Borat -- The Movie -- Sacha Baron Cohen
12-12-06, 12:30 PM
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I think it's interesting how things like this and people's myspace accounts are keeping them from getting jobs...well, how about you just clean your act up and don't put yourselves in positions like that if you don't want it to affect your upward climb? I think it's great because employers can see what people are really like when the sun goes down,..,and the cough syrup starts being poured. 
12-14-06, 10:52 AM
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new lawsuit news from imdb:
Sacha Baron Cohen Hit by New Lawsuit
Sacha Baron Cohen has been hit by a new lawsuit from a man who claims he was "accosted" by the British funnyman in character as Borat in a South Carolina restaurant last year. Footage of the incident, in which Cohen posed as a toilet attendant, did not feature in his hit movie Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, but has appeared on the Comedy Central network and the internet. The plaintiff, who is not named in the lawsuit, accuses Cohen of invading his privacy by staring as he used a urinal. Staff at the Ristorante Divino told the man a tourist documentary was being shot on the premises but he did not see the hidden cameras in the toilet. The lawsuit makes no mention of a consent waiver and attorney Jonathan Milling insists his client was not paid. The plaintiff is seeking damages and an injunction to prevent footage appearing on future DVDs.
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hidden camera's in restrooms aint cool IMO.
Sacha Baron Cohen Hit by New Lawsuit
Sacha Baron Cohen has been hit by a new lawsuit from a man who claims he was "accosted" by the British funnyman in character as Borat in a South Carolina restaurant last year. Footage of the incident, in which Cohen posed as a toilet attendant, did not feature in his hit movie Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, but has appeared on the Comedy Central network and the internet. The plaintiff, who is not named in the lawsuit, accuses Cohen of invading his privacy by staring as he used a urinal. Staff at the Ristorante Divino told the man a tourist documentary was being shot on the premises but he did not see the hidden cameras in the toilet. The lawsuit makes no mention of a consent waiver and attorney Jonathan Milling insists his client was not paid. The plaintiff is seeking damages and an injunction to prevent footage appearing on future DVDs.
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hidden camera's in restrooms aint cool IMO.
12-14-06, 10:34 PM
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[borat] Globes of Golden!!! How Nice!!! [/borat]
12-14-06, 11:42 PM
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Borat in Iran at Holocaust event 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Intrepid Kazakhstan TV reporter Borat Sagdiyev was in Iran at a Holocaust denial conference, and accordingly unaware that the hit comedy about his exploits garnered two Golden Globe nominations Thursday.
Or so claimed a prepared statement from Sacha Baron Cohen, the British actor who plays the anti-semitic title character in "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
Cohen was a best comic actor nominee, and the film a competitor in the best movie musical or comedy category, Globes organizer the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. announced.
"I am extremely honored," said Cohen. "I'm very proud as well for my fellow writers as well as our director Larry Charles, and our producer Jay Roach, and am very thankful for the HFPA's belief and acknowledgment of our film."
But then the irrepressible comedian couldn't resist adding, "I have been trying to let Borat know this great news but for the last four hours both of Kazakhstan's telephones have been engaged. Eventually, Premier Nazarbayev answered and said he would pass on the message as soon as Borat returned from Iran, where he is guest of honor at the Holocaust Denial Conference."
Roach and Charles, both first-time Golden Globe nominees, weren't completely surprised by the recognition.
"Both Jay and I have witnessed these amazing audience reactions to the movie and we felt like we had something very special. This seems like a very organic byproduct of that," said Charles. "It's pretty rare for a comedy where people are laughing that hard to not get noticed," Roach added.
Neither of Sacha Baron Cohen's partners believe the lawsuits swirling around the film from its unwitting stars have hampered the film's success. Quite the contrary. "I think the lawsuits are actually fueling the success," said Charles. "They are silly and absurd and part of the comedy of the film."
