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Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Widescreen Edition)
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Alan Keyes, Spirea Ciorobea
Directed By: Larry Charles
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543419693
Format: AC-3
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-03-06
Running Time: 84
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-11-03
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Sacha Baron Cohen brings his Kazakh journalist character Borat Sagdiyev to the big screen for the first time. Leaving his native Kazakhstan Borat travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.System Requirements:Run Time: 86 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 024543419693 Manufacturer No: 2241969
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Summary: How to be a comedic genius
Comment: Judging by the reactions to Borat, I would have to say that you too can be a comedic genius just by following these three simple steps:
1. Fraudulently misrepresent yourself. Claim to be making a video for the Dutch Antilles, Tannu Tuva or some obscure country no one is likely to know.
2. Insult/offend the person you're talking to. Talk at length about your wife's sex organs, break valuable objects in their store, say something contrary to their political position, like telling feminists that women are inherently stupid, and so on.
3. Videotape their reaction.
There. You are now a comedic genius.
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Summary: Disgustingly hilarious
Comment: I'm deeply ashamed to say that I loved this thing. I was one of only a dozen people in the theater on a Thursday afternoon and I'm the only one that laughed. As a matter of fact, I fell on the floor.
The film is simultaneously disgusting, racist, vulgar and idiotic. Cohen makes fun of society [which is OK] and of people who befriended him [which isn't]. His character--although impossibly naive--is a one hundred percent revolving jerk capable of the lowest stunt. It's difficult to not arrive at the conclusion that Cohen is a self-made man, capable of incredible self-promotion.
So why did I love it? I'm not sure I really want to know. By the way, I've been to Kazahkstan and, as far as I know, there is nothing like the 'running of the Jew.'
Ron Braithwaite author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"--on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
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Summary: A pale copy of the TV Show
Comment: I am a huge Ali G fan...and I loved the HBO show (5 stars out of 5). So I went to the movie expecting more of the same, and boy was I ever disappointed. The real problem to me is that too much of the movie (all of it?) was scripted. The genius of the TV show was that it was improv depending on what happened with the guests, usually with hilarious results. This movie on the other hand relies too much on scripted situations and you just get the feeling that they are trying too hard, whereas with the TV show things just flowed.
Interestingly enough I found that people who loved the film had never seen the Ali G show, and that most of the people who had seen the show were disappointed with the film...count me among them.
If you saw the film and have never seen the Ali G show, take my advice and check out both seasons and see if you don't agree with me.
H777
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Summary: Not the best movie to watch on your first date
Comment: The movie is a mix of the clever and the obscene, which might get you engaged, disgusted, or most likely both.
The bottom line is that it is a great satirical depiction of America, and some scenes of the movie, such as the scene of conversion in the church or the one with fraternity boys on a bus, are powerful enough to deserve the status of a classic (still not sure about the one with the anthem, though). Many other scenes do not carry a particular message apart from being downright bizarre, but - what the heck - just deal with them: the movie as a whole is worth it. That is, as long as you do not dare watch it on your first date.
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Summary: The "AIRPLANE" of the 2000s .
Comment: If I were Jewish or a conservitive Christian this movie most probably would had offended me . My sense of humer always has been a little on the dark side . This movie had me laughing from beggining to end . It was so outragious, that it was cerebral . I had to watch it 5 days in a roe . All I can say, was I thought it was a very very funny flick . Then again, that's just me .
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