Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte), who's in charge of ... A startlingly effective and upsetting political melodrama, "Hotel Rwanda" -- which is based on a true story and was directed by a Westerner ...

In the much-lauded Hotel Rwanda, it seems that unnecessary ... from the leads to corrupt officials to Nick Nolte's powerless UN Colonel Oliver, are believable.

In 1994, nearly 1 million people were systematically slaughtered in the small African country of Rwanda while no nation ... His efforts are aided by Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte), a U.N ...

The film “Hotel Rwanda” relives a similar atrocity ... In one unforgettable scene, “Col. Oliver,” commander of the woefully undermanned UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda, powerfully played ...

Surrounded by shot glasses, Nick Nolte talked about filming Hotel Rwanda late one afternoon ... was one of the reasons he turned Dallaire into Colonel Oliver. "It gave Nick the freedom to play ...

In reckoning with a film like “Hotel Rwanda” it’s necessary to ... Nick Nolte‘s Canadian Colonel Oliver tells him, “You’re worse than a nigger. You’re African.” ...

Peter Raymont's documentary, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, chronicled the despair of the U.N., sent to Rwanda as ... role of Canadian UN Col. Oliver, a composite ...

At the Milles Collines Hotel in Rwanda, a man named Paul Rusesabagina did everything he could to prevent the massacre of his family, friends and as many other refugees and orphans as he could fit ...