DVD Review: House of Saddam: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Makram Khoury, Amr Waked, Christine Stephen-Daly, Igal Naor, Philip Arditti, Mounir Margoum, Florian Hoffmeister, Samuel Sim, Alex Holmes, Jim O’Hanlon, Crispin Green, Philip Kloss: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: House of Saddam: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Makram Khoury, Amr Waked, Christine Stephen-Daly, Igal Naor, Philip Arditti, Mounir Margoum, Florian Hoffmeister, Samuel Sim, Alex Holmes, Jim O’Hanlon, Crispin Green, Philip Kloss: Movies & TV

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Product Description
Revealing the private world of Saddam Hussein and his inner circle, this gripping 4-part, 4-hour miniseries charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history. Over the course of 27 years, Saddam (Igal Naor) rose from peasant origins to the highest office in Iraq, consolidating his power by executing those who posed real or imagined threats, and surrounding himself with family members, ultimately his notorious sons Uday and Qusay. Along the way, Saddam pushed aside his wife Sajida (Oscar® nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo) for a young mistress, orchestrated the death of Sajidas brother Adnan (his closest confidante), and forced two cousins of high rank who had married his daughters to divorce their wives before meeting a grisly end. In the end, House of Saddam reveals its title character as a man of undeniable vision ultimately brought down by his own flaws especially an unquenchable thirst for power, attained at all costs, including the sacrifice of those who were closest to him.

A Well Put Together Biopic On One Of The World’s Most Noted & Feared Dictators,

By Eric Ericson “RedSabbath” (Venice, Florida USA) -

(NOTE:This review is in response to the original HBO presentation/airing and not of it’s future home DVD release)

Presented and watched as one four hour block (with each of it’s four parts averaging around 58 minutes each) this was one well cast and performed HBO/BBC production on the reign of Saddam Hussein. Showcasing the years between his take-over of the Presidency of Iraq in 1979 up thru his execution in 2006, this mini-series was well informative and even at it’s length, not very dragging in parts. And don’t think this is all about Saddam either, his family and fellow soldier/followers are in full force here too. And each part is extremely well-played, even reaching the point where recreated news-footage makes you think you’re seeing the real thing. If there was any fault of this mini-series it lied in the final fourth act, basically showcasing Saddam’s hiding exile, going from Iraq’s largest leader to a pauper hiding in a hole (just like it was in real life). But not being a Hussein historian by any means (who’d want to?), I truly felt that this script followed the insane leader and those around him to a tee. Quite disturbing in parts without being too graphic (Saddam had a thing about his relatives getting to close to greatness…he didn’t like it) and showing a side of the madman you may not expect (he loved film-making, especially if the star was playing him), this is one mini-series highly suggested to anyone who doubts taking him out of power wasn’t the right thing to do or a neccesary evil. Would love to see some interviews with the cast on how each of them channeled these characters so well, will probably purchase this on DVD and sit through the dark-subject four hours even again.
(RedSabbath Rating:9.0/10)

Saddâm Husayn Abd al-Majîd al-Tikrîtî,

By Paul Andrew Haried “Jewish Native American” (Mesa, Arizona USA) -

Yigal Naor, an iraqi jewish person and great actor, did a masterpiece. he
did a great job of showing the ruthlessness and dominant personality of Saddam Hussein. this movie became a controversy in the arab world because the person who acting the role of saddam is jewish, but that did not stop the production of the film nor did it stop the muslim actors and actresses from being in the film either. All the rest of the actors did a great performance as well. hbo is not accurate history but gets the point across on the ruthlessness and barbaric personality of saddam. this film compliments the doccumentary Uncle Saddam. To get this history watch Uncle Saddam and then watch House Of Saddam to get the soap opera. Eat hummus and pita bread is highly recommended while watching this film.

Very, very good mini series,

A Kid’s Review

I watched this on Hbo and was blown away by the performances. I very well made movie based on Saddam Hussain
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