Added Roach, "Sacha is doing something so unusual. He's a truthfinder and he's out there doing this in a way that's controversial. We're not entirely surprised. He's been doing it for 10 years so it's kind of part of the territory."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Intrepid Kazakhstan TV reporter Borat Sagdiyev was in Iran at a Holocaust denial conference, and accordingly unaware that the hit comedy about his exploits garnered two Golden Globe nominations Thursday.
Or so claimed a prepared statement from Sacha Baron Cohen, the British actor who plays the anti-semitic title character in "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
Cohen was a best comic actor nominee, and the film a competitor in the best movie musical or comedy category, Globes organizer the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. announced.
"I am extremely honored," said Cohen. "I'm very proud as well for my fellow writers as well as our director Larry Charles, and our producer Jay Roach, and am very thankful for the HFPA's belief and acknowledgment of our film."
But then the irrepressible comedian couldn't resist adding, "I have been trying to let Borat know this great news but for the last four hours both of Kazakhstan's telephones have been engaged. Eventually, Premier Nazarbayev answered and said he would pass on the message as soon as Borat returned from Iran, where he is guest of honor at the Holocaust Denial Conference."
Roach and Charles, both first-time Golden Globe nominees, weren't completely surprised by the recognition.
"Both Jay and I have witnessed these amazing audience reactions to the movie and we felt like we had something very special. This seems like a very organic byproduct of that," said Charles. "It's pretty rare for a comedy where people are laughing that hard to not get noticed," Roach added.
Neither of Sacha Baron Cohen's partners believe the lawsuits swirling around the film from its unwitting stars have hampered the film's success. Quite the contrary. "I think the lawsuits are actually fueling the success," said Charles. "They are silly and absurd and part of the comedy of the film."
Added Roach, "Sacha is doing something so unusual. He's a truthfinder and he's out there doing this in a way that's controversial. We're not entirely surprised. He's been doing it for 10 years so it's kind of part of the territory."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
12-18-06, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by tbwmp88
I dunno if I read the hype before I watched it or not, but saw it a second time and it's still not that funny.
12-19-06, 06:53 PM
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Haha no thanks. Unless you work in a theater, I don't think anyone watches a movie 10 times at the theater. Most I heard of was 5 for Titanic and one of the recent Star Wars.
12-19-06, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Just got back. Went with a friend. Can't believe I paid 10.50 to see that crap. Don't understand why anyone but a drunk 14yo boy would like it.
I can't believe anyone but a drunk 14 year old boy would pay $10.50 to see ANY movie....
Haha,
Matt!
12-19-06, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tbwmp88
...I don't think anyone watches a movie 10 times at the theater. Most I heard of was 5 for Titanic and one of the recent Star Wars.
12-20-06, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by KillerQ
I can't believe anyone but a drunk 14 year old boy would pay $10.50 to see ANY movie....
Haha,
Matt!
Haha,
Matt!
12-20-06, 08:34 AM
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Damn, and I feel ripped off at $7.50.
12-20-06, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
Just got back. Went with a friend. Can't believe I paid 10.50 to see that crap. Don't understand why anyone but a drunk 14yo boy would like it.
03-24-07, 09:17 PM
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Just got around to seeing this movie. Funny as hell. I had tears in my eyes. Haven't laughed this hard in a long time thought I was bust my gut.
12-21-07, 03:37 PM
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I know I'm late to the game but I finally saw this movie last night, very funny!
After reading the thread I thought this post had some foresight:
considering the following...
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=289754
Report: Baron Cohen Retiring Borat, Ali G
Dec. 21, 2007, 1:18 PM EST
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Borat is dead.
Sacha Baron Cohen tells The Daily Telegraph that he's retiring the clueless Kazakh journalist, as well as his alter ego, aspiring rapper Ali G.
"When I was being Ali G and Borat I was in character sometimes 14 hours a day and I came to love them, so admitting I am never going to play them again is quite a sad thing," the 36-year-old actor-comedian says in the British newspaper's Friday edition.
