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Idi Amin | Mississippi River
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture | 1994 | Denzel
Best Foreign Director Regista del Miglior Film Straniero | 1992 | Mira
1991 | Mira
Best Film | 1991 | Mira
1991 | Sooni
1991 | Mira
Best Feature | 1993 | Michael
Outstanding Motion Picture | 1993
Budget 8,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,310,000 USD
Joseph Olita, who plays Idi Amin, also played him in Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981).
Demetrius's father, Williben, works as a server at a restaurant in their hometown of Greenwood, Mississippi. The location used to shoot the restaurant scenes was Lusco's, a real restaurant that has been a Greenwood institution since it was opened in 1933 by Italian immigrants. The restaurant's appearance is distinguished by its individual, curtained-off private dining booths, which are visible in the movie. The restaurant closed in 2021.
Ben Kingsley was originally cast in the role of Mina's father, but he eventually withdrew from the project, prompting the original backers of the film to pull out. Nair was able to gain new funding after Denzel Washington was chosen for the role of Demetrius. She later mentioned she faced substantial pressure from potential backers to select white leads rather than Indians or African Americans
While doing research in Mississippi, Nair met a carpet cleaner named Demetrius and decided to model the main character after him
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 100 America's Greatest Love Stories movies.
"Okelo: You gave an interview on BBC saying that Amin was evil. Are you mad? What about Kinnu? What about Mina? Do you ever think of them? Jay: What should I have done? Remain silent? That is the coward's way! Okelo: Don't talk to me about cowards! That's what you are. You're not leaving because you're scared to leave. You are scared of leaving Uganda. Jay: Why should I go? Why should I go? Okelo, this is my home. Okelo: Not anymore, Jay. Africa is for Africans. *Black* Africans."
"Jammubhai: I'm ashamed of you! I am so ashamed of you! Anil: [referring to Mina's family] Why do you always take their side? I worked hard for this motel and I am *not* running a charity! Jammubhai: Anil, you have become American. Anil: So what? I'm living in America! You don't like it? Then go back to India!"
