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#3866544 - 11/22/13 06:20 PM The Devil's Double  
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I recommend watching it, but there was a turn in the plot that made me question the veracity of this story. Turns out that the only source of all of this is the guy claiming to have been Uday Hussein's body double himself, either no other outside sources corroborate it, or they deny ever hearing about this guy. When you look at photos of him, he doesn't resemble Uday and it's a little difficult to believe he could pass for him.

It's good entertainment, but I don't think I fully believe in it.


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#3866547 - 11/22/13 06:28 PM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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Watched it over a year ago. Inside Saddam`s world Uday was a monster. A true sadist. He got
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#3866548 - 11/22/13 06:30 PM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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A true psychopath. Not crazy, but seemingly impulsive, empty and shallow.


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#3866550 - 11/22/13 06:32 PM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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Originally Posted By: Kontakt5
A true psychopath. Not crazy, but empty and shallow.


What he did to his fathers bodyguard, Morbid.


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#3866553 - 11/22/13 06:36 PM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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Sounds like Uday and Amon Goeth would have gotten along quite well.


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#3866554 - 11/22/13 06:36 PM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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The film may adds a component to the story- maybe for artistic license, but it seems to suggest that he had an incestuous relationship with his mother. After that banquet episode, it shows them in bed together in a way that seems Freudian.


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#3867341 - 11/25/13 02:16 AM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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Good movie, seen it a year ago. I agree it's difficult to know what of the story is real and what may have been "embelished". Then again, that's true of most movies depicting "real events".

But it does seem that the Iraqis considered Uday to be a monster, and Saddam to be reasonable by comparison.


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#3867387 - 11/25/13 05:10 AM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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Good movie, dark and freaky. I ended up watching it twice originally.


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#3867390 - 11/25/13 05:13 AM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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#3867400 - 11/25/13 06:50 AM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Kontakt5]  
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The film's depiction of his escape from Iraq bothered me. He lit out of that party and it's as if they didn't bother to chase him. Just that easy. Here is a guy who is running around with top state secrets, he had access to Uday, Uday's habits, his ideas, whereabouts, security, even knowledge of Saddam's doubles, some of the inner circle of the regime, he would know certain details about the Iraqi government that's probably not made available to the public, and he's just let go pretty easily.

Equally questionable is how he gets back into Iraq and of course he is the guy who permanently wounded Uday in a famous assassination attempt. I guess if I were going to write an extraordinary account, I would write myself in as the person doing that, too. It seems that there is no one able to confirm the story.

I also think he gets away with more backtalk and defiance than he probably would have. Someone who refuses orders and displays obvious contempt for you would obviously indicate a problem- not only is he not serving his purpose, that also tends to forecast someone who could potentially be an enemy later down the road. And I don't think Saddam or his sons tended to let risk accumulate like that.

Even if a work of fiction the film is still pretty good.


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#3867458 - 11/25/13 11:30 AM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: JimK]  
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Originally Posted By: JimK
Watched it over a year ago. Inside Saddam`s world Uday was a monster. A true sadist. He got
what he had coming to him in the end.


He was bitten by a Warthog, was he not?


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#3867462 - 11/25/13 11:42 AM Re: The Devil's Double [Re: Cold_Flying]  
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Originally Posted By: Cold_Flying
Originally Posted By: JimK
Watched it over a year ago. Inside Saddam`s world Uday was a monster. A true sadist. He got
what he had coming to him in the end.


He was bitten by a Warthog, was he not?


Think he got TOW'd too.


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