‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ wins Golden Globe for Best Comedy – Deadline

Sacha Baron Cohen came out hot at the beginning of his acceptance speech for Borat Subsequent MoviefilmGolden Globe win for Best Comedy or Musical.

“Thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press all white,” he began, an attempt to see the lack of any black members in the group, a fact that has been criticized in the industry and beyond in the past few days.

He also hailed “co-star” Rudy Giuliani, without whom “this film would not have been possible”. Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer “came out of nowhere and turned out to be a comedy genius.” (Giuliani is famous for putting his hands on his pants in a hotel room during a scene with Maria Bakalova, who plays Borat’s 15-year-old daughter. He later said he was adjusting his microphone.)

“Who could get the most laugh out of unpacking?” Baron Cohen was delighted. “Incredible. Our film was just the beginning for him. Rudy starred in a series of comedy films, including Four Seasons Landscaping, Hair dye the other day and the drama of the court A Very Public Fart. “

The rest of the comments by the co-writer and actor were as straightforward and predictable as the victory in the category of Amazon Studios and Baron Cohen’s production company, Four by Two Films. He recited a list of names, ending with a thank you and a kiss to his wife, Isla Fisher, who sat next to him during the speech, smiling and occasionally laughing.

The story behind the film was a legend long before its release last October. Baron Cohen had effectively retired the character after the 2006 film grossed more than $ 260 million at the global box office and consolidated his stardom. (He also won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical Actor.)

After Trump’s election and several of his changes in office, Baron Cohen recalled in interviews, he started talking to his collaborators about a way to revive the Kazakh journalist character. Eventually, they discovered the plot of the film. Production then sped up and was the first shoot to take place during Covid-19. Baron Cohen intended the film to be released before the November 3 election. Among several bidders, Amazon not only made a strong financial offer, but also a firm guarantee to launch it on its global streaming service before election day.

Streaming numbers are always hard to come by, but Amazon said that “tens of millions” of Prime Video subscribers watched the movie during its opening weekend. The film’s treatment of scorched earth for Trumpworld (particularly Giuliani’s scene) made the film a cultural moment. Even though he had to adopt disguises, since the appearance of Borat’s gray suit and caterpillar mustache had become too familiar to avoid detection, Baron Cohen made a sequence that most critics consider book support worthy of the original.

Here is the full acceptance speech: