Da Ali G Show: Season 1
HBO (2003)
Comedy
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026359232725
IMDB   8.5
180 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Sacha Baron Cohen Ali G  
Director
James Bobin
Scott Preston
Producer Dan Mazer
Erin O'Malley
Writer Dan Mazer
Sacha Baron Cohen
Musician Erran Baron Cohen


This outrageous comedy/reality series stars British chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen, who travels across America in the guise of one of three totally different characters. Cohen's primary alter-ego is Ali G., who calls himself a "hip-hop journalist", but who's really a white rapper-wannabe. When Cohen isn't putting Ali G and his "guests" in unusual and often delightfully uncomfortable situations, he's shedding his yellow gangsta track suit attire and slipping into two other memorable characters: Borat, an impossibly naive TV reporter from Kazakhstan, and Bruno, a gay Austrian fashionista.
Episodes
 30 mins    2/21/2003  1.  (Special) 'Ali G In Da House' The Movie
Ali G tries his skills as a recruit with the Philadelphia Police Department. Borat explores the do's and don't's of dating in the U.S. Bruno gets the inside story on New York's Fashion Week. Ali G interviews former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornberg.
Director:  James Bobin  Writer:  Dan Mazer  / James Bobin 
Guest starring:  Dick Thornburgh
 30 mins    2/28/2003  2.  Neil Hamilton
Ali G interviews former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and tours the U.N. Ali G conducts a roundtable discussion of experts on religion. Borat gets a lesson in etiquette. Ali G talks to General Brent Scowcroft.
Director:  James Bobin  Writer:  Dan Mazer  / James Bobin 
Guest starring:  Boutros Boutros-Ghali
 30 mins    3/7/2003  3.  Mohammed Al Fayed
Ali G interviews Newt Gingrich. Bruno reports from New York's Fashion Week. Borat covers American hobbies at a gun club and gym. Ali G talks in the studio with a Drug Enforcement Agent. Ali G tries to sell a new business idea to Donald Trump.
Director:  James Bobin  Writer:  Dan Mazer  / James Bobin 
Guest starring:  Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump
 30 mins    3/14/2003  4.  Gail Porter
Ali G presents his guide to art. Ali G interviews James Lipton of ""Inside the Actors Studio."" Ali G conducts a studio discussion on the media. Bruno delivers a guide to LA fashion. Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin.
Director:  James Bobin  Writer:  Dan Mazer  / James Bobin 
Guest starring:  James Lipton, Buzz Aldrin
 30 mins    3/21/2003  5.  Marissa Tait, Sally Jesse Rafael, Roy Hattersley, Tamzin Outhwaite, C. Hynde
Ali G conducts a roundtable discussion on science. Borat visits a minor-league baseball team. Ali G interviews Ralph Nader. Borat visits a Nevada test site and protests nuclear testing. Ali G interviews C. Everett Koop.
Director:  James Bobin  / Anthony Hines  Writer:  Dan Mazer  / James Bobin 
Guest starring:  C. Everett Koop, Ralph Nader
 30 mins    3/28/2003  6.  John Humphrys, Fran Healy
Ali G pitches ideas for TV shows to Hollywood executives. Borat presents his guide to the South, touring a Charleston plantation and visiting a rodeo. Ali G conducts a studio discussion on sex. Bruno attends a football game in Alabama. Ali G interviews James Baker. Ali G attends a political rally. Ali G interviews Marlin Fitzwater.
Director:  James Bobin  Writer:  Dan Mazer  / James Bobin 
Guest starring:  James Baker III, Marlin Fitzwater
7.  Jarvis Cocker, Anita Roddick
Edition Details
Edition PSP Movie
Series Television
Release Date 8/17/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Color