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Borat
''Borat'' (also known as ''Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'') is a 2006 mockumentary directed by Larry Charles, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakhs, Kazakh journalist traveling through the United States. 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 the Culture of the United States, local customs. It is the second of four films built around Baron Cohen's characters from ''Da Ali G Show'' after 2002's ''Ali G Indahouse'' as president of Kazakhstan. ''Borat'' was released on 2 November 2006, in the United Kingdom and United States, by 20th Century Fox. The film received critical acclaim, and earned $262 million worldwide. Baron Cohen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, while the film was nominated for Golden Globe Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'', or simply ''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'' or ''Borat 2'', is a 2020 mockumentary Comedy film, black comedy film directed by Jason Woliner (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the fictional Kazakhstan, Kazakh journalist and television personality Borat Sagdiyev, and Maria Bakalova as his daughter Tutar, who is to be offered as a bride to then–Vice President of the United States, U.S. vice president Mike Pence during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election. It is a sequel to 2006's ''Borat, Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan''. Although BaronCohen had said in 2007 that he had retired the Borat character, he was spotted in 2019 in the disguise, and was seen filming i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borat Sagdiyev
Borat Margaret Sagdiyev (, ) is a satirical fictional character created and performed by Sacha Baron Cohen. Depicted as a Kazakh television journalist, the character serves as the main protagonist of the mockumentary '' Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'' (2006) and its sequel '' Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'' (2020), and a main character of '' Da Ali G Show''. Borat's humour arises from his espousal of outrageous sociocultural viewpoints, his violation of social taboos, and his use of vulgar language and behaviour in inappropriate settings. Most often the comedy relies on Borat's obliviousness to First World natives not sharing his regressive worldview, but occasionally Borat's innocent and collegial demeanor will provoke his targets to reveal biases they would otherwise be reluctant to share publicly. ''Entertainment Weekly'' put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen ( ; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor and performance artist. Known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including two BAFTA TV Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a SAG Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. Baron Cohen began his career in television late-night series '' The 11 O'Clock Show'' (1998–1999) before creating and starring as his character Ali G in the satirical sketch comedy show '' Da Ali G Show'' (2000–2004) where he received two British Academy Television Awards. He created and starred in the Showtime satirical mockumentary series '' Who Is America?'' (2018) for which he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He portrayed E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Ali G Show
''Da Ali G Show'' is a British satirical sketch comedy television series created by and starring British comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen. In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. These characters conduct real interviews with unsuspecting people, many of whom are celebrities, high-ranking government officials, and other well-known figures, during which they are asked absurd and ridiculous questions. The first (2000) series originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK, and the second and third (2003–2004) series on HBO in the United States. The second series was known as ''Ali G in da USAiii'' in the UK and Australia. In 2005, HBO stated they had no plans to make an additional series of the show. Baron Cohen has gone on to make four films featuring each of his three characters from the show: '' Ali G Indahouse'' (2002), '' Borat: Cultural Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Baynham
Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter, stand-up comedian and performer. His writing work includes collaborations with comedy figures such as Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah Smith. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Baynham served in the British Merchant Navy at age 16 with a desire to travel the world after leaving school and later pursued a career in comedy as a stand-up comedian and then he became a writer and a performer for various news and sketch comedies in radio and television. He also became a writer in feature film. In television, with Iannucci and Coogan, Baynham is a writer for the sitcom '' I'm Alan Partridge'' and a presenter for the satirical comedy sketch show '' The Saturday Night Armistice''. With Morris, he is a writer for the satirical comedy miniseries '' The Day Today'', ''Brass Eye'' and '' Jam''. Baynham himself created, written and directed the adult animated black comedy miniseries '' I Am Not an Animal''. In feature film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Mazer
