Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Page 3

Ghoulish Delight · 11-15-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by katiesue

Wouldn't the participants have to have signed some sort of waiver to appear in the film? Meaning they knew they acted stupidly and let it be shown anyway?

Yes. The frat boys are claiming the producers got the loaded before handing them the papers.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 11-15-2006, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yes. The frat boys are claiming the producers got the loaded before handing them the papers.

Which is probably not the first time hollywood producers have done that!

Alex · 11-15-2006, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Which is probably not the first time hollywood producers have done that!

Todd Phillips' first movie as a director was a documentary called Frat House which took a look into frat pledging. He's since directed Old School and School for Scoundrels.

He and his co-director thought they were being clever by waiting until everybody was well lubed before getting them to sign the releases. But they learned their lesson when HBO Films (which had commissioned the documentary) refused to air it because of this.

There is actually a fair amount of latitude for documentaries in their ability to present people against their wills (though most distribution companies want the releases as a CYA measure) but the problem with Borat is that it is a work of fiction, even if it contains unscripted elements.

CoasterMatt · 11-15-2006, 05:03 PM

Who got loaded? The frat boys or the producers?

katiesue · 11-15-2006, 08:32 PM

Didn't the Girls Gone Wild peeps have similiar suits brought against them?

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-12-2007, 11:05 PM

Saw it at our cheapie second-run theater. Laughed and cringed a lot. In the end it's funnier than I thought it would be because the people that looked the worst were those that deserved it the most. I enjoyed all of it, including the obviously staged bits, because they were hilarious too.

Have I ever mentioned that I hate frat boys? Stupid, drunken frat boys. The fact that they are the most socially accepted form of COLLEGE STUDENT is just absurd. After showing the impoverished village at the beginning, the sight of these brats is just grotesque. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy that part - I did. Much the same way I enjoyed all the other idiots in the movie.

Hey, let's hope nm doesn't see this post...sorry babe, but frats are not my bag.

Mazel Tov to Mr. Cohen for a job well done. Please excuse me, I have a Jew egg to care for.

Strangler Lewis · 01-13-2007, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Please excuse me, I have a Jew egg to care for.

Is that an announcement?

Gemini Cricket · 03-11-2007, 08:23 PM

I got Borat from Todd and Norm for my birthday and I watched it again today. It made me laugh super hard again. Truly one of the funniest films I have seen in a long, long time.

The best part about the DVD is that it's designed to look like it is a bootleg made in Kazakhstan. The cover looks like it was printed on someone's home computer and the disc itself looks like a DVD-R that someone wrote on with a black sharpie.

Very niiice, Mr. Cohen.

Alex · 03-11-2007, 09:09 PM

The movie has further annoyed me by engaging in a practice that bugs the heck out of me: using foreign letters in place of Latin letters that they coincidentally resemble. Since I frequently know what those foreign letters mean it results in nonsense.

Toys Я Us is automatically read as "Toys Ya Us" and similarly seeing the DVD posters displaying the title of Borat as Borдt has me grumbling "what is this movie Bordt I keep reading about?"

Though I do wonder if the Moscow Toys я Us (should there be one) is named Игрушки R Мы (even if Russian doesn't use the verb "are" in present tense).

Incredibly minor thing to find annoying, but nonetheless I do.

wendybeth · 03-11-2007, 09:55 PM

We finally watched Borat and I thought it was very funny. Nearly everyone who came across in a negative manner really did so on their own, without really much instigation from Cohen. It would be interesting to see a follow-up on some of the people in this film, just to see how their participation (not to mention horrid behavior on the part of some) might have impacted their lives. I wonder if any of those frat boys are getting any sexy-time these days?

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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Saw it at our cheapie second-run theater. Laughed and cringed a lot. In the end it's funnier than I thought it would be because the people that looked the worst were those that deserved it the most. I enjoyed all of it, including the obviously staged bits, because they were hilarious too. Have I ever mentioned that I hate frat boys? Stupid, drunken frat boys. The fact that they are the most socially accepted form of COLLEGE STUDENT is just absurd. After showing the impoverished village at the beginning, the sight of these brats is just grotesque. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy that part - I did. Much the same way I enjoyed all the other idiots in the movie. Hey, let's hope nm doesn't see this post...sorry babe, but frats are not my bag. Mazel Tov to Mr. Cohen for a job well done. Please excuse me, I have a Jew egg to care for. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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03-11-2007, 08:23 PM	#8
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I got Borat from Todd and Norm for my birthday and I watched it again today. It made me laugh super hard again. Truly one of the funniest films I have seen in a long, long time. The best part about the DVD is that it's designed to look like it is a bootleg made in Kazakhstan. The cover looks like it was printed on someone's home computer and the disc itself looks like a DVD-R that someone wrote on with a black sharpie. Very niiice, Mr. Cohen.
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03-11-2007, 09:09 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The movie has further annoyed me by engaging in a practice that bugs the heck out of me: using foreign letters in place of Latin letters that they coincidentally resemble. Since I frequently know what those foreign letters mean it results in nonsense. Toys Я Us is automatically read as "Toys Ya Us" and similarly seeing the DVD posters displaying the title of Borat as Borдt has me grumbling "what is this movie Bordt I keep reading about?" Though I do wonder if the Moscow Toys я Us (should there be one) is named Игрушки R Мы (even if Russian doesn't use the verb "are" in present tense). Incredibly minor thing to find annoying, but nonetheless I do.
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03-11-2007, 09:55 PM	#10
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	We finally watched Borat and I thought it was very funny. Nearly everyone who came across in a negative manner really did so on their own, without really much instigation from Cohen. It would be interesting to see a follow-up on some of the people in this film, just to see how their participation (not to mention horrid behavior on the part of some) might have impacted their lives. I wonder if any of those frat boys are getting any sexy-time these days? __________________
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