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Saw the Borat movie last night, Borat himself came on stage to present the film before starting. The crowd was really lame, his jokes were falling semi-flat, probably because the audience was filled with art-house intellectual types who are two cool to whoop it up. Borat's jokes were exactly the same from the NY Observer article about the Canadian Film Festival, such as his admiration for our President Bush and his father Barbara Bush. Sasha Cohen is really tall and skinny, I'd guess he is probably 6'5", so he towered over the crowd like an awkward basketball player.

The movie was fantastic, it was more like Jackass than I expected, with some of the skits really pushing the edge of social behavior to the limit. My favorites were the running of the Jew (its safe to say this because you won't believe it until you see it - its not a spoiler), the subway, and almost any scene involving his producer who was absolutely brilliant as his sidekick. I think there were quite a few times when Cohen was in significant danger of getting his ass kicked in real life, its amazing what this man is willing to do for a laugh. As we left the theater they gave us pre-release versions of the movie soundtrack, buttons, and really cool I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Kazakhstan stickers that had me cracking up. All in all it was actually as good if not better than I expected, a brilliant piece of gorilla cinema that we will be talking about for many years... Its one of a kind.

Since the movie will finally be released in the next two days, who is going to see it on the first day of release? What was your favorite scene?

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I cannot wait to see this movie. This will be the first movie that I will actually see in a long time, let alone go to on opening day.

If anyone has not seen the Ali G movie - Ali G in Da House, then I HIGHLY recommend you do as it was awesome. If Borat is even half as good I will be very pleased.

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I think you mean guerilla cinema....
What I don't understand is how important people still have no clue who this guy is. Watching the Ali G show on HBO and seeing Sam Donaldson, priests and bioethicists coming to talk to this guy and obviously not getting the joke is just weird..

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I think you mean guerilla cinema....
What I don't understand is how important people still have no clue who this guy is. Watching the Ali G show on HBO and seeing Sam Donaldson, priests and bioethicists coming to talk to this guy and obviously not getting the joke is just weird..

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Actually, Cohen has started using Borat/Bruno more because of this. Too many of his interviewees recognize Ali G and know its a joke.

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I'll be there on day 1. The first movie I actually cared about seeing on opening day in ages. I've seen all the trailers, promos, appearances....seems like he recycles the same schtick for all the appearances but I can't blame him for that.

It will be NICE!

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I have to see it this weekend.

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I wasnt thrilled with the Ali G movie. While the individual characters are great, I think what makes his characters really funny is the interaction with unsuspecting people and In da house didnt have that at all.

Rumor is a Bruno film is also on tap...

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I wasnt thrilled with the Ali G movie. While the individual characters are great, I think what makes his characters really funny is the interaction with unsuspecting people and In da house didnt have that at all.

Rumor is a Bruno film is also on tap...

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I agree. Indahouse was alright, but Borat will be so much better. I also heard the hype around this movie has started a bidding war for the Bruno movie. I doubt that Bruno will be as good as Borat for this simple fact that it's a lot funnier when people are making fun of stupid southerners rather than fashion executives.
Bruno is better in small doses....although with SBC, who knows, maybe he can pull it off.

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Wow. Just went order tickets online for this. There are a ton of movie theatres in NYC and most of them aren't showing it. Not downtown. Not in union square. No place with online ordering is showing it. This is weird and annoying. When they said it was going to be in like half as many theatres i figured all of middle america was shut out. looks like downtown manhattan is too?

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Fox Cuts Number of Opening Theaters for Borat

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Twentieth Century Fox this week confirmed that it had slashed by more than half the number of locations where it hoped to debut the mock documentary about a boorish Kazakh TV journalist. On assignment in America, the fictional Borat offends virtually everyone he meets while mangling the English language.

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I will definitely see this movie. I may wait until it's showing at one of the theaters that serves beer, as it just got cut from the theater I like to go to in Austin.

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I wasnt thrilled with the Ali G movie. While the individual characters are great, I think what makes his characters really funny is the interaction with unsuspecting people and In da house didnt have that at all.

