Was borat "for real"?

I know I know...mockumentary and all, yeah, I know that borat himself is not real and that he is an actor...but the guys he "interviewed" in the movie, were they actors too? or just pedestrians/regular people who actually thought they were being interviewed by a foreign person? it just looked so realistic to me (the reaction of the people and their "acting", not borat's acting)

but even though it looks as "real" I doubt it is, because of the part when he kidnaps pamela anderson...the girl had like 4 bodyguards behind her, any bodyguard would have stuffed borat's back with a bunch of bullets in 2 seconds as soon as they saw the person they were supposed to be guarding was getting abducted.

so anyone knows if it was real or if everything was scripted?

most of it was real, like the dinner where he brought the prostitute and some stuff was staged but it was still funny nonetheless

I relly get the feeling that when he was in texas "singing" his national anthem, that nobody in the audience understood he was making a mockumentary.

It was proven that at least some of the situations were faked, like the whole Pamela Anderson kidnapping attempt and when he gets on the RV with the guys. However there were lawsuits involved so that does prove that some things were real. MushroomWig

I relly get the feeling that when he was in texas "singing" his national anthem, that nobody in the audience understood he was making a mockumentary.

Serraph105

but even though it looks as "real" I doubt it is, because of the part when he kidnaps pamela anderson...the girl had like 4 bodyguards behind her, any bodyguard would have stuffed borat's back with a bunch of bullets in 2 seconds as soon as they saw the person they were supposed to be guarding was getting abducted.lightleggy

[QUOTE="lightleggy"]but even though it looks as "real" I doubt it is, because of the part when he kidnaps pamela anderson...the girl had like 4 bodyguards behind her, any bodyguard would have stuffed borat's back with a bunch of bullets in 2 seconds as soon as they saw the person they were supposed to be guarding was getting abducted.xTheExploited

I like to think it's all real. That makes it more funny. :)

The vast majority of it is real, yes.

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"][QUOTE="lightleggy"]but even though it looks as "real" I doubt it is, because of the part when he kidnaps pamela anderson...the girl had like 4 bodyguards behind her, any bodyguard would have stuffed borat's back with a bunch of bullets in 2 seconds as soon as they saw the person they were supposed to be guarding was getting abducted.lightleggy

I know I know...mockumentary and all, yeah, I know that borat himself is not real and that he is an actor...but the guys he "interviewed" in the movie, were they actors too? or just pedestrians/regular people who actually thought they were being interviewed by a foreign person? it just looked so realistic to me (the reaction of the people and their "acting", not borat's acting)

but even though it looks as "real" I doubt it is, because of the part when he kidnaps pamela anderson...the girl had like 4 bodyguards behind her, any bodyguard would have stuffed borat's back with a bunch of bullets in 2 seconds as soon as they saw the person they were supposed to be guarding was getting abducted.

so anyone knows if it was real or if everything was scripted?

lightleggy

the scenes in Kazakhstan were in Romania, also Kazakh people have higher gdp per capita than romanian

most of the situations were real , but I think some things like the attempt to Kidnap Pamela Anderson were fake, otherwise she would have taken him to court.

funny enough the language he was speaking in the whole movie , which is described as the language of Kazahstan , is actually Hebrew, which is ironic.

Its mostly real. My favorite part is when he is telling the crowd that his country supports the U.S. 'War of terror' its class.

For some reason people don't seem to agree with me on this but... It feels rather boring because the people around him know it's fake.

Example: Borat drops a chicken out of his suitcase on the subway. Normally those people would go: "WTH?????????????? :| :| THIS IS SO WEIRD!!!1" and their reactions would feel authenthic BUT... They obviously must have a rather big camera to shoot this with, so obviously those people would know that this is some kind of fake drama for some kind of tv show. This means that their reactions (which is the fun part to watch) are pretty much faked and all that.

So in other words... Borat sucks.