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Sadat Daughter Fumes Over Hollywood Slight

I Love You, Man 's canine namesake sparks legal complaint

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 8, 2009 5:43 PM CDT
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(Newser) – I Love You, Man's friendly title clearly wasn’t directed at former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat—whose namesake in the movie is a dog. Now the popular leader’s daughter is suing DreamWorks for the affront, the AP reports. “This has caused serious psychological and moral damages to the plaintiff, as President Sadat is a prominent figure in Arab history, and Egyptian history in particular,” said a lawyer for Rokaya Sadat.

When the bromance opened in Egypt last month, censors had already cut the scene in which actor Jason Segel’s character says the dog resembles the assassinated president, who won a Nobel Prize for brokering peace with Israel in the 1970s. Sadat’s daughter has been a fierce defender of her father’s name, winning a $27,000 libel suit against the daughter of Sadat’s predecessor. But her chances against Hollywood are less clear.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, President Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands at the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in this 1979 photo.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, President Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands at the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in this...   (AP Photo/ Bob Daugherty, File)
The daughter of Egypt's former president Anwar Sadat has filed a complaint against the makers of I Love You Man for naming a dog after her father.
The daughter of Egypt's former president Anwar Sadat has filed a complaint against the makers of "I Love You Man" for naming a dog after her father.   (Getty Images)
The daughter of Egypt's former president Anwar Sadat has filed a complaint against the makers of I Love You Man for naming a dog after her father.
The daughter of Egypt's former president Anwar Sadat has filed a complaint against the makers of "I Love You Man" for naming a dog after her father.   (Getty Images)
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Jason Segel, center left, and Paul Rudd, center right, are shown in a scene from I Love You, Man.
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Jason Segel, center left, and Paul Rudd, center right, are shown in a scene from "I Love You, Man."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Scott Garfield)
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Spudsy
Aug 10, 2009 2:59 AM CDT
Don't look now 4IC, but that arms buildup race that was a main part of the USSR's demise and is always credited to Reagan by the "leftist" media actually started under Carter. Guy gets a bad rap over a couple of dumb moves.
cochiserocks
Aug 9, 2009 10:01 AM CDT
It's a shame that the tolerance, open mindedness and 'big picture' thinking that marked out her father from other Middle Eastern leaders at the time appears to have skipped a generation.
kokuaguy
Aug 9, 2009 8:04 AM CDT
Comparing Obama to Reagan is one thing, deebs, but to claim that Obama's taking of campaign contributions constitutes the same kind of soul selling as Reagan engaged in is the height of absurdity. One must raise money to attain the office of the President. Obscene amounts of it. That is a given and Obama had nothing to do with making those rules. Those rules were made by the likes of your hero, Senator McCain and my heroine, Hillary Clinton. And I frankly think the Sadat Family should be flattered that Spielberg's company gave a nod in the direction of Peacemaker Sadat. At least 2 generations of Americans don't have a clue about his achievements or the cause he gave his life for. I bet Bibi would give his war medals and a whole lot more for that kind of recognition from Hollywood. But it will never come, because he's a putz. The Israeli GWB.

 
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