Rumor is a Bruno film is also on tap...

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I agree. Indahouse was alright, but Borat will be so much better. I also heard the hype around this movie has started a bidding war for the Bruno movie. I doubt that Bruno will be as good as Borat for this simple fact that it's a lot funnier when people are making fun of stupid southerners rather than fashion executives.
Bruno is better in small doses....although with SBC, who knows, maybe he can pull it off.

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Actually I think one of the funnier Bruno bits was with the wrestlers on the beach. So he doesnt necessarily need the fashion execs to make it work Bruno and wrestlers

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I may wait until it's showing at one of the theaters that serves beer,

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WHAT?!?!?! I had a beer while watching LOTR in Amsterdam and thought it was a uniquely non-north American experience!! What theatre in the US offers beer?

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Wow. Just went order tickets online for this. There are a ton of movie theatres in NYC and most of them aren't showing it. Not downtown. Not in union square. No place with online ordering is showing it. This is weird and annoying. When they said it was going to be in like half as many theatres i figured all of middle america was shut out. looks like downtown manhattan is too?

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I think this is just a result of it being a little too soon to order. I would take another look tomorrow afternoon. I would guess the more liberal cities like NY and LA are gonna have a higher concentration of theaters showing it as well. Im in Queens/LI and nothing is showing up yet for me either.

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I wasnt thrilled with the Ali G movie. While the individual characters are great, I think what makes his characters really funny is the interaction with unsuspecting people and In da house didnt have that at all.

Rumor is a Bruno film is also on tap...

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I agree. Indahouse was alright, but Borat will be so much better. I also heard the hype around this movie has started a bidding war for the Bruno movie. I doubt that Bruno will be as good as Borat for this simple fact that it's a lot funnier when people are making fun of stupid southerners rather than fashion executives.
Bruno is better in small doses....although with SBC, who knows, maybe he can pull it off.

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Actually I think one of the funnier Bruno bits was with the wrestlers on the beach. So he doesnt necessarily need the fashion execs to make it work Bruno and wrestlers

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True....also when he interviews Shaud Williams on Alabama, that's good too. I just don't think he could carry a movie like Borat can.

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I may wait until it's showing at one of the theaters that serves beer,

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WHAT?!?!?! I had a beer while watching LOTR in Amsterdam and thought it was a uniquely non-north American experience!! What theatre in the US offers beer?

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Since being of legal drinking age I've lived in Madison, WI and Austin, TX. Both have had theaters that sell beer. Madison had the University Square Theater, which essentially had a bar in the concession stand (the block it was on got torn down, I don't know if it relocated). And Austin has the Alamo Draft House with 4 locations and they have waiters and such that come to your table. I've heard of plenty of places that do this. Great experience for a movie.

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If anyone has not seen the Ali G movie - Ali G in Da House, then I HIGHLY recommend you do as it was awesome.

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Wow. I thought this movie was really really awful. It is definitely one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and I'm a big Ali G fan.

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Actually, Cohen has started using Borat/Bruno more because of this. Too many of his interviewees recognize Ali G and know its a joke.

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In yesterday's paper - Cohen's next movie will feature Bruno, the international distribution rights deal was announced yesterday for 42.5 million. All this without a track record, a plot, or a script. 100% built upon the buzz of the upcoming movie... amazing!

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If anyone has not seen the Ali G movie - Ali G in Da House, then I HIGHLY recommend you do as it was awesome.

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Wow. I thought this movie was really really awful. It is definitely one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and I'm a big Ali G fan.

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Actually, Cohen has started using Borat/Bruno more because of this. Too many of his interviewees recognize Ali G and know its a joke.

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In yesterday's paper - Cohen's next movie will feature Bruno, the international distribution rights deal was announced yesterday for 42.5 million. All this without a track record, a plot, or a script. 100% built upon the buzz of the upcoming movie... amazing!

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SBC is smart to sign before the actual results for Borat come in, this thing could tank in a large swath of America.

