Brüno (Larry Charles, 2009)

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Antoine Doinel · #1 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:28 am

So the followup to Borat has been filming for the past month or so, making minor headlines here and there, the most recent being an incident at Wichita Airport.

Person · #2 Post by **Person** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:44 pm

Oh, God, YES! The Bruno character (a homosexual Austrian TV presenter) is painfully hilarious:

Bruno meets punks and skinheads

Bruno in Alabama

Fashion Show

Bruno sees a Psychic

Bruno at a club in Miami

I can't see Bruno as having the odd pathos of the Borat film, but it will be out the fucking window, no doubt.

Where's the Alan Partridge film, though?

bkimball · #3 Post by **bkimball** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:50 pm

Great - so he's terrorizing Americans again....Hopefully, he interviews with people a lot because the running around naked is funny, but only to a degree.

Antoine Doinel · #4 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:54 pm

I've always preferred the Bruno character to Borat, so I'm really looking forward to this.

Person · #5 Post by **Person** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:14 pm

"Schpunken in the mould of a crucifix and drank it, then spat it into the face of and kissed the Devil"

Outrageous.

Homophobic jock gets angry om the beach

Owned.

Bruno asks a pastor about converting - to hetrosexuality!

Antoine Doinel · #6 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:27 pm

Bruno comes out of the closet on May 15, 2009.

Antoine Doinel · #7 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:09 pm

Bruno angers mixed martial arts fans.

Antoine Doinel · #8 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:32 am

Bruno is hitting the runways of Milan.

Antoine Doinel · #9 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:39 am

Bruno and his red thong go to Paris.

Antoine Doinel · #10 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:15 am

Bruno crashes an anti-gay marriage rally.

Antoine Doinel · #11 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:32 am

Bruno crashes the set of Medium.

Antoine Doinel · #12 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:59 am

Some plot details are beginning to emerge including:

The Telegraph wrote:Bruno and his boyfriend, Diesel, adopt an orphaned African baby boy called David and parade the child around fashion shows. It is thought the joke is aimed at Madonna, who adopted a Malawian baby called David Banda.

Though in light of his Madonna joke "bombing" at the Golden Globes (frankly, in terms of Madonna jokes, it was pretty tame -- what an uptight room) who knows how much of it will end up on the cutting room floor.

Antoine Doinel · #13 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:23 pm

Release date is now July 20th and SXSW attendees will get an opportunity to catch 20 minutes of footage.

Barmy · #14 Post by **Barmy** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:49 am

AICN supposedly has some mega-positive reviews (I read that somewhere--I haven't actually checked).

#15 Post by **domino harvey** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:53 pm

AP report on the SXSW footage

#16 Post by **Finch** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:04 pm

I liked Borat but as a gay man I have to admit feeling conflicted torn about Bruno the film: I'm just concerned that while the film may well be very funny and a very good satire, it may also end up reinforcing the same old stereotypes about gay men. I guess my frustration is that the queer films that get the most exposure in the mainstream are either tragic love stories like Brokeback Mountain (which I did not have much time for) or prejudiced dreck like Chuck and Larry.

The Fanciful Norwegian · #17 Post by **The Fanciful Norwegian** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:30 am

GOOGLE RON PAUL

Antoine Doinel · #18 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:20 pm

The Smoking Gun uncovers just how far Sacha Baron Cohen goes in duping the subjects for his Bruno interviews.

dx23 · #19 Post by **dx23** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:28 pm

Bruno gets NC-17 rating. It's funny how the horror shitty movie of the week gets to be R-Rated but this comedy gets to be NC-17.

Antoine Doinel · #20 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:08 pm

The studio has already said they will be re-submitting the film for an R rating. Like the "controversy" that surrounded Zack And Miri Make A Porno, the "curse" of the NC-17 rating is an easy way to get publicity.

nsps · #21 Post by **nsps** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:28 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:The studio has already said they will be re-submitting the film for an R rating. Like the "controversy" that surrounded Zack And Miri Make A Porno, the "curse" of the NC-17 rating is quick way to get publicity.

Yeah, that publicity worked wonders for Zack and Miri's boffo box office.

I guess the question is whether there will be an appeal first, or if the film was already padded with extra-crass moments in an effort to draw attention from other elements. I don't know how explicit the film is, but am always skeptical to hear about gay sex scenes earning NC-17 ratings, as the MPAA seems to have a bit of a double-standard when it comes to gay sexuality versus straight sexuality (neither of which don't get off (no pun intended) as easily as graphic violence).

Antoine Doinel · #22 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:35 am

nsps wrote:
Antoine Doinel wrote:The studio has already said they will be re-submitting the film for an R rating. Like the "controversy" that surrounded Zack And Miri Make A Porno, the "curse" of the NC-17 rating is quick way to get publicity.
Yeah, that publicity worked wonders for Zack and Miri's boffo box office.

True, but this little "controversy" doesn't cost the studio anything. Pretty nice way to get people chatting about the film without even having to cut a trailer.

#23 Post by **swo17** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:32 am

This just confirms my suspicion that Bruno is going to be two straight hours of the naked wrestling scene from Borat. I, um...can't wait?

Zumpano · #24 Post by **Zumpano** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:38 am

swo17 wrote:This just confirms my suspicion that Bruno is going to be two straight hours of the naked wrestling scene from Borat. I, um...can't wait?

Trust me, Bruno will be far from straight.

Antoine Doinel · #25 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:09 am

Bono, Chris Martin, Sting and The Village People will appear on a parody charity song "Dove Of Peace" for the film.

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