This is the latest offering from Sacha Baron-Cohen who became world famous for the movie Borat and the slightly less popular but equally controversial Bruno. Cohen was banned from attending the 84th Academy Awards as the main character Admiral General Aladeen but was allowed to attend in regular attire which he ignored as he turned up in character anyways. He greeted reports by saying "Hello, death to the West!" whilst holding an urn that he said had the ashes of his former doubles-tennis partner Kim Jong-il.
Cohen quoted "it tells the story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed". Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen) is the dictator of fictional Middle-Eastern country the Republic of Wadiya and is not made in the same mockumentary style as some of his previous films.
The Dictator is released in the UK on Wednesday 16th May 2012 and the trailer is embedded below:
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