Ali G Indahouse

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Ali G Indahouse

Cover of UK DVD release
Directed by Mark Mylod
Produced by Sacha Baron Cohen
Written by Sacha Baron Cohen
Dan Mazer
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen
Martin Freeman
Michael Gambon
Charles Dance
Kellie Bright
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) March 22, 2002 (original UK release)
Running time 88 min.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £5,000,000 (estimated)
Followed by Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

Ali G Indahouse: The Movie is a 2002 movie directed by Mark Mylod starring the fictional character Ali G, performed by the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. It was released on DVD in Region 2 in the UK on November 11, 2002 and in Region 1 in USA/Canada on November 2, 2004.

The film is the first in a sort of trilogy of films based of Baron Cohen's characters from Da Ali G Show television show, the second being Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The third film, entitled Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt, is slated to be released in 2008.

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[edit] Plot

Ali G is the leader of Da West Staines Massiv, a fictional gang composed of a group of wannabe gangsters from Staines (a small, affluent, suburban town to the west of London); 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), 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 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.

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 in a meeting with Ali G, where a double was used for different shots.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Ratings

In the UK, the film was rated 15 by the BBFC for its drug use and sexual themes, although the film contains no real graphic sexual content.

[edit] Reception

The film opened to mixed reviews from critics and fans. While some hailed it as a successful low culture comedy[1], it inspired little of the strong fan enthusiasm associated with Da Ali G Show on HBO[2] and with Baron Cohen's subsequent film, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan[3]. 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.

[edit] Soundtrack

Ali G Indahouse - Da Soundtrack
Ali G Indahouse - Da Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack
Released 18 March 2002
Length 1:09:35
Label Island
Producer Nick Angel
Dan Mazer
Sacha Baron Cohen

On 18 March 2002, a soundtrack album for the film was released. Featuring music used in the film, it also featured linking material by Ali G, as if the album was a pirate radio broadcast on Ali's "Drive By FM." It was an enhanced CD, featuring the music video for "Me Julie."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Dive By"
  2. "Stand Clear" by Adam F feat. M.O.P
  3. "Staight Outta Compton" by NWA
  4. "Incredible" by M Beat feat. General Levy
  5. "Swallow Back"
  6. "Me Julie" by Ali G & Shaggy
  7. "Yo!"
  8. "Dynamite" by Ms Dynamite
  9. "Ride wid Us (AC's Dark Dub Edit)" by So Solid Crew
  10. "Baddest Ruffest" by Backyard Dog
  11. "Oh Yeah" by Foxy Brown feat. Spragga Benz
  12. "Put it on Me" by Ja Rule feat. Vita
  13. "This is How We Do It (Rishi Rich Mix)" by Mis-Teeq
  14. "Freak Me" by Another Level
  15. "Hold Tight"
  16. "E.I." by Nelly
  17. "Legalise"
  18. "Shoot to Kill" by Oxide & Neutrino
  19. "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
  20. "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
  21. "Spread de Love"
  22. "Me Julie (Video)" by Ali G & Shaggy

[edit] "Me Julie" single

“Me Julie”
“Me Julie” cover
Single by Ali G & Shaggy
from the album Ali G Indahouse - Da Soundtrack
A-side Me Julie
B-side Me Julie (Big League Remix)
Me Julie (Instrumental)
Released 11 March 2002
Format CD
Length 11:28
Label Island
Writer(s) (O Burrell/D Kelly/Sacha Baron Cohen/D Mazer)
Producer Dave Kelly and Orville Richard Burrell
Certification Silver (BPI)

On 11 March 2002, the single "Me Julie" by Ali G and Shaggy was also released to tie in with the film.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Me Julie
  2. Big League Remix
  3. Instrumental

[edit] Trivia

  • The john Nikey leisure centre was planned to be demolished to make way for heathrows terminal 5. When Micheal Gambon became primeminister again he said he would build it over slough instead. However the real life terminal 5 was not built on staines or slough.

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Sacha Baron Cohen
Characters
Ali G · Borat · Bruno
Films and TV series
F2F (1996–1997) · The 11 O'Clock Show (1998–1999) · Da Ali G Show (UK: 2000, US: 2003–2004) · Ali G Indahouse (2002) · Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) · Brüno (scheduled for 2008) ·