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Boodleheimer · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject: When will "Borat" come out?

any word?

i've seen ads for The Prestige like mad... that's coming out on the 2nd of november. what about Borat??

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

Borat's gay??? Shocked

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

http://boratonline.co.uk/

"The Borat Movie is released on Nov 3rd 2006 and has received unbelievable reviews across the board. Empire magazine gives it 5 out of 5 stars (classic film). Put in context, recent worldwide comedy successes Something about Mary and American Pie both received 4 out of 5."

now for korea, who knows...

my friend who saw a preview in SF said there was "lots of full-frontal male nudity" so maybe the korean censors will have to spend a little time with their x-acto blades before we can see it here.

heaven knows that the "chrem" quotient in that movie is probably bigger than anything i'll see in the gym today. i've heard a lot about those kazakhs. no doubt they scare korean dudes.

bnrockin · Joined: 27 Feb 2006

god my Kazakh friends are soooooo pissed about this movie.

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

they should make a feature length movie of this and see what korean netizens' reactions are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81CtnGNCXhk

Boodleheimer · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject:

they had a press screening of it at the Busan Film Festival... so maybe the naughty bits are edited out already.

The King of Kwangju · Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Location: New York City

I caught it at the Toronto Film Festival.

If you like the show, you're really going to like it.

liehtzu · Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Location: the sticks, Korea

From what I understand it's getting a release here in December (see the earlier Pusan Film Festival thread). Its sole screening at the Pusan Film Fest was heavily promoted - there was a group of Korean dudes dressed up like Borat, even sporting silly little fake moustaches, shouting "Anyong haseyo. Borat-uh" as I exited an elevator once.

They don't censor frontal nudity at film festivals, even Asian ones. Some films like Bruno Dumont's "Flanders" (which I saw) had full frontal nudity unedited at the fest, and John Cameron Mitchell's "Shortbus" (which I didn't see) has several scenes of straight and gay intercourse which I doubt they edited. But in the wide cinema release, yes, I think they'd edit the nudity out of "Borat," and I don't think "Shortbus" will make it to Korean shores.

seoulsucker · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject:

R-Seoul · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Location: your place

There are test screenings imminent in Korea to gauge public reaction to the film. I'm guessing that based on these Fox will decide on whether to put it on general release here.
Hearing a colleague describing the screenplay as 'not funny' i wouldn't get your hopes up...

seoulsucker · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject:

I don't think the general Korean sense of humor is suited to a film like this. Wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get released here.

koldijk · Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Location: ULSAN

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please see his movie or he will be execute...

koreans don't understand something that doesn't involve the absolute worship of america.... north korea makes sense to me... now...

anyway, i am waiting for the DVD...