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. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and ... Read allKazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
- Director
- Writers
- Sacha Baron Cohen(screenplay)
- Anthony Hines(screenplay)
- Peter Baynham(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Sacha Baron Cohen(screenplay)
- Anthony Hines(screenplay)
- Peter Baynham(screenplay)
- Stars
- See more at IMDbPro
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 34 nominations total
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Carole De Saram
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Grace Welch
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- Director
- Writers
- Sacha Baron Cohen(screenplay) (story) (based on a character created by)
- Anthony Hines(screenplay) (story)
- Peter Baynham(screenplay) (story)
- All cast & crew
Storyline
Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences. —Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
- Taglines
- Come to Kazakhstan, It's Nice!
- Genre
- Certificate
- 14A
- Parents guide
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
Top review
One of the best films I have ever seen
In terms of pure unadulterated cringe-worthiness, this film just about outshines them all. It is brilliant, horrific, hilarious, sad, outrageous, revealing, and incredibly clever. It shows up people's narrow-mindedness, their racism, their inability to accept or understand different cultures. It makes me scared for the future of the world, and delighted that someone actually sees most people for what they really are - blinkered and uneducated.
Go and rent it, and enjoy. It will make you want to be a better person, make you laugh until you almost cry, and undoubtedly make you hide behind a cushion at times.
Sacha Baron-Cohen is a genius. A definite 10 out of 10.
Go and rent it, and enjoy. It will make you want to be a better person, make you laugh until you almost cry, and undoubtedly make you hide behind a cushion at times.
Sacha Baron-Cohen is a genius. A definite 10 out of 10.
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- kjaney
- Nov 1, 2007
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Borat: Leçons culturelles sur l'Amérique pour profit glorieuse nation Kazakhstan
- Filming locations
- 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
- Runtime
- 1h 24min
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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