Dear Dictator

Dear Dictator (2018)

She thought she was a rebel... Until she met a real one

When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and ends up teaching the young teen how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.

Date of release
2018-03-16
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (166)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario

Casting

Interesting facts

Dear Dictator is a 2018 American satire comedy film written and directed by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse. The film stars Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Seth Green, and Jason Biggs.

Production

The script was shown among the 2006 Black List of unproduced scripts. Also in 2006, the script was presented as a staged reading at the Nantucket Film Festival. Alfred Molina, Robert De Niro and Anthony Hopkins were previously attached as the dictator role. On June 8, 2016, Michael Caine and Maisie Williams were announced as the lead stars of the film.

Executive production responsibilities were handled by a large group including Paul Brett, Peter Nichols, Stewart Peter, James Swarbrick, Anders Erden, Tim Smith, Dennis Stuart Murphy, Adrian Voo, Nadine De Barros, Nicolas Veinberg, Kevin Scott Frakes, Buddy Patrick, Sean Glover, Lila Janakievski, George Nedelkovski, Michael Clofine, Wayne Chang, and Paul English.

Principal photography on the film began on July 29, 2016, at 402 Arlington rd. in Savannah, Georgia. First photographs of Katie Holmes and Odeya Rush filming scenes for the film were published on E! News on July 31, 2016. Production wrapped in October 2016.

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