Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Come to Kazakhstan, it's nice!
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Timing:
1:24 (84 min)
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$18 000 000
Box office
$261 572 744
Website
Director
Actors
Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Alex Daniels, Jim Vickers, Peewee Piemonte, Michael Li, Harry Wowchuk, David Corcoran, Nicole Randall
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Sacha Baron Cohen, Jay Roach, Dan Mazer, Monica Levinson
Camera operator
Luke Geissbuhler
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev 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.
What's left behind the scenes
- According to Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat's costume was never cleaned or washed.
- Todd Phillips was originally supposed to direct the film, but he had to leave the project due to creative differences with Sacha Baron Cohen.
- Big fans of Borat, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, and Steve Martin asked Sacha Baron Cohen to give them a cameo, but he refused in order not to ruin the realism of the film.
- Practically all the minor characters are not actors, but ordinary people who were unaware of what was happening. Only three students who gave Borat a ride in a trailer sued him. And that's despite the fact that an editor from the TV channel where Borat caused trouble lost her job because of him.
- One song by Macedonian singer of Romani origin Esma Redžepova was included on the film's soundtrack.
- The scenes set in Kazakhstan were filmed in the Romanian village of Glod in Dâmbovița County. Several characters supposedly speaking Kazakh actually speak Romanian. The woman playing Borat’s wife was actually born in Kazakhstan and emigrated to Romania.
- Most of the film's scenes were shot without a script, and all roles except for Borat himself, Azamat, Pamela Anderson, the Black prostitute, and Borat’s family members were played by non-professional actors.
- The first non-pornographic film banned from distribution in Russia.
- The prototype for Borat Sagdiyev was a Russian doctor. And Borat himself (along with the rapper Ali G and the Austrian homosexual Bruno) was created in 2000 – all these characters became full-fledged participants in Sacha Baron Cohen's show on MTV.
- Borat's mustache and hair are real. Sacha Baron Cohen grew them specifically for filming the movie.
- The film almost became a record holder in the nomination “Longest Title of a Feature Film.” The full title of the film can be translated into Russian as: “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”
- The authorities of Kazakhstan promised to do everything possible to prevent the appearance of physical copies of the objectionable comedy in the country. Shortly after, surprisingly, they thanked Sacha Baron Cohen for “raising international interest in Kazakhstan.”
- Sacha Baron Cohen does not speak Kazakh in the film, but rather heavily distorted Hebrew. Actor Ken Davitian, playing the role of Azamat, speaks Armenian. The film also features lines in various Slavic languages (for example, “Yak she mash!”, which Borat uses as a greeting; in reality, the phrase is a Polish question “Jak się masz?”, meaning “How are you?”). Borat and Azamat also use a lot of Armenian, Kazakh, and Russian profanity.
- A Russian doctor served as the prototype for Borat Sagdiyev. Borat himself (along with rapper Ali G and the Austrian gay man Brüno) was conceived in 2000—all these characters became full-fledged participants in Sacha Baron Cohen's MTV show.
- Todd Phillips was set to direct the film, but he had to leave the project due to creative differences with Sacha Baron Cohen.
- Borat's mustache and hair are real. Sacha Baron Cohen grew them specifically for the filming of the movie.
- Big fans of Borat, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, and Steve Martin, asked Sacha Baron Cohen for cameos, but he refused in order not to undermine the film's realism.
- Kazakh authorities promised to do everything possible to prevent physical copies of the unwelcome comedy from appearing in the country. Shortly thereafter, strangely enough, they thanked Sacha Baron Cohen for "increasing international interest in Kazakhstan."
- The film's soundtrack includes a song by Esma Redžepova, a Macedonian singer of Romani descent.
- Most of the film's scenes were shot without a script, and all roles—with the exception of Borat himself, Azamat, Pamela Anderson, the Black prostitute, and Borat's family members—were played by non-professional actors.
- In the film, Sacha Baron Cohen does not speak Kazakh, but rather a heavily distorted version of Hebrew. Actor Ken Davityan, who plays Azamat, speaks Armenian. The film also features lines in various Slavic languages (for example, "Yak she mash!", which Borat uses as a greeting; in reality, the phrase is the Polish question "Jak się masz?", meaning "How are you?"). Additionally, Borat and Azamat use a great deal of Armenian, Kazakh, and Russian profanity.
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