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Sadat (1983) Starring Louis Gossett Jr.

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Sadat (1983)

Starring Louis Gossett, Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in this two-part made-for-TV biopic. With 4 hours at its disposal, Sadat is able to trace its protagonist from his formative years fighting against the British occupiers of his country. The second part of the film is devoted in great part to Sadat's peacemaking efforts, culminating with his tradition-breaking truce with Israel's Menachem Begin (Barry Morse) in 1978. Lionel Chetwynd's script tends to deal in sweeping generalizations and stock characters at times, but the performances of Gossett, Morse and John Rhys-Davies as Gamel Abdel Nassar fully flesh out the film's occasional superficialities. Syndicated as an Operation Prime Time special on October 31, 1983, Sadat was an unqualified hit--everywhere but Egypt, where the film was banned because of its actual and alleged distortions.

Director: Richard Michaels
Writers: Lionel Chetwynd


Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., John Rhys-Davies, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Jeremy Kemp, Barry Morse, Nehemiah Persoff, Jeffrey Tambor

Golden Globes, USA 1984
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Louis Gossett Jr.

Primetime Emmy Awards 1984
Nominated
Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
Louis Gossett Jr.
This TV movie brought the wrath of Egypt against Columbia Pictures, the film's producers and star Louis Gossett Jr, all of whose films were, briefly, banned in that country.
Appearing on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on March 18th, 1983, Lou Gosset compared his acting in this movie to Ben Kingsley's Oscar award winning role in Gandhi.
Lou takes us through Sadat's history and teaches us about a real-life, flawed, human hero who overcame a whole world of prejudice, somehow, in order to help change our world.