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Borat at TIFF

One of my most anticipated movies, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhkstan, had a rough Toronto Film Festival screening:

And about 10 minutes later, after lots of laughter, and just before Borat’s failed effort to tell a “not joke,” as seen in the trailer, the movie fluttered to a stop and the room went dark.

As the crowd moaned, Borat leapt to his feet in the last two rows of the theater and apologized, explaining that they had used the best quality Kazakhstani film, pieced together with the best horse glue.

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But Borat wasn’t happy. He demanded at least one testicle from the festival programmer. And of course, in the end, he blamed it on The Jews.

--The Hot Blog: A Little Less Borat, A Little More Conversation

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