As Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat celebrates its 20th anniversary, one of the film’s most memorable scenes still has a strong Montgomery County connection.
During the movie, Borat visits Criswell Chevrolet in Gaithersburg while searching for a new vehicle. There, he was assisted by longtime salesman Jim Sell, who handled Borat’s outrageous questions and off-the-wall comments with remarkable professionalism and good humor.
After looking at Corvettes and Hummers, Borat ultimately left in the iconic ice cream truck that would become his vehicle throughout much of the film. Despite how it appears on screen, the ice cream truck was not actually purchased from Criswell Chevrolet…