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.
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.Written by
Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
Bob Barr: Uncredited, the former Georgia Congressman as himself. See more »
Goofs
The DVD subtitles mistranscribe Borat's Polish dialect, suggesting that the subtitle-writers were transliterating it "by ear." "Jak sie masz!" becomes "Jagshemash!" and "Dziekuje" becomes "Chenqui". See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Borat:
Jak sie masz? My name-a Borat. I like you. I like sex. Is nice!
["How are you?" in Polish]
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For 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. See more »
Wonderfull movie. You laugh until you cry. A perfect portrait of american culture.