7. Borat
RELEASE DATE Nov. 3
WHY WE CAN'T WAIT Equal-opportunity offender Sacha Baron Cohen makes us laugh helplessly, often in open-mouthed shock.
THE PREMISE In this mockumentary, Kazakh TV star Borat (Baron Cohen) tours the U.S., hoping to learn about our society (from Americans who aren't in on the joke) and to meet Pamela Anderson
SOURCE The character popularized on Baron Cohen's Da Ali G Show
THE BACKSTORY During his travels, Borat riled a lot of people, including the government of Kazakhstan and Virginians at a rodeo where Borat butchered ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' (an incident shown in the film). ''If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him,'' an observer said.
BURNING QUESTION Will the film be controversial or just a cultish in-joke?
COME FOR Baron Cohen's strangely sweet bigot
STAY FOR A cameo by La Anderson herself
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