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I may wait until it's showing at one of the theaters that serves beer,

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WHAT?!?!?! I had a beer while watching LOTR in Amsterdam and thought it was a uniquely non-north American experience!! What theatre in the US offers beer?

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the ones with liquor licenses

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Wow. Just went order tickets online for this. There are a ton of movie theatres in NYC and most of them aren't showing it. Not downtown. Not in union square. No place with online ordering is showing it. This is weird and annoying. When they said it was going to be in like half as many theatres i figured all of middle america was shut out. looks like downtown manhattan is too?

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I think this is just a result of it being a little too soon to order. I would take another look tomorrow afternoon. I would guess the more liberal cities like NY and LA are gonna have a higher concentration of theaters showing it as well. Im in Queens/LI and nothing is showing up yet for me either.

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According to Google movie search, the only theater in the Boston area showing this is all the way out in Framingham. This is pretty hard to believe, I really hope it's wrong.

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lame, not a single theater in Reno is showing this. Now I am pissed off.

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lame, not a single theater in Reno is showing this. Now I am pissed off.

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None of the local theaters here are showing it, and it looks like only 1 theater in Des Moines is showing it afaik. Guess I'm gonna have to get there really early to get tickets [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. I'm sure it will be worth it.

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I think you guys are overreacting to the ticket availability now. Its Wednesday...the movie comes out Friday. Some theaters may not post their showings until thursday or even friday. I'd relax and wait till tomorrow night before gettin pissed

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There are a ton of movie theatres in NYC and most of them aren't showing it. Not downtown. Not in union square.

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Wtf this totally sucks. I checked Fandango and the closest theater showing Borat is the Loews Kips Bay on 2nd ave. I can't believe NYC theaters are not showing this thing since it seems like the ideal market for this movie.

Yet most of the theaters near my hometown in NJ are showing it....weird.

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PM me if you'd like an invite to a private screening Friday in NYC on the Upper East Side. It's $15. No, SBC won't be there.

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PM me if you'd like an invite to a private screening Friday in NYC on the Upper East Side. It's $15. No, SBC won't be there.

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Why would someone choose this over a theater that charges 11 bucks?

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91% on Rottentomatoes. Unreal. This is going to be everything I had hoped SoaP would be, and more.

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I doubt that Bruno will be as good as Borat for this simple fact that it's a lot funnier when people are making fun of stupid southerners rather than fashion executives.

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Bruno with the gay converter is one of the funniest skits ever. He does not only interview fashion execs.

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I think you guys are overreacting to the ticket availability now. Its Wednesday...the movie comes out Friday. Some theaters may not post their showings until thursday or even friday. I'd relax and wait till tomorrow night before gettin pissed

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I think this is correct.

I searched on the same site for Santa Clause 3 (which presumably will be on tons and tons of screens), and only found 2 more than for Borat.

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Bruno with the gay converter is one of the funniest skits ever. He does not only interview fashion execs.


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Watched that last night on YouTube. ROFLMAO.

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People saying Bruno isn't good enough to carry his is movie are wrong.

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Least thinly disguised brag post ever.

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PM me if you'd like an invite to a private screening Friday in NYC on the Upper East Side. It's $15. No, SBC won't be there.

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Why would someone choose this over a theater that charges 11 bucks?

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Because apparently some people are having trouble finding theaters in NYC.

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Regarding your spoiler:

I read on an IMDB message board that nobody was 'in the know', and that the <font color="white"> Pamela </font> incident specifically was not at all staged. Though this was from a person who 'claimed' to work on the movie so take it for what it's worth.

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Although I absolutely love Borat, I look forward to future films, when SBC can create a character specifically for the movie and keep it under wraps until release, thus totally throwing people off.

If Borat does well, I can see a Bruno film being problematic if too many people become hip to him.

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Borat was just on Stern. Amazing.

I cannot wait to see this movie.

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I haven't been this excited for a movie in a long time.

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Can't wait
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