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Cinedigm invites movie fans everywhere to experience DEAR DICTATOR on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, April 24th. Odeya Rush (Lady Bird, The Giver) stars alongside Michael Caine (The Dark Knight, The Prestige) as a young high school student who becomes the pen pal of an infamous dictator. Katie Holmes (Batman Begins, TV’s “Dawson’s Creek”), Seth Green (Austin Powers), and Jason Biggs (American Pie, Amateur Night) also star in this acerbic high school comedy. Directed by husband and wife team Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario (Amateur Night), DEAR DICTATOR is a modern political satire that you’ll be certain to write home about. As Jello Biafra once said, “A good punk rock song will make you laugh, make you think, and make you mad -- hopefully all at the same time.” Directors Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario certainly feel the same way about making movies. While the idea for the film came 12 years prior, DEAR DICTATOR’s messages about politics and society are just as relevant now as they w...

Cinedigm Corp (NASDAQ: CIDM) has acquired all North American distribution rights to the acerbic high school comedy, DEAR DICTATOR (formerly titled COUP D'ETAT ). Cinedigm will release the picture theatrically and on Digital and TV VOD platforms on March 16, 2018, with a DVD release to follow on April 24, 2018. DEAR DICTATOR boasts an all-star cast with Odeya Rush (LADY BIRD, GOOSEBUMPS), two-time Oscar® winner Michael Caine (GOING IN STYLE, NOW YOU SEE ME 2), Katie Holmes (LOGAN LUCKY, ALL WE HAD), Seth Green (FAMILY GUY, ROBOT CHICKEN) and Jason Biggs (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, AMERICAN REUNION). The picture was written and directed by the husband and wife team of Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse, who also wrote and directed the autobiographical comedy, AMATEUR NIGHT, starring Ashley Tisdale and Jason Biggs, and released by Cinedigm in 2016. Under the title "COUP D'ETAT," the script for DEAR DICTATOR had been featured on "The Black List", the annu...