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Ali G, Innit [DVD] [1999]
enlarge	Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alex Alonso Studio: 2 Entertain Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £9.99 as of 24/11/2009 18:44 GMT details You Save: £10.00 (50%) New (4) Used (9) from £5.99 Seller: brrsales Rating: 44 reviews Sales Rank: 23807 Format: PAL Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 89 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014138067915 ASIN: B00005QB91 Theatrical Release Date: 2002 Release Date: March 18, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review An oasis of chortles in the laugh desert that is Channel 4's IThe 11 O'Clock Show/I, Ali G has since progressed to both his own programme and comedy icon status. IInnit/I, meanwhile, rounds up the finest moments from the rapper's time on I11 O'Clock/I with some extra footage thrown in for good measure, which show Sacha Baron Cohen's vowel-dropping, dope-smoking gangsta wannabe at home in his Berkshire "hood". However, it is the previously seen interview material that produces the best moments as Ali, resplendent in a series of eye-searing day-glo tracksuits, grills the likes of ex-film censor James Ferman ("Why did they ban Chocolate Orange?"), the late Tory educational expert Sir Rhodes Boyson ("Do you think porn stars ought to teach sex education in schools?") and a pre-Clapham Common Ron Davies ("What is so good about Wales? Because, no disrespect, but me's hears it's crap.") Exactly who is being lampooned--publicity-hungry celebs? misogynistic rappers? white middle-class wiggers?--is never entirely made clear but the results are rarely less than hilarious. Only the ever-argumentative Tony Benn succeeds in taking on his shades-sporting persecutor. Anyone yet to fall under Ali G's spell, though, is unlikely to be convinced by his opening assertion that 85% of the video's cost price will be spent on top-quality marijuana. --IClark Collis/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 44 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...9 Next » Sacha Baron Cohen has never quite matched this July 4, 2005 Martin (England) 11 out of 11 found this review helpful When your prime comic thrust is to catch people unawares by acting stupid, being famous is quite a handicap. It's perhaps no surprise then that from a political standpoint this is the best and funniest Ali G work of all. This Cambridge-educated middle-class comic manages to blend in flawlessly and somehow convinces people that he's genuine, and his dumb questions leave them flummoxed. He's also very good at trapping people with questions which are superficially easy to answer, but then lead into a clever line of reasoning to genuinely trap these supposed genuises.pRhodes Boyson perhaps comes across worst of all, completely missing what Ali meant by 'caned' and 'women who drink from the furry cup' and as such making me glad his role in politics ended many years ago. His method of trapping the famous judge into attempting to define which language is offensive enough to turn murder into manslaughter, and later his justification for why women should not be on juries, is hysterical. Decribing James Ferman as "the guy who writes his name on the films" still provokes a chuckle no matter how many times I see it.pThe interview with the army hero is an early one, and the look and lingo aren't especially convincing, but the brilliant question "does it help if you've ALREADY killed someone?" regarding entrance requirements still shines through, as he obliviously goes into a story about 'me mate Dave'. The interview with Sir Teddy Taylor is yet another highlight, especially his astute and improvisational expansion on the concept of 'horse-trading', which he pretends to completely fail to understand - "So the horses vote then?" - and Teddy's reaction to his fear that hardcore Dutch pornography won't be available under a united Europe.pAli G touches on awkward political issues - Welsh devolution, gays in the military, work-shy single parents and the public's stereotyping of them, Northern Ireland - and manages to provoke some very surprising reactions. Can you imagine Jonathan Dimbleby or even Jeremy Paxman getting the same results? It goes to back up the extent to which hard-looking youths frighten the 'moral majority'.pThe guy who suggested that the humour here is racist is completely missing the point. In many areas of Britain, white youths routinely act in the way portrayed in the sketches here, trying to use black slang without ever really hitting the crux of the culture, and certainly not fully understanding it. Furthermore, all too many white people in this country (older ones at least) still believe that the negative attitudes, and fail to appreciate any other element of African/Jamaican cultures. Lest we forget that Cohen is himself Jewish. As for being offended by the masturbation jokes at the beginning, please grow up and appreciate the remark in its context. The Eleven O'Clock Show discovers ALI G - Wicked! July 21, 2006 Darryl Curtis (Shepperton) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful I remember it well. I even sat in the audience one night. Ian Lee and Daisy Donavan presented the Eleven O'Clock show. An irreverant current affairs show about that weeks news. The show was funny enough, but it more importantly revealed Sasha Baron Cohen's character Ali G. I think even Ricky Gervais first appeared on the show. br / br /Anyway this was the original Ali G. The spoof interviewer was sent to represent yooff (youth!) and many people fell for it. Interviews with Tony Benn, Judge Pickles, art experts, welsh teachers, Orange Order me.... I cannot put into words how funny these are, and while the films and the tv series that followed are good these are the best. br / br /The other highlight (or lowlight) is for anyone who has ever been to staines, middlesex (or berkshire as Ali seems to say), there are clips of the town spotted in the DVD. The now demolished ABC Cinema, The Crooked Billet before it was burnt down. Surely seeing these images is worth the price alone! br / br /Enjoy Funniest Video Ever! March 14, 2000 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Ali G has simply got to be one of the funniest modern comics today..cohen who plays ali shows how white people try to be rastafarian...this is without doubt the funniset thing ive seen in ages...and he gets the former education minister to admit taking drugs while being at school. However i feel that this is british comedy that non brits just arent going to appreciate! BRILLIANT! Ali G caring sharing man of the Millennium March 10, 2000 stef_nz@hotmail.com (Asheridge, Bucks) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful The best parts of Ali G's famous 11 O'clock Show. This video will make you laugh the whole way through as long as you do not take any offence to the many many people Ali G cusses. His ability to interview people and make them look like idiots without them knowing is another reason to keep on laughing. My person favourite is Ali G in the country side, Ali G in the country side Boyakasha! Dis is well wikkid innit! March 27, 2000 6 out of 8 found this review helpful BOH! Aight, check dis! Dis video is well wikkid. Nuff respec' to me main man de Ali G. Dis video is all about da important things in life, like de Punani an de Sensemelia. Ali G also covaz controvershal issues like de feminism, da terrerorism and da racialism. Big up da Staines massive, increase da peace, keep it real. Showing reviews 1-5 of 44 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...9 Next »

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