# Robert De Niro Screens ‘Musk’ Documentary, Needles Elon About Spending Spree On GOP: “How Did That Turn Out For You?”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/robert-de-niro-screens-musk-documentary-needles-elon-about-spending-spree-on-gop-how-did-that-turn-out-for-you/
- Published: 2026-11-09T05:17:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T06:25:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/robert-de-niro-musk-documentary-screening-1237217069/
- Topics: Celebrity, Elections, Entertainment, Politics

## Key points

- De Niro mocked Musk’s political spending after Republican candidates lost.
- Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary won a Critics Choice award.
- The film is available on video-on-demand platforms.

## Summary

Robert De Niro criticised Elon Musk’s political spending while introducing Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* at a New York screening. He said Musk had spent close to half a billion dollars backing Republicans in the latest election, whose preferred candidates lost, and argued the result showed democracy had prevailed.

De Niro also referred to Musk’s announcement that Tesla would end Cybertruck production next summer, while warning that Musk remained influential. The documentary runs for three hours and 52 minutes, has earned more than $700,000 at the US domestic box office and won Best Biographical Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. It is available on video-on-demand platforms and is due to screen at DOC NYC and IDFA.

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