Borat 2 | 60 facts about the popular movie

Borat was a mockumentary comedy fil, that gained global success in 2006. Recently, after more than 10 years the sequel was released.

1. The full name of the movie is Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
2. It is a 2020 American mockumentary comedy film.
3. It is directed by Jason Woliner.
4. Borat 2 is his feature directorial debut.
5. The film stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat.
6. Borat is a fictional Kazakh journalist and television personality named Borat Sagdiyev,
7. Also, in the movie we see Maria Bakalova as his daughter Tutar, who is to be offered as a bride to Vice President Mike Pence during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 presidential election.
8. The movie is a sequel to 2006’s Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
9. Baron Cohen had said in 2007 that he had retired the Borat character.
10. Despite that, he was spotted in 2019 in the disguise, and was seen filming in mid-2020, leading to speculation of a second Borat film.
11. The project was officially announced in September 2020.
12. At first nobody knew which company acquired the distribution rights.
13. At last it was revealed that  Amazon Studios acquired the distribution rights.
14. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was released on October 23, 2020, on Prime Video.
15. It received praise from critics for Baron Cohen and Bakalova’s performances.
16. The movie also received positive comments for its commentary on American culture.
17. Rupert Murdoch announced in early February 2007 that Baron Cohen had signed on to do another Borat film with 20th Century Fox, distributor of the first film, but lat later Baron Cohen declined it.
18. A spokesman for Fox later stated that it was too early to begin planning such a film, although they were open to the idea.
19. In 2014, he brought back Borat for the FXX series Ali G: Rezurection, a compilation of the sketches from Da Ali G Show with new footage.
20. He also briefly appeared as Borat in December 2015 on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the film Grimsby.
21. He appered as Borat again in November 2018 to encourage Americans to vote in that year’s midterm elections.
22. In the two years leading up to the release, the film’s star became more concerned about being politically active, giving speeches and interviews in-person to combat racism.
23. He insisted on releasing the film immediately before the 2020 presidential election to provoke alarm among Americans about a slide into illiberal democracy.
24. Like several of Sacha Baron Cohen’s films, the score is composed by his brother Erran Baron Cohen, with other original recordings including Canadian roots musician Adrian Raso performing “Urn St. Taven” and a cover of “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by Russian electronic music act Little Big.
25. Sacha Baron Cohen sat nearly five hours in a toilet stall at the 2020 CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) until Vice President Mike Pence was about to appear on stage.
26. Sacha Baron Cohen spent five whole days with pro-conservatives Jerry Holleman and Jim Russell without breaking character as Borat.
27. Borat’s Daughter in this movie is actually speaking Bulgarian, the native language of the actress Maria Bakalova, and he seems to understand her perfectly.
28. Meanwhile, the Kazakh premier is played by a Romanian actor who says his lines in Romanian.
29. This is a recurring joke from the first movie where Borat speaks Hebrew while his producer Azamat spoke Armenian, but seemingly they understand each other.
30. All of this to point out that American audiences can’t notice the differences in foreign languages.
31. Professional babysitter Jeanise Jones was paid $3,600 to appear in the movie.
32. She didn’t know it was a mockumentary, and not a documentary.
33. Actually, that happens with most of the other people who appear in the film.
34. She later praised the performance of Bakalova and admitted she had her fooled.
35. Although Borat was shown putting on his Donald Trump disguise, the part was shot after the 2020 CPAC.
36. This happened because Sacha Baron Cohen actually wore the makeup and costume underneath the Klan robe before interrupting Mike Pence.
37. Originally titled “Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan.”
38. ”The movie was filmed in secret and details didn’t emerge until September 2020.
39. Some small sequences appear in the trailer but not in the movie.
40. These include Borat asking if Harry Potter is a “sex criminal”, asking the pastor if he “put a baby” in his daughter, Borat fist-bumping, playing golf and being stopped by traffic police.
41. The credits end with a disclaimer saying that the film is not affiliated with the government and people of Kazakhstan.
42. However, this message twice misspells the country’s name as “Kasakhstan”.
43. If the price for Tutar’s surgery of $21,751 would have been in Tenge, the Kazakh currency, as asked by Borat, it would have been around $51.
44. According to Sacha Baron Cohen, while filming at the rally in Olympia, the militia present had been antagonizing Black Lives Matters protesters nearby.
45. The group sent some protesters in undercover and were the first to realize that it was Cohen on stage as Country Steve.
46. Word got out to the crowd and they attempted to storm the stage.
47. According to Cohen, one person had even reached for their handgun. Since Cohen hired the security, he was safely able to get off stage with ample time before the crowd stormed the stage.
48. In a clip Cohen shared online, the crowd had even found and were approaching the production vehicle he hid in.
49. During Judith Dim Evans’ scene in the synagogue, Judith’s story can be viewed with Amazon’s X-Ray bonus content feature.
50. The end card of the trailer is in Russian and means translated “This movie doesn’t fit for (a 3 is visible and a little kid with a crossed line). Don’t look at children, it will destroy your brain.”
51. The plot of the film reflects Cohen’s own struggle with trying to stay hidden in public when attempting to make a comedy like Borat or Brüno.
52. A shot of Borat speaking to the camera while the crowd of villagers following him required multiple takes because his lines were drowned out by their chatter.
53. The name of Borat’s daughter, Tutar, translates to “Daughter” in Estonian (“Tütar”).
54. With respect to his scene with Borat’s daughter, Rudy Giuliani has defended himself on Twitter by stating that he was “tucking in his shirt after taking off recording equipment.”
55. The film’s creators were sued for fraud after including an interview with Holocaust survivor Judith Dim Evans.
56. Evans died before the film’s release, but her heirs brought the lawsuit alleging that she did not consent to the commercial use of her likeness in the film. Baron Cohen-who dedicated the film to her memory-claimed that he broke character to reveal to Evans that the piece was a bid to reduce her concern about the anti-Semitic comments that Borat makes. The lawsuit was dismissed on October 26.
57. A GoFundMe campaign started by Jones’ pastor raised over $50,000 for her in three days and more than $150,000 by the end of the week. Baron Cohen donated $100,000 to her community of Oklahoma City, with funds disbursed by her church.
58. Jones was cast as an angel in a comedy film as a result of her appearance in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
59. Sid Miller, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. were originally in the film, but their scenes were cut.
60. The village sequences set in Kazakhstan were shot in Romania but not the same village as the previous film after negative feedback from the villagers. Romanian actors were hired for a few parts.