Daniel Gideon Mazer (born 4 October 1971) is a British director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian. He is best known as the long-time writing and production partner of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and worked with him on his three unorthodox characters Ali G, Borat, and Brüno. He also co-wrote and co-produced the films based on Baron Cohen's characters such as '' Ali G Indahouse'', ''Borat'', and '' Brüno''. Early life Mazer attended The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where he met Baron Cohen. He went on to read Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, and graduated in 1994. He was an active member of Cambridge Footlights while at university and was vice president from 1993 to 1994. Career His early work includes production roles on '' The Word'', ''The Big Breakfast'' and '' The 11 O'Clock Show''. In 2007 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the film '' Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips (born Todd Philip Bunzl; December 19, 1970) is an American filmmaker. Phillips began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as ''Road Trip'', '' Old School'', ''Starsky & Hutch'', and '' School for Scoundrels''. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing ''The Hangover'' film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film '' Joker'', based on the DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion. ''Joker'' went on to earn Phillips three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with his co-writer Scott Silver, his second, third, and fourth Academy Award nominations after also being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Borat'' at the 79th Academy Awards. Early life Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family. He was raised in Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Actor In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a Lead actor, leading role in a musical or comedy film. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture", but the creation of the category in 1951 allowed for recognition of it and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Actor – Drama. The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2006, it was officially called: "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy". , the wording is "Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy". Winners and nominees 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations Multiple wins Multiple nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Eligibility Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in length, be commercially released for at least seven days in the "greater Los Angeles area", and screened for the HFPA membership. The commercial release must begin during the calendar year prior to the awards ceremony, and the screening can occur no later than one week after commercial release. For purposes of the award, a "musical" is "a comedy or a drama in which songs are used in addition to spoken dialogue to further the plot." Under the 2007 revised rules of the HFPA, animated films were no longer eligible in this or the category of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, instead competing exclusively in the new category of Best Animated Feature Film; until 2023 prior of the now-defunct Hollywood Foreign Press Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali G Indahouse
''Ali G Indahouse'' is a 2002 comedy film written by Sacha Baron Cohen and Dan Mazer, directed by Mark Mylod, and starring Baron Cohen as Ali G, the character he originally played on the Channel 4 comedy series '' The 11 O'Clock Show'' and ''Da Ali G Show''. It is the first of four films based on Baron Cohen's characters from ''Da Ali G Show'', followed by ''Borat'' (2006), '' Brüno'' (2009), and '' Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'' (2020). It is the only one of these films to consist solely of a fictional narrative with no mockumentary element. Plot Ali G is the leader of Da West Staines Massiv, a fictional gang composed of wannabe gangsters from Staines. Their chief rivals are Da East Staines Massiv. Da West Staines Massiv decide to protest when they learn that their cherished hangout, the John Nike Leisure Centre, where Ali also teaches an after-school club, will be demolished by the local council. After he goes on a hunger strike and is spotted locked to some railings by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Geissbühler
Luke Geissbühler is an American cinematographer and producer. He is best known for his work on ''Borat'', ''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'', ''Fahrenheit 11/9'', ''Helvetica'', Netflix’s '' Abstract: The Art of Design'', and his work with '' OkGo''. Life and career Luke Geissbühler, son of renowned graphic designer Steff Geissbühler, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television. He has received an Academy Award nomination for his work as cinematographer and producer on the short film, '' Time Freak'', as well as receiving an Emmy Award for Street Gang, HBO's 2021 documentary about the beginnings of ''Sesame Street''. In 2010, Geissbühler built a homemade spacecraft with his son Max that quietly recorded a trip through the blackness of space and returned safely back to earth, as chronicled in the viral video, Space Balloon. Selected filmograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers Guild Of America Award For Best Adapted Screenplay
The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, focused specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenplay and an adapted screenplay in 1970, when Waldo Salt, screenwriter for ''Midnight Cowboy'', won for "Best Adapted Drama" and Arnold Schulman won "Best Adapted Comedy" for his screenplay of '' Goodbye, Columbus''. Separate awards for dramas and comedies continued until 1985. Winners and nominees 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Writers with multiple awards ;3 Awards *Alexander Payne * Alvin Sargent ;2 Awards *Francis Ford Coppola *Blake Edwards *Mario Puzo *Waldo Salt * Jim Taylor Writers with multiple nominations The following writers have received three or more nominations: ;6 Nominations *Steven Zaillian * Eric Roth ;4 Nominations * Jay Presson Allen * Elaine May *Alexander Payne *Neil Simon * Aaron Sorkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
