The Dictator

Name: The Dictator
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2012-05-15
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Sayed Badreya

Make way for Aladeen.

The Dictator (2012)

Timing: 1:23 (83 min)

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Video for the film The Dictator — The Dictator - Official Trailer

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Release date

2012-05-15

Country

United Kingdom, United States, Spain, Morocco

Production

Paramount, Scott Rudin Productions, Four By Two Productions, Four by Two Films, Four by Two, Berg Mandel Schaffer Productions

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$65 000 000

Box office

$179 379 533

Website

http://www.dictatorthemovie.com/

Director

Larry Charles

Actors

Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Sayed Badreya, Adeel Akhtar, Aasif Mandvi, Rizwan Manji, Rocky Citron, Liam Campora
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Scenario

Producer

Scott Rudin, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg, David Mandel, Todd Schulman, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Mari-Jo Winkler

Camera operator

Lawrence Sher

Composer

Erran Baron Cohen

Artist

Victor Kempster, Hinju Kim, Nithya Shrinivasan

Audition

Allison Jones

Editing

Greg Hayden, Eric Kissack
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Short description

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

What's left behind the scenes

In episode #100 (season 17) of 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, it is revealed that Aladdin's first name is Shabazz.
In the scene where Aladdin is enjoying himself with the women, they are topless. In the next scene, all the women except one are clothed.
When Admiral-General Aladdin descends on a rope, he initially holds onto the handles with both hands. In the next shot, he appears hanging on the wire without explanation as to how this happened.
Photos of Aladdin's lovers, in addition to Megan Fox, include Lindsay Lohan, Halle Berry, Ellen DeGeneres, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Additional scenes during the end credits also include moments from the making of the film.
Sacha Baron Cohen attended the 84th Academy Awards ceremony as Aladdin, dressed in the same costume as in the film and accompanied by his 'virgin bodyguards'. During an interview with unsuspecting Ryan Seacrest, he held an urn which he claimed contained the ashes of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. Cohen then poured the ashes directly onto Seacrest's tuxedo.
Photos of Aladdin's mistresses, in addition to Megan Fox, include Lindsay Lohan, Halle Berry, Ellen DeGeneres, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In the promotional photos of the main character, he is wearing award ribbons, including: the Antarctica Service Medal (third row, far left); the Kuwait Liberation Medal (seventh row, far left); the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (fifth row, far left) and the Philippine Liberation Medal (fifth row, second from left); one resembles the Belgian Croix de Guerre (fifth row, far right); and the French Croix de Guerre (fifth row, second from right). There are at least two repetitions: the medal on the far right of the 16th row is the same as the one second from the right in the 14th row and the one on the far left of the 11th row. On the movie's promotional poster, at least one medal (the Belgian Croix de Guerre) has been changed, and there are repetitions of entire groups: the 11th and 12th rows repeat in the same way as the 18th and 19th.
The fictional Republic of Vadia is located in the same place as the real country of Eritrea.
In episode No. 100 (season 17) of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, it is revealed that Aladdin's first name is Shahbaz.
In the promotional photos, the protagonist is wearing medal ribbons, including: Medal for 'Service in Antarctica' (third row, far left); 'Liberation of Kuwait' Medal (seventh row, far left); Medal for 'Defense of the Philippine Islands in World War II' (fifth row, far left) and Medal for 'Liberation of the Philippines' (fifth row, second from left); One resembles the Belgian Medal 'For War Merit' (fifth row, far right); The French Medal 'For War Merit' (fifth row, second from right). There are at least two repetitions: the 16th row, far right, is the same medal as in the 14th row, second from right, and in the 11th row, far left. On the film's promotional poster, at least one medal (the Belgian Medal 'For War Merit') has been altered, and there are repetitions in groups: the 11th and 12th rows are repeated as are the 18th and 19th.
Sacha Baron Cohen attended the 84th Academy Awards as Aladdin, wearing the same costume as in the film and accompanied by his "virgin security guards." During an interview with an unsuspecting Ryan Seacrest, he held an urn which he claimed contained the ashes of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. Cohen then poured the ashes directly onto Seacrest's tuxedo.
In reality, Aladdin and Nadal are speaking Hebrew, not Arabic, during the helicopter tour.