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- LONDON — While Kazakhstan tabloid Karavan voted “Borat” best pic of the year, the Sacha Baron Cohen laffer is getting no love in the Mideast: “Borat” has been banned by censors in every Arab country except Lebanon.
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- Sacha Baron Cohen's inspiration for Borat came from a Jewish doctor. While vacationing in Astrakhan in southern Russia, Sacha Baron Cohen met a doctor who he thought was hilarious, and was similar to what Borat would become—minus the racism, misogyny, and/or anti-Semitism.
- Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt were uncredited writers on Borat. Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer were the credited screenwriters on Borat, while Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt worked on the script in an uncredited capacity.
- A fake film company was set up to represent Borat, and even had its own website. A representative from One America Productions contacted people to say a foreign correspondent was making a film about American life.
- Borat featured only five actors—including Sacha Baron Cohen. Ken Davitian got the part of Azamat by deceiving Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles in his audition, where he pretended to be an immigrant who didn’t speak English.
Nov 10, 2006 · The Scene: Borat almost stays at a bed-and-breakfast. Where: Though the film suggests the bed-and-breakfast is somewhere between Atlanta and Dallas, it's actually in Newton, Mass. Borat...
Oct 28, 2016 · But the fact is that the only thing accurate about Kazakhstan in this film is the country’s position on the map. Even the language is misrepresented, as Borat’s name is spelled incorrectly and ...
Nov 3, 2006 · Borat portrays a country where women cannot vote or drive and are treated like property. In the real Kazakhstan, women, unlike horses, do vote and drive.
Oct 23, 2020 · At a time when America was embroiled in two wars in the Middle East, he became a perfect foil for its sins as he wandered around the country, eliciting both suspicion and reflexive politeness...
The scenes of Borat's fictional born town in Kazakhstan, Kузцек (Kuztsek), were filmed in Romania. The backwater rural village was shot in a small commune in Mureș County called Valea Albeștiului (Albesti).
