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he Dictator is an upcoming 2012 American comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen. THE DICTATOR WEB SEARCH His fourth feature film in a leading role "tell[s] the story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed", according to distributor Paramount Pictures.[4] Larry Charles, who previously directed Baron Cohen's mockumentaries Borat and Brüno, also directs the film. Cohen, in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, a dictator from the fictional North African country of the Republic of Wadiya, will star alongside Ben Kingsley and Anna Faris. Paramount said the film was inspired by the novel Zabibah and the King by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, though The New York Times later reported this was not true. Kristen Wiig and Gillian Jacobs had been considered for the role that Anna Faris eventually played and which Variety said "calls for strong improvisational skills". Morocco had been considered as a filming location. Location shooting took place at the Plaza de España in Seville and on the island of Fuerteventura, Spain, and in New York City from June to August 2011. A version of the trailer was made for a Super Bowl XLVI commercial. Archive news footages of U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron in the beginning of the trailer are excerpts of their 2010 speeches condemning Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. In February 2012, Internet rumors claimed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had banned Baron Cohen from attending 84th Academy Awards in his role as Admiral General Aladeen, but the Academy said the rumors were unfounded, saying, "We haven't banned him. We're just waiting to hear what he's going to do," and specifying of the publicity stunt, "We don't think it's appropriate. But his tickets haven't been pulled. We're waiting to hear back." Cohen eventually appeared at the awards' red carpet with a pair of uniformed female bodyguards