I have seen at least two commercials for the movie, and tonight I found a description of the movie in Wikipedia:
The Devil's Double is a 2011 drama film directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Dominic Cooper, Philip Quast, Ludivine Sagnier and Raad Rawi. It was released on January 22, 2011 at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in limited theaters on July 29, 2011 by Lionsgate and Herrick Entertainment.[1] Story: Based on a gripping, unbelievable true story of money, power and opulent decadence, Lionsgate's THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE takes a white-knuckle ride deep into the lawless playground of excess and violence known as Baghdad, 1987. Summoned from the frontline to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant 'Latif Yahia' (Dominic Cooper) is thrust into the highest echelons of the "royal family" when he's ordered to become the 'fiday' -- or body double -- to Saddam's son, the notorious "Black Prince" Uday Hussein (also Dominic Cooper), a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. With his and his family's lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever as he learns to walk, talk and act like Uday. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of the Black Prince's psychotic, drug-addled life of fast cars, easy women and impulsive violence. With one wrong move costing him his life, Latif forges an intimate bond with Sarrab (Ludivine Sagnier), Uday's seductive mistress who's haunted by her own secrets. But as war looms with Kuwait and Uday's depraved gangster regime threatens to destroy them all, Latif realizes that escape from the devil's den will only come at the highest possible cost.
So now I know why there have been so many views of the post "I WAS UDAY HUSSEIN". I am looking forward to watching this movie.
3 comments :
You are welcome, Mojo. I found out about "The Devil's Double" when the movie's trailor was shown as a Coming Attraction at a local movie theater.
An AP review of the movie: 'Two hours with Saddam Hussein's psychotic, bloodthirsty butcher of a son. Now there's some true counterprogramming to the big, splashy summer fare out of Hollywood.
"The Devil's Double" presents two excellent performances from British actor Dominic Cooper as unhinged party boy and all-around nut job Uday Hussein, along with the body double he uses to thwart assassins.
As grand and showy as Cooper is, the characters and action are so unsavory — even sickening, at times — that you really need to be sure you're up for a peek into Saddam's inner circle of crooks and monsters before laying your money down.'
Thanks for posting this review, Mojo. "The Devil's Double" is one of those movies that you have to prepare yourself for, but is worth going to see for the picture it gives of Absolute Power and its murderous consequences.
Another film that is worth seeing about being part of a psychotic mass murdering dictator's household is "The Inner Circle" (1991) starring Tom Hulce whose charecter is Stalin's movie projectionist. This is a gripping film that shows Hulce's charecter naive worship of Stalin as contrasted with the brutal reality of Stalin's rule. Read the New York Times review at http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE2DD123DF936A15751C1A967958260
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