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Aside from Sacha Baron Cohen being a hypocrite, the summary of the Hussein movie sounds like it was mostly ripped off from Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'. James On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > > > http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/sacha-baron-cohens-next-project-saddam-husseins-iraqi-dictator-novel > > Sacha Baron Cohen's Next Project? Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Dictator Novel > By Nate Freeman > January 20, 2011 | 7:17 p.m > > Paramount Pictures announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen has chosen a > role that will complete the triad that he started with Borat and Bruno. > What persona has he chosen to embody following a challenged Kazahkstani > and a flamboyantly gay Austrian? > > You may be aware of a certain Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein. Among his > less memorable accomplishments was the penning of a novel, entitled > Zabibah and The King, in which the protagonist was an oppressive Iraqi > ruler -- basically a stand-in for Saddam, only set in the 12th century. > > Sacha Baron Cohen is going to play that oppressive Iraqi ruler. > > The team from Borat and Bruno is directing, writing, and producing with > Baron Cohen, and the film -- called The Dictator -- will be out May 2012. > > Highlight from the super-dry press release: "The film tells the heroic > story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would > never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed." > > And the rest of it is below. > > HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Paramount Pictures > announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy THE DICTATOR will be > released worldwide on May 11, 2012. The studio also announced that Larry > Charles (“Borat,” “Bruno”) has come aboard to direct. > > The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life > to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly > oppressed. It is inspired by the best selling novel “Zabibah and The > King” by Saddam Hussein. > > Producing alongside Baron Cohen are Scott Rudin, Alec Berg, Jeff > Schaffer, and David Mandel. The project marks the first collaboration > for Rudin (“The Social Network,” “True Grit”) and Baron Cohen, while > Berg, Schaffer and Mandel (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) join him as > screenwriters on the movie. The movie is the latest collaboration > between Baron Cohen and Charles, who previously worked together on > “Borat” as well as “Bruno.” Dan Mazer (“Borat,” “Bruno”), Ant Hines > (“Borat,” “Bruno”) and Peter Baynham (“Borat”) will serve as executive > producers, reuniting the rest of the Academy Award®-nominated and Golden > Globe winning “Borat” team. Todd Schulman (“Borat,” “Bruno”) is > co-producing under Baron Cohen’s Four By Two Films banner. > > --- > > Big-time Hollywood Jews sent a strong message last year to artists > protesting Israel: Don't mess with Tel Aviv. > > What's the buzz these days following the release of a sequel of sorts > aimed at the West Bank Israeli settlement of Ariel? > > It's complicated. > > The fight in September 2009 was over the decision of the Toronto > International Film Festival to spotlight Tel Aviv. More than 1,000 > prominent filmmakers, actors and academics -- including Jane Fonda, > Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Julie Christie and Alice Walker -- signed > on to statement asserting that by showcasing movies from Tel Aviv, the > festival, "whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the > Israeli propaganda machine." > > In response, the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Jewish > Federation of Greater Los Angeles put together a counter statement > criticizing the protest and defending the film festival's focus on Tel > Aviv. The pro-Israel statement was signed by a smaller but more > prominent list of celebrities, including Jerry Seinfeld, Natalie > Portman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lisa Kudrow, Jason Alexander and Lenny Kravitz. > > full: > > http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/culture.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=817:artists-fight-over-israel-boycott&catid=16:artandentertainment&Itemid=817 > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/jamespl79%40googlemail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
