The Story of General Aladeen who travels to New York to speak to the U.N about his country’s Nuclear program, When he is replaced with a body double and removed from his trademark beard, He must team up with the former head of his nuclear program to save his country from the terrors of democracy.
This is the 3rdpairing of Larry Charles and Sacha Baron Cohen after the success of Borat and Bruno, while those films required subterfuge and stealth tactics to include improvised scenes with the unsuspecting.( ala Bruno’s interview with Ron Paul). The Dictator is more in line with Baron Cohens Ali G in Da House as this is a scripted comedy. Baron Cohen stars as General Aladeen an incompetent Dictator who spends his spare time having sex with American Celebrities and Killing anyone doesn’t agree with him. Aladeen fancies himself a tyrannical and brutal dictator of the oil rich west African country Wadiya, when in reality it’s the people around him that run the show primarily his uncle and rightful heir to the throne Tamir (Ben Kingsley).
Once in New York and separated from his almighty Beard of infinite power. Aladeen meets up with Zoey the horribly underrated Anna Faris sexed down as a short haired tree hugging natural foods feminist who manages a refuge ran Co-Op. Aladeen now is forced to spend his time between working for Zoey and plotting with his former head Scientist “Nuclear” Nadal (Jason Mantzoukas ) to break into the UN and replace his body double which has in turn replaced him. All of this is just the groundwork for Baron Cohen to launch a scathingly funny political satire. While lacking the spontaneity of Borat and Bruno it makes up for it with some of the most outrageous comedy to assault theaters in some time. There are very few comedians that have the balls to create such a character and compare his fictional dictatorship to current US policy. No ethnic group is safe from Baron Cohens skewering, and that is where Baron Cohen shines. While the Dictator isn’t for everyone such as those who lack the cognitive capacity to understand satire or can’t handle the limits being pushed those that do will be rewarded with a gutsy comedy that is never short on laughs.
Grade- 82
Guest Director: William Friedkin
The director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, Academy Award-winning filmmaking William Friedkin is an iconoclastic filmmaker with a fiercely independent spirit. Join us for a special onstage conversation with Friedkin, followed by a screening of his latest film Killer Joe.
Enjoy these pictures of the Cast of Snow White and the Huntsman at Arundel Castle in West Sussex, What’s notable about the pics has nothing to do with the extremely talented Charlize Theron or rising star Chris Hemsworth but how in only four photos Kristen Stewart is able to showcase the entire gamut of human emotion. She leaves absolutely no doubt as to why she is the fairest of them all.
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New York, New York – May 14, 2012 – Animation specialists GKIDS today announced the English language voice cast for A CAT IN PARIS, a 2012 Academy Award® nominee for Best Animated Feature, directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol. The new English language version features the voices of Academy Award® winners Marcia Gay Harden and Anjelica Huston, as well as Matthew Modine and Steve Blum. The film opens June 1st in select markets en route to a national platform expansion.
FilmNation Entertainment to Handle International Sales Starting at Cannes
Los Angeles, May 14, 2012 – FilmNation Entertainment will introduce the action thriller TRACERS to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival. From the producers of Twilight and Dear John, TRACERS will star Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga, Abduction) and will be directed by Daniel Benmayor (Bruc, the Manhunt). Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill Entertainment will produce. WME will handle sales in the US.
New York City bicycle messenger, Cam (Lautner) is the hottest thing on two wheels, but is in debt to an organized crime gang. When he crashes his bike into a sexy stranger, Nikki, Cam is immediately seduced by her and the thrill of the world of parkour.
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