“Borat 2,” aka “Borat: Subsequent MovieFilm” now has a trailer and a release date to its name: Amazon Studios will release the film on October 23.
A recent WGA filing had the “Borat” sequel titled as “Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit,” but Amazon has changed it to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.“
Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Borat Sagdiyev, the fictitious Kazakh journalist who goes back to the United States to make a documentary, based on real-life, docu-interactions with everyday Americans. The film is directed by Jason Woliner (“Parks and Recreation”) who replaces the original film’s, Larry Charles.
Cohen made a name for himself in 2006. I was already a fan of the brilliant satire in his HBO series “Da Ali G Show,” but it was a real kick to see him bring Borat to the big screen during the Bush-era. We badly needed it. The film’s guerilla-style filmmaking brought the laughs, which came with a nastily rendered satirical sting. It turns out that this wily character was more than just about cheap laughs, he also brought out the worst in America; a homophobic, racist, and culturally divided nation slyly hiding its bigotry back in the early aughts (much more so than it is today).