronounces the word "huge"and his penchant for calling people "losers."

To give the movie a full 1980s touch, the film features appearances by Alf and Christopher Lloyd, who reprized his role as Doc Brown from "Back to the Future."

As the film draws to a close, Brown travels back to the 1980s and begs Trump never to run for president.

As everyone laughs off the possibility of a Trump presidency, Brown disappears and the 2016 version of Trump appears to tell his 1980s self what being president is like.

The full movie is available to watch on FunnyorDie.com.

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