community theater actor works hard take acting seriously im always amused treat great art movie skewers actors craft mercilessly dishing lot good laughsbr br a ham actor location movie bears resemblance dictator dictator dies heart attack much drink food actor kidnapped forced play the part lifetime neonazi head secret service plays hilt gets dictators girlfriend fall love vice versa turns tables captors beautifullybr br lots great shtick leads lots good work unknown supporting actors particularly household staff two members palace guard fun little cameos abound sammy davis jr makes light himself jonathan winters plays semiretired american businessman something else going on raul julia sonia braga richard dreyfuss exceptionalbr br this dumb movie lots beautiful locations in brazil humorous script good actors thing looking like theyre actually fun going usual existential angst playacting