In one of the shortest WGA Award ceremonies in recent memory, with 90 minutes, there were some comedic highlights, one of which was when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm actor / producer / co-scribe and WGA winner of Adapted Screenplay, Sacha Baron Cohen, punched his favorite punching bag in the sequence, Donald Trump consigliere Rudy Giuliani.
“Thank you for this incredible award, although I can’t help thinking that we won because 60% of the Writers Guild worked on this film,” said Baron Cohen at a pre-recorded ceremony tonight.
“A film like this is extremely difficult to write, in part because it stars real people whose behavior is completely unpredictable – except Rudy Giuliani, who did everything we hoped for,” said the creator of the British comedy, hitting the nail in the head.
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“See the pages here,” said Baron Cohen reading the script by Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern and himself.
“Interior – Hotel room. Rudolph Giuliani stumbles. He is drinking. He waffles stupid conspiracy theories for 12 minutes and then takes Tutar to the bedroom, he lies on the bed and reaches into his pants. One plug. Incredible, ”said Baron Cohen.
Yesterday, on the Producers Guild of America nominees panel, where the Amazon sequel is competing for the main prize, Borat 2 producer Monica Levinson explained that Giuliani tried to arrest the team. “He claimed that we were trying to extort him at the time, which we didn’t ask for. He called all of his New York cops and said extortion, which was a federal crime. Too smart to bring that up. ”However, she was on her second Borat film after the first time after spending 19 hours in prison in this production.
Baron Cohen was the presenter a moment earlier during the WGA award ceremony for the Original Screenplay, and in a wink to himself, said he was completely partial in the category, as one of the nominees performed an extraordinary performance by Abbie Hoffman (ie , Aaron Sorkin’s The Chicago Trial 7) Filmmaker Emerald Fennell won that category by Promising Young Woman.
Borat Subsequent Movefilm has performed well so far during the awards season. In addition to the WGA Adapted Screenplay award, the film won two Golden Globes for Best Film – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in the category. At the Oscars, the Amazon sequence competes in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay and Maria Bakalova in the category of Best Supporting Actress.