Staying at a bed-and-breakfast, Borat and Azamat are stunned to learn their hosts are Jewish. In Atlanta, Borat finds a hotel but is kicked out when he offends the front desk worker. Visiting a rodeo, Borat excites the crowd with jingoistic remarks, but then sings a fictional Kazakhstani national anthem to the tune of " The Star-Spangled Banner", receiving a strong negative reaction. Borat is also interviewed on a local television station and proceeds to disrupt the weather report. He meets gay pride parade participants, politicians Alan Keyes and Bob Barr, and African-American youths. Borat takes driving lessons and buys a dilapidated ice-cream truck for the journey.ĭuring the trip, Borat acquires a Baywatch booklet and continues gathering footage for his documentary. Azamat insists that they drive because of his fear of flying which stems from the September 11 attacks, which he believes was " the work of the Jews". Delighted, he resolves to travel to California and make Anderson his new wife. Borat is then informed by telegram that Oksana has been killed by a bear. While interviewing and mocking a panel of feminists, he learns of the actress' name and her residence in California.
In New York City, Borat sees an episode of Baywatch on TV and immediately falls in love with Pamela Anderson's character, C. He leaves behind his wife, Oksana his companions are his producer, Azamat Bagatov, and a pet hen. 6.4 Accidental use of its parody national anthemĪt the behest of the Kazakh Ministry of Information, reporter Borat Sagdiyev leaves Kazakhstan for the " US and A", the "Greatest Country in the World", to make a documentary about American society and culture.The sequel was released on 23 October 2020, by Amazon Studios. In September 2020, a sequel, titled Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, was officially confirmed to have been secretly filmed, completed, and screened, a few weeks after Baron Cohen was spotted driving a pick-up truck in character as Borat around Los Angeles. The film was released on DVD in March 2007.
It was denounced by the government of Kazakhstan and was banned in almost all Arab countries. Borat was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and for Writers Guild of America Award in the same category.Ĭontroversy surrounded the film prior to its release, and after the film's release, some participants spoke against, and even sued, its creators. Baron Cohen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, while the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The film was very well received, both critically and commercially made for $18 million, it earned $262 million worldwide. It is the second of four films built around Baron Cohen's characters from Da Ali G Show (2000–2004): the first, Ali G Indahouse, was released in 2002, and featured a cameo by Borat the third, Brüno, was released in 2009 and the sequel to Borat, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, was released in 2020.īorat was released on 2 November 2006, in both the United Kingdom and United States, by 20th Century Fox. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with real-life Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs. Baron Cohen plays the leading role of Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakhstani journalist who travels through the United States to make a documentary which features real-life interactions with Americans. Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh / Russian: Борат) (also stylized as BORДT, or simply Borat) is a 2006 mockumentary directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen.