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Making their way around the capital today are invites to attend a preview of The Dictator from “Robert Mugabe” himself:
From Ernie at ShortFormBlog:
Actually briefly held this in our hands. Pretty amazing. The flag is embossed. And the numbers actually work, with Washington Post reporter Emily Heil scoring this quote from Zimbabwe’s art ministry: “I’m sure it didn’t come through our ministry.”
The Dictator debuts his official trailer, in all its red-band glory.
(Not Safe For Work, Sacha Baron Cohen)
Oscars: Here’s Sacha Baron Cohen leaving his mark on the Oscars red carpet by dressing up as The Dictator and spilling Kim Jong-il’s ashes all over Ryan Seacrest’s tux (ffwd to 1:03).
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Follow Up of the Day: Our long national nightmare is over: Sacha Baron Cohen will be allowed to attend the Oscars dressed as his character from The Dictator.
“We’re thrilled to have him and he’ll be on the red carpet dressed as The Dictator,” producer Brian Grazer said in an interview with Extra.
The announcement follows a “video statement” by Cohen, as his character, in which he excoriates the “Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Zionists” for banning him.
Cohen himself was never actually banned from attending the ceremony, but producers initially balked at letting him attend the show in character out of concern that he would draw attention away from the nominees.
Now, thanks to the Academy’s overreaction, Cohen has been able to parlay a minor inconvenience at best into a priceless promotional takeover of Hollywood’s biggest night.
[thr.]
Sacha Baron Cohen Thing of the Day: As the saying goes: When life hands you a blacklisting, make blacklistingmonade.
The rumored banning of actor/merry prankster Sacha Baron Cohen from Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony — allegedly for his intention to show up dressed as his Dictator character — has afforded Cohen the opportunity to promote his upcoming film without having to set foot inside the Theater Formerly Known As Kodak.
In a “video statement” released this morning, Cohen — as “Admiral General Alladeen” — calls on the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Zionists to return his ticket by 12 PM on Sunday or face “unimaginable consequences.”
Which I assume means he will release yet another plug for his movie.
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Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming Larry Charles-helmed comedy, The Dictator.
Based on Zabibah and the King — the romance novel allegedly authored by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein — the film follows an heroic tyrant “who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.”
Co-starring Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, J.B. Smoove, and John C. Reilly, the film is set to open wide May 11th.
[moviefone.]
First Look of the Day: Sacha Baron Cohen as a benevolent dictator in his upcoming Larry Charles-directed comedy, The Dictator.
The film, which was inspired by the Saddam Hussein-penned romance novel Zabibah and the King, tells the story of a “heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.”
Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley have been tapped to star alongside Cohen. A 2012 release date is expected.
[huffpo.]
