Ali G is the leader of Da West Staines Massiv, a fictional gang composed of a group of wannabe gangsters from Staines
StainesStaines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England, but remains within the postal county of Middlesex.... (a small, affluent, suburban town to the west of London
LondonLondon is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....); their chief rivals are Da East Staines Massiv. Ali and Da West Staines Massiv are heartbroken to learn that their beloved local leisure centre (where they like to chill out and also where Ali teaches his "Keep it Real" classes) will be destroyed by the local council. Ali and his pals decide to protest this injustice. After he goes on a hunger strike and is spotted chained to some railings by the nefarious Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton (played by Charles Dance
Charles DanceCharles Dance, Order of the British Empire is an England actor, screenwriter and Film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains....), he is drawn into a world of seedy political intrigue, as the Deputy Prime Minister tries to use Ali as a tool to destroy the Prime Minister's credibility. Ali is put forward as a candidate to be the MP for Staines in a crucial by-election and manages to alienate most who cross his path, including feminists and the elderly. He manages to win the election by serendipitously outing his chief rival candidate as a man who had 'sucked off a horse'.Although originally seeming out of his depth as an M.P, Ali G's bizarre behaviour and solutions seem to actually work. Through ideas such as making more "relatable" education and selectively ensuring the immigration of attractive (or "fit") women into England, Ali G becomes incredibly popular, meeting the Prime Minister's intentions and bringing his percentage in the polls up 22 percent. With this the PM decides to save Ali's leisure centre.Before the Leisure Centre can be saved, a video emerges of Ali and his girlfriend having sex in the PM's bedroom. As Ali was wearing items of the PM's clothing at the time the media believe the video details the PM with a prostitute, forcing his resignation. This results in deputy PM David Carlton being made PM. Carlton, who despises Ali and immediately removes him from the cabinet, orders the destruction the aforementioned leisure centre. After turning down an offer to have sex with Carlton's secretary, Kate Hedges, in exchange for "keeping his mouth shut" about the videotape, Ali and the West Staines Massiv must race against time to find the master copy of the CCTV
Closed-circuit televisionClosed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point wireless links.... tape proving the former PM's innocence, extending the olive branch to all the gangs all over Staines (even to the East Staines Massiv) to help them break into the vaults and retrieve the said tape.The character of Kate Hedges is said to be a reference to Baron Cohen's high school teacher of the same name.They do this successfully and manage to reinstate the original PM, save the leisure centre and generally live happily ever after.This film features Baron Cohen's other character Borat
BoratBorat Sagdiyev is a fictional character created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen. He is the eponymous protagonist of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.... in a meeting with Ali G, where a double was used for different shots.
Cast
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron CohenSacha Noam Baron Cohen is a UK comedian, writer and Golden Globe-winning actor most noted for his comic characters Ali G , Borat Sagdiyev , and Bruno ....: Ali G
Ali GAli G is a satire fictional character invented and played by England comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show, Ali G was the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired on HBO in 2003-2004, and was the title character of the film Ali G Indahouse.... and Borat Sagdiyev
Sir Michael Gambon
Michael GambonMichael John Gambon, Order of the British Empire is a British Academy Television Awards-winning Irish people-born United Kingdom actor who has worked in theatre, television and film....: Prime Minister
Charles Dance
Charles DanceCharles Dance, Order of the British Empire is an England actor, screenwriter and Film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains....: David Carlton
Kellie Bright
Kellie BrightKellie Bright is an actor who is probably still best known for her roles as a child actress on British television in the late 1980s and the 1990s....: Julie
Martin Freeman
Martin FreemanMartin Freeman is a popular England actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office , and as Arthur Dent in the film film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ....: Ricky C
Rhona Mitra
Rhona MitraRhona Mitra is a United Kingdom actress and model, sometimes credited as Rona Mitra....: Kate Hedges
Barbara New
Barbara NewBarbara New is an England character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang M'Lord?. Following this role, she appeared as Vera Plumtree in Oh, Doctor Beeching!....: Nan
Ray Panthaki
Ray PanthakiRay Panthaki is a British-born actor and film producer.Born in London, Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ronny Ferreira and as 'Hassan B' the nemesis to Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in Ali G Indahouse ....: Hassan B
Emilio Rivera
Emilio RiveraEmilio Rivera is an Hispanic American film and television actor....: Ricky
Tony Way
Tony WayTony Way is an England actor, comedian, and writer, who is best known for playing various characters, in the hit BBC sketch comedy TV series "Tittybangbang" and playing the character Dave in the hit comedy movie, Ali G Indahouse...: Dave
Ratings In the UK, the film was rated 15 by the BBFC
British Board of Film ClassificationThe British Board of Film Classification , originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for film, DVD and some video game classification within the United Kingdom.... for its drug use and sexual themes, although the film contains no real graphic sexual content. (but it is suggestive)
Reception The film opened to mixed reviews from critics and fans. While some hailed it as a successful low culture
Low cultureLow culture is a derogatory term for some forms of popular culture. The term is often encountered in discourses on the nature of culture. Its opposite is high culture.... comedy, it inspired little of the strong fan enthusiasm associated with Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G ShowDa Ali G Show is the name of two related Satire TV series starring Great Britain comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G.... on HBO and with Baron Cohen's subsequent film, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 in film mockumentary comedy film starring the British people comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the Borat Sagdiyev of a fictitious Kazakhs journalist travelling through the United States, recording real-life interactions with Americans..... This difference may be a result of the film's wholly fictional scripted plot, which omits one of the most popular staples of the television program - Ali G's real-life unscripted confrontations with unwitting foils.
