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December 14, 2006
Sacha Speaks (via publicist)
STATEMENT FROM SACHA BARON COHEN
ON BEHALF OF RECEIVING TWO GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS FOR
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN; FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL; BARON COHEN NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR
“I am extremely honored. I’m very proud as well for my fellow writers as well as our director Larry Charles, and our producer Jay Roach, and am very thankful for the HFPA’s belief and acknowledgment of our film. I have been trying to let Borat know this great news but for the last 4 hours both of Kazakhstan’s telephones have been engaged. Eventually, Premier Nazarbayev answered and said he would pass on the message as soon as Borat returned from Iran, where he is guest of honor at the Holocaust Denial Conference.”
Posted by poland at December 14, 2006 09:10 AM
Comments
And I can't wait for his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes.
How many of the actresses will he try to doggy-hump on his way to the podium? And how will Meryl and Dames Judi and Helen react when he does so?
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at December 14, 2006 09:43 AM
Oh God, please don't tell me he'll be dressed as Borat for all the awards shows. I'll start having Roberto Benigni flashbacks.
Posted by: Josh Massey at December 14, 2006 10:02 AM
I think his best move would be to go as himself in a simple tux and accept with style and grace (and humor). That would really strike home what an amazing performance it was.
Of course, winning the Globe will have no bearing on receiving an Oscar nomination. So he should be doing that now on talk shows and the like.
Posted by: Melquiades at December 14, 2006 02:15 PM
Maybe he'll show some class and accept the award as himself rather than as Borat. I hate to say this, but I think he's a guaranteed GG winner and that places him firmly in that fifth Oscar spot (like David has been saying for months) especially with a potential Leo DiCaprio split vote.
David, you may be a Golden God! (I guess that's better than being painted blue )
Posted by: EDouglas at December 14, 2006 02:26 PM
Gotta agree with the tux thing. But as we're all aware, Borat does as Borat likes.
Posted by: Aladdin Sane at December 14, 2006 02:43 PM
Mel Gibson is at the same conference
Posted by: glass-half-empty-guy at December 14, 2006 02:46 PM
He did his acceptance speech at the British Comedy Awards as himself, not Borat. I guess that sets the precedent.
Posted by: devlin_adl at December 14, 2006 03:17 PM
He just went to the British Comedy awards dressed as himself. I don't think it'll be a problem.
Posted by: James Leer at December 14, 2006 04:10 PM
I think he deserves an Oscar. By parachuting into reality, sometimes behind enemy lines (rodeo), undercover, in perfectly-maintained character, he makes other "actory" performances feel safe, overly precious, and sort of fake.
In each set-up, he got one take. Which other actor could establish so much true suspense in the audience with no more than one take?
What performance is more convention-busting? More brave, more committed? More talked about? Raised more discussion about racism, anti-semitism?
While also making people laugh so long and so hard they were gasping for air.
Posted by: Hackster at December 17, 2006 07:50 PM
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