Johnny Depp stars as Donald Trump in surprise, bonkers Funny or Die biopic

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Laura Vitto
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On Wednesday, a comb-over-clad Johnny Depp blessed the Internet in an original, surprise Donald Trump biopic titled Funny or Die Presents Donald Trump's The Art of The Deal: The Movie -- a real, 50-minute film that's streamable online right now.

As the New York Times reports, Funny or Die released the film to coincide with Trump's win in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night. The movie was filmed over the course of four days in December.

Funny Or Die Presents Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal: The Movie Trailer from Funny Or Die

The movie is ostensibly based on Trump's 1987 book, The Art of the Deal. Narrator Ron Howard plays himself, and frames the Funny or Die original as a made-for-tv movie that never made it to air. In the film, Howard claims to have discovered a VHS of the film at a yard sale and now he's bringing it to the masses.

To enhance the joke, Funny or Die even

">released a faux script featuring heavy annotation from "the film’s executive producer, Donald Trump, meant to be implemented by the script’s writer, Donald Trump."

In addition to an unrecognizable Depp, the film stars Michaela Watkins as Ivana Trump, as well as appearances from Jack McBrayer, Patton Oswalt, Henry Winkler and more.

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