AnyOldIron
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Nov. 12, 2006 — Some unwitting stars of the hit comedy "Borat" don't get the joke.
Most recently, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reported that villagers in the Kazakh town of Glod, where Baron Cohen filmed scenes, feel that they were tricked and ripped off by the actor and his producers.
Psenicska and several others said they were duped into participating in the film. At least three people who appeared in the film claim a producer handed them cash to distract them from the release form that followed.
"I saw $500 and signed it," Psenicska said. "I thought nothing about it because I would release them to do a documentary."
Car salesman Jim Sell said he also was deceived by the lure of cold-hard cash when the producers of Borat approached him to participate at the Criswell Chevrolet car dealership in Gaithersburg, Md.
"They put [the release] in front of me right when they were giving me the $150," Sell said.
He didn't read through the release because the crew had already started filming. Sell also worries that his reputation as a dealer of fine vehicles will be tarnished by the implication that he sold Borat an ice-cream truck. (For the record, he did not.)
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2647648&page=1
They were quick to snap the cash up, and now bitch that THEY didn't read the release forms??????
Most recently, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reported that villagers in the Kazakh town of Glod, where Baron Cohen filmed scenes, feel that they were tricked and ripped off by the actor and his producers.
Psenicska and several others said they were duped into participating in the film. At least three people who appeared in the film claim a producer handed them cash to distract them from the release form that followed.
"I saw $500 and signed it," Psenicska said. "I thought nothing about it because I would release them to do a documentary."
Car salesman Jim Sell said he also was deceived by the lure of cold-hard cash when the producers of Borat approached him to participate at the Criswell Chevrolet car dealership in Gaithersburg, Md.
"They put [the release] in front of me right when they were giving me the $150," Sell said.
He didn't read through the release because the crew had already started filming. Sell also worries that his reputation as a dealer of fine vehicles will be tarnished by the implication that he sold Borat an ice-cream truck. (For the record, he did not.)
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2647648&page=1
They were quick to snap the cash up, and now bitch that THEY didn't read the release forms??????
