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Lee Tamahori has helmed two independent films in his nearly two-decade career as a director, and both have brought him to Sundance: He made his first trip in 1995 in support of his feature directorial debut, Once Were Warriors.
Since then, he's directed mainstream fare such as Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider and The Edge. This year, Tamahori is back at Sundance with The Devil's Double, which is being screened as part of the festival's Premieres program. The film, which opens at the Eccles Theatre on January 22 at 9:30 p.m., tells the story of the body double of Uday Hussein - the brutal son of dictator Saddam Hussein. The film is based on the life of Latif Yahia; in a unique turn, actor Dominic Cooper plays both the disgusted Yahia and the nefarious Uday Hussein. Tamahori discussed the film, Cooper's “breakout performance,” and his own return to Sundance with The Hollywood Reporter.
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