"It is like saying goodbye to a loved one. It is hard, and the problem with success, although it's fantastic, is that every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I `get' with Borat again, so it's a kind of self-defeating form, really."
Baron Cohen brought Borat Sagdiyev — an anti-Semitic buffoon in search of Pamela Anderson — to the masses last year with his smash comedy, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." He first introduced the character on "Da Ali G Show," which was carried in the U.S. on HBO.
"It's much easier for me to be in character and it's a lot more fun," he says. "If I'd done the entire promotional campaign for (the `Borat' movie) as myself it wouldn't have developed in the same way."
Baron Cohen — not Borat — can be seen as a singing barber in Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd," co-starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
His spokesman, Matt Labov, did not immediately return phone and e-mail messages by The Associated Press seeking comment on the "deaths" of Borat and Ali G.
After reading the thread I thought this post had some foresight:
Originally Posted by areacode212
Since he has a #1 movie and everyone knows who he is, I have a feeling that Baron-Cohen will drop the Borat character when all of this is over, at least when it comes to confronting unsuspecting people "in character".
considering the following...
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=289754
Report: Baron Cohen Retiring Borat, Ali G
Dec. 21, 2007, 1:18 PM EST
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Borat is dead.
Sacha Baron Cohen tells The Daily Telegraph that he's retiring the clueless Kazakh journalist, as well as his alter ego, aspiring rapper Ali G.
"When I was being Ali G and Borat I was in character sometimes 14 hours a day and I came to love them, so admitting I am never going to play them again is quite a sad thing," the 36-year-old actor-comedian says in the British newspaper's Friday edition.
"It is like saying goodbye to a loved one. It is hard, and the problem with success, although it's fantastic, is that every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I `get' with Borat again, so it's a kind of self-defeating form, really."
Baron Cohen brought Borat Sagdiyev — an anti-Semitic buffoon in search of Pamela Anderson — to the masses last year with his smash comedy, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." He first introduced the character on "Da Ali G Show," which was carried in the U.S. on HBO.
"It's much easier for me to be in character and it's a lot more fun," he says. "If I'd done the entire promotional campaign for (the `Borat' movie) as myself it wouldn't have developed in the same way."
Baron Cohen — not Borat — can be seen as a singing barber in Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd," co-starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
His spokesman, Matt Labov, did not immediately return phone and e-mail messages by The Associated Press seeking comment on the "deaths" of Borat and Ali G.
12-21-07, 10:09 PM
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It's sad to see them go but you see that he didn't mention Bruno who is supposed to have a movie of his own. I'm looking forward to that one as well. I hope he makes a return trip to Alabama for at least a part of the movie.
09-10-08, 08:11 AM
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Glorious NYC lawsuit ruling for 'Borat' filmmakers
NEW YORK — A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them.
Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. She noted in a Sept. 3 ruling the agreements said the plaintiffs consented to appear in a "documentary-style" movie.
In the 2006 film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen plays an uncouth and anti-Semitic journalist traveling the United States in pursuit of Pamela Anderson. Cohen often fools people with his gag interviews.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs haven't returned phone messages seeking comment.
Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. She noted in a Sept. 3 ruling the agreements said the plaintiffs consented to appear in a "documentary-style" movie.
In the 2006 film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen plays an uncouth and anti-Semitic journalist traveling the United States in pursuit of Pamela Anderson. Cohen often fools people with his gag interviews.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs haven't returned phone messages seeking comment.
09-10-08, 01:17 PM
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There were a few funny parts, but I really don't care if I ever see it again.
12-26-09, 11:10 AM
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re: Borat -- The Movie -- Sacha Baron Cohen
FINALLY just watched this (bought it for 5 bucks so why not) - nearly pissed myself from laughing so hard. The bonus features on the disc are great - that "Drownwatch" segment had me dying.
11-07-18, 07:35 AM
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Re: Borat -- The Movie -- Sacha Baron Cohen
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