StainesStaines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England, but remains within the postal county of Middlesex.... (a small, affluent, suburban town to the west of London
LondonLondon is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....); their chief rivals are Da East Staines Massiv. Ali and Da West Staines Massiv are heartbroken to learn that their beloved local leisure centre (where they like to chill out and also where Ali teaches his "Keep it Real" classes) will be destroyed by the local council. Ali and his pals decide to protest this injustice. After he goes on a hunger strike and is spotted chained to some railings by the nefarious Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton (played by Charles Dance
Charles DanceCharles Dance, Order of the British Empire is an England actor, screenwriter and Film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains....), he is drawn into a world of seedy political intrigue, as the Deputy Prime Minister tries to use Ali as a tool to destroy the Prime Minister's credibility. Ali is put forward as a candidate to be the MP for Staines in a crucial by-election and manages to alienate most who cross his path, including feminists and the elderly. He manages to win the election by serendipitously outing his chief rival candidate as a man who had 'sucked off a horse'.Although originally seeming out of his depth as an M.P, Ali G's bizarre behaviour and solutions seem to actually work. Through ideas such as making more "relatable" education and selectively ensuring the immigration of attractive (or "fit") women into England, Ali G becomes incredibly popular, meeting the Prime Minister's intentions and bringing his percentage in the polls up 22 percent. With this the PM decides to save Ali's leisure centre.Before the Leisure Centre can be saved, a video emerges of Ali and his girlfriend having sex in the PM's bedroom. As Ali was wearing items of the PM's clothing at the time the media believe the video details the PM with a prostitute, forcing his resignation. This results in deputy PM David Carlton being made PM. Carlton, who despises Ali and immediately removes him from the cabinet, orders the destruction the aforementioned leisure centre. After turning down an offer to have sex with Carlton's secretary, Kate Hedges, in exchange for "keeping his mouth shut" about the videotape, Ali and the West Staines Massiv must race against time to find the master copy of the CCTV
Closed-circuit televisionClosed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point wireless links.... tape proving the former PM's innocence, extending the olive branch to all the gangs all over Staines (even to the East Staines Massiv) to help them break into the vaults and retrieve the said tape.The character of Kate Hedges is said to be a reference to Baron Cohen's high school teacher of the same name.They do this successfully and manage to reinstate the original PM, save the leisure centre and generally live happily ever after.This film features Baron Cohen's other character Borat
BoratBorat Sagdiyev is a fictional character created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen. He is the eponymous protagonist of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.... in a meeting with Ali G, where a double was used for different shots.
Cast
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron CohenSacha Noam Baron Cohen is a UK comedian, writer and Golden Globe-winning actor most noted for his comic characters Ali G , Borat Sagdiyev , and Bruno ....: Ali G
Ali GAli G is a satire fictional character invented and played by England comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show, Ali G was the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired on HBO in 2003-2004, and was the title character of the film Ali G Indahouse.... and Borat Sagdiyev
Sir Michael Gambon
Michael GambonMichael John Gambon, Order of the British Empire is a British Academy Television Awards-winning Irish people-born United Kingdom actor who has worked in theatre, television and film....: Prime Minister
Charles Dance
Charles DanceCharles Dance, Order of the British Empire is an England actor, screenwriter and Film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains....: David Carlton
Kellie Bright
Kellie BrightKellie Bright is an actor who is probably still best known for her roles as a child actress on British television in the late 1980s and the 1990s....: Julie
Martin Freeman
Martin FreemanMartin Freeman is a popular England actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office , and as Arthur Dent in the film film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ....: Ricky C
Rhona Mitra
Rhona MitraRhona Mitra is a United Kingdom actress and model, sometimes credited as Rona Mitra....: Kate Hedges
Barbara New
Barbara NewBarbara New is an England character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang M'Lord?. Following this role, she appeared as Vera Plumtree in Oh, Doctor Beeching!....: Nan
Ray Panthaki
Ray PanthakiRay Panthaki is a British-born actor and film producer.Born in London, Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ronny Ferreira and as 'Hassan B' the nemesis to Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in Ali G Indahouse ....: Hassan B
Emilio Rivera
Emilio RiveraEmilio Rivera is an Hispanic American film and television actor....: Ricky
Tony Way
Tony WayTony Way is an England actor, comedian, and writer, who is best known for playing various characters, in the hit BBC sketch comedy TV series "Tittybangbang" and playing the character Dave in the hit comedy movie, Ali G Indahouse...: Dave
Ratings In the UK, the film was rated 15 by the BBFC
British Board of Film ClassificationThe British Board of Film Classification , originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for film, DVD and some video game classification within the United Kingdom.... for its drug use and sexual themes, although the film contains no real graphic sexual content. (but it is suggestive)
Reception The film opened to mixed reviews from critics and fans. While some hailed it as a successful low culture
Low cultureLow culture is a derogatory term for some forms of popular culture. The term is often encountered in discourses on the nature of culture. Its opposite is high culture.... comedy, it inspired little of the strong fan enthusiasm associated with Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G ShowDa Ali G Show is the name of two related Satire TV series starring Great Britain comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G.... on HBO and with Baron Cohen's subsequent film, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 in film mockumentary comedy film starring the British people comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the Borat Sagdiyev of a fictitious Kazakhs journalist travelling through the United States, recording real-life interactions with Americans..... This difference may be a result of the film's wholly fictional scripted plot, which omits one of the most popular staples of the television program - Ali G's real-life unscripted confrontations with unwitting foils.
