Borat
Original title: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 34 nominations total
Ilham Aliyev
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Pamela Anderson
- Self - Autograph Signing
- (uncredited)
Bob Barr
- Self - Former Georgia Congressman
- (uncredited)
Joseph Behar
- Self - Bed-and-Breakfast Owner
- (uncredited)
Carole De Saram
- Self - Feminist
- (uncredited)
Mitchell Falk
- Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- (uncredited)
Andre Myers
- Pride Dancer
- (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Parent
- Kazakh Swimmer
- (uncredited)
Chip Pickering
- Self - U.S. Congressman
- (uncredited)
Viva Sex
- Pamela Anderson Fan
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe police were called on Sacha Baron Cohen ninety-two times during the production of this film.
- GoofsWhen Borat gets out of the RV where he'd been drinking with the frat boys, it is a different RV than the one he originally got into.
- Crazy credits"KAZAKH BOARD OF FILM CENSORS: This film is unsuitable for children under the age of 3"
- Alternate versionsFor the film's US television premiere on USA Network in June 2009, the film is presented largely uncut -- including the infamous nude wrestling and chase between Borat and Azamat, which is censored with black bars -- but several of the harshest profanities and sexual terms are silenced and a label reading "CENZURAT" appears over mouths (and, where necessary, subtitles) in order to try and further hide which terms are being used.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Episode #11.8 (2006)
- SoundtracksChaje Shukarije
(2001)
Written and Performed by Esma Redzepova
Courtesy of Times Square Records/World Connection Enterprises
Featured review
The laughter is genuine even when I was appalled at what I was laughing at. Is Sacha Baron Cohen a genius of sorts or the biggest smart ass to hit the screens in a long, very long time? He makes John Waters appear like an (old) Disney product. The nastiness works because it is immediately recognizable and his targets live next door if not with me between my four walls. It is a social-horror-documentary. The three guys talking about women between beer and beer was so horribly real that I wanted to leave the theater laughing and screaming at the same time. Borat is not tender about his own background either. He is an equal opportunity offender if I ever saw one. The world is a cesspool and nobody is immune. Even his innocence is corrupt. I've been considering seeing it again, as the whole thing in one single disgusting lump was too much to take but I'm not sure I want to. I'll wait for the DVD where I'll be able to select and discard. My only question is now, what will Sacha Baron Cohen do for an encore.
- mjstellman
- Mar 2, 2007
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Borat: El segundo mejor reportero del glorioso país Kazajistán viaja a América
- Filming locations
- Glod, Romania(Kazakhstan)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $128,505,958
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,455,463
- Nov 5, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $262,552,893
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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