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The Dictator

May 2016

  • Composite: Owen Wilson, director Larry Charles and Luke Wilson

    Borat director locked into Luke and Owen Wilson prison comedy

    Larry Charles, best known for working with Sacha Baron Cohen, will take on the project set to start shooting this summer

April 2016

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, from left, in Grimsby, The Dictator, Ali G, Brüno and Borat.

    Is it cos I is wack? The rise and fall of Sacha Baron Cohen

    He gave us Ali G, Borat and fermented horse urine, all on the way to establishing himself as the king of shock comedy. But his latest film, Grimsby, is a huge flop. Where did it all go wrong?

May 2012

  • Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as Admiral General Aladeen from the "The Dictator" in Cannes

    Cannes 2012: day one - in pictures

    Highlights from the opening day of the film festival include the photocall for Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, while Sacha Baron Cohen stages a grand entrance for The Dictator

February 2012

  • Oscars 2012 critics' review: 'They rewarded films that suggest that the world is a happy place' - video

  • Sacha Baron Cohen spills 'Kim Jong-il' on the Oscars red carpet - video

December 2011

  • 50 films to see in 2012 composite

    2012 the year ahead
    The 50 biggest films of 2012 – in pictures

    From the blockbusting (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Dark Knight Rises) to the ludicrous (Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator), here's our pick of the next year in film, featuring three starring roles for Leonardo DiCaprio, Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina and post-franchise efforts from Twilight's Robert Pattinson and Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe

January 2011

  • Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat

    Sacha Baron Cohen to star in film of Saddam Hussein novel

    Borat and Brüno star takes on film of Zabibah and the King, a romantic novel reputedly written by Iraqi dictator

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