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Larry Charles Reunites with Sacha Baron Cohen for 'The Dictator'
by Ethan Anderton
November 16, 2010
Source: 24 Frames
They collaborated for the innovative but annoyingly quotable comedy Borat and followed it up with the less impressive Brüno, and now it looks like director Larry Charles and the bold and daring comedic mind of Sacha Baron Cohen are together again. 24 Frames has learned that Charles is now attached to direct The Dictator, a film we'd heard about a couple times before which will have Cohen playing two different roles: a goat herder and a deposed foreign dictator who gets lost in the United States. It's not clear how or even if the stories will be linked, but the movie itself is apparently a mix of Coming to America and Trading Places.
Thankfully, it sounds like this comedy won't have the documentary style of their previous endeavors, and Charles has had plenty of experience writing and directing non-documentary infused comedies as he's previously worked on shows like "Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage." As for Cohen, his roles outside of his signature characters have been enjoyable (Sweeney Todd, Talladega Nights), so it will be nice to see him take on two different characters in a more traditional narrative comedy like this. The actor is currently filming Martin Scorsese's adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, but once he's finished shooting overseas, he'll begin working on The Dictator. It'll be interesting to see if audiences are as interested in a comedy like this as opposed to a comedy like Borat. What do you think?
9 Comments
1
Sounds like a remake of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator
TCox on Nov 16, 2010
2
I'm done with Sacha Baron Cohen after Bruno. Another shock value movie about his over the top character bringing mayhem over into the states...NEXT!
Big Boss on Nov 16, 2010
3
i had to watch a penis scream ill never see any of these guys movies again
DoomCanoe on Nov 16, 2010
4
SBC is over-rated. this movie looks to be a rehash of his previous rehashes......0 interest for me.
beavis on Nov 16, 2010
5
He's the Charlie Chaplin of 21 century! 😀
Eva on Nov 16, 2010
6
ali g was funny, borat was hilarious then .... bruno was just awful, lets see if they can pick things up again, itll be 50/50 but fuck it im in!
dave on Nov 16, 2010
7
@Eva - No. No he isn't.
Crimson on Nov 16, 2010
8
SBC = YAWN!
Lincoln on Nov 17, 2010
9
I'm confused, why the pic of Joaquin Phoenix with Borat? /sarcasmoff
bozo on Nov 17, 2010
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