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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin	comment	The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (also titled Amin: The Rise and Fall) is a 1981 British-Kenyan-Nigerian biographical film directed by Sharad Patel and starring Joseph Olita as the titular Ugandan dictator.As the title implies, the film chronicles Amin's overthrow of his predecessor Milton Obote and subsequent rise to power, during which he proceeds to commit numerous atrocities against both his own people and those in neighbouring countries until he is finally overthrown himself in 1979. Although it has occasionally been labeled an exploitation film, it is a surprisingly accurate portrayal of the events involved, including Operation Entebbe, the Tanzania-Uganda War, and the kidnapping of British journalist Denis Hills.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: Shortly after giving a speech proclaiming himself invincible, Amin proceeds to get his ass kicked by the Tanzanians and get ousted in a coup.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_1c263b9f	comment	The Purge: Once he comes to power, Amin seeks to stay there by destroying any and all political opposition, starting with Obote's remaining supporters.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_21bf4878	comment	Decapitation Presentation: When one of Amin's wives falls ill, Dr. Oloya goes to pick up some ice, only to find the severed heads of two of Amin's political opponents in the freezer. When confronted on this, Amin explains that whenever there is a regime change in Africa, a few heads will inevitably roll.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: Upon examining the corpse of chief judge Kiwanuka, Amin cuts a piece of flesh from his arm, recites a Muslim prayer, and gulps it up.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_267ce120	comment	Dirty Old Man: Well, dirty middle-aged man, but still the same idea. Not only does the titular dictator have a harem of wives, most of them considerably younger than himself, but he repeatedly hits on whichever attractive woman he sets his eyes on.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Amin can get pretty intimidating whenever the situation presents itself, especially when he gets angry. And he gets angry very easily.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: Given the film's title, it is an inevitability that Amin's regime will eventually collapse following his foolish decision to declare war on Tanzania, a much larger and more heavily defended nation than his own.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_3f0b2f50	comment	Make It Look Like an Accident: After shooting a man in a fit of rage, Amin orders Dr. Oloya to list the man as having died in a car accident, but the doctor refuses.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_41df5e28	comment	Body in a Breadbox: Dr. Oloya goes to the freezer to get some ice, only to find to his horror that Amin keeps the severed heads of several of his victims in there.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_48aac61d	comment	Chummy Commies: Amin attempts to forge an alliance with the Soviets, only to quickly alienate them with a few ill-chosen remarks.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_4ef62a4d	comment	Full-Circle Revolution: When Amin overthrows the unpopular dictator Milton Obote, he promises Uganda will be free. Of course, he fails to keep this promise and his regime proves even more brutal and repressive than Obote's.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: It really doesn't take much to set the titular dictator off. Point out that the Ugandan shilling is completely worthless and that the country is bankrupt? He'll haul you off to be executed and replace you with a Yes-Man. Confront him about his harsh treatment of non-Muslims? He'll shoot you point-blank in the mouth. In real life, Amin's notoriously erratic behaviour is believed to have been the result of untreated bipolar disorder or possibly long-term syphilis.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: After Amin appoints his best friend Benedict Kiwanuka as the new chief judge of Uganda, the latter states that he is looking forward to overseeing the upcoming election. Amin responds that this is not the time to be discussing politics, before the film cuts to the first of many war crime scenes.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: As well as hating any and all non-Muslims in Uganda, Amin is a virulent anti-Semite. When a British newspaper article compares him to Hitler, he takes it as a compliment and even says that he plans to erect a statue of him in the centre of Kampala.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: Eventually, Amin decides to invade Tanzania, a considerably larger country with a better-equipped and more professional military. The results are predictable.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_b0e8d4f7	comment	Atrocity Montage: Quite a number of them. The first thing the titular dictator does is embark on a political cleansing campaign, brutally slaughtering any remaining Obote loyalists, and it only gets worse from there.
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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin / int_b4de919d	comment	Make an Example of Them: After having his fourth wife Kay killed for allegedly having an affair with a doctor, Amin orders the coroner to chop off her arms and legs. He then shows the mutilated corpse to a group of schoolchildren, saying that the same fate will befall anyone who is disloyal to him.
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