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Michael Jackson Jokes Trimmed (Temporarily?) From Bruno
Posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno had its LA premiere last night, and the show went on with a small part of the film exised, according to the Risky Biz Blog. A Michael Jackson-related scene was cut for the screening, showing Universal’s sensitivity to the news of Jackson’s passing. Read More »
According to a new report at The Wrap, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno was reshot to appease the “Hollywood gay community.” Frankly, if this is true, I’m a little disappointed in the filmmakers for bowing to this pressure. Furthermore, I think it reflects very badly on this community if they are incensed by the movie. There’s absolutely no way that Bruno isn’t, wasn’t, and hasn’t always been a very passionately pro-homosexuality, anti-homophobia piece. The article mentions a few particular individuals that were apparently offended, from Year of the Dog’s Mike White to the actors Jack Plotnick and Peter Paige. It also includes a video, embedded after the break, in which numerous industry folk let their feelings be known.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie Bruno has its premiere party in Paris last night, and BBC’s Jonathan Ross tweeted:
“Was very funny. Not as funny as Borat, but funny.”
But lets forget tweets, the first official review has been published by The Sun. The UK paper notes that Hitler gets a mention every five minutes, and that “the pygmy sex scene is one of the most horrific incidents ever committed to celluloid.” Here is a short spoiler free excerpt from the review:
“To say Brüno makes uncomfortable viewing is an understatement of Battle of Britain proportions. When I wasn’t giggling like a 14-year-old, I was cowering behind my hands.” … “The character does lose a bit of steam towards the end but the musical climax … is a fitting finale.”
Read the full review, which I must warn you: contains spoilers, at thesun.co.uk. Pictured above is Cohen’s nude appearance on the cover of GQ Magazine.
The one big controversial moment of this year’s MTV Movie Awards involved Sacha Baron Cohen in character as Bruno dressed as an angel flying above the crowd. The scene was reminiscent of Howard Stern’s infamous appearance as Fartman. But when the wires got tangled, Bruno fell down into the crowd, tea-bagging Eminem in the process. The rapper stormed out after getting an extreme closeup of Cohen’s inner buttocks. I wonder if this scene will be inserted into Cohen’s upcoming Borat follow-up? Watch the clip embedded after the jump.
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For all of you who were unable to watch the previously released Bruno red band movie trailer, Universal Pictures has premiered a new green band version of the trailer without the nudity, dildos and other NSFW elements. But aside from a couple edits, this new trailer is virtually the same thing. Check it out embedded after the jump thanks to MTV.
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Universal Pictures has released a new viral video for Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film Bruno. I’m not quite sure what to think of it. It’s more strange and awkward than funny. And as The Playlist points out, its strange that a film which is promoting itself using the tagline “Borat was so 2006″ is using MySpace as their viral promotion hub. I can’t even remember the last time I’ve logged into MySpace. Universal must have signed a cross promotional deal with the social network when it was a lot more relevant. Watch the clip after the jump.
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Universal Pictures has finally unleashed the official poster for Bruno, is Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. I’m actually kinda surprise they didn’t go for something more outrageous. I’d definitely loving the tagline, “Borat was so 2006.” Check out the full poster after the jump.
28 Months Later Confirmed, Fox Atomic To Fold?
Posted on Sunday, April 19th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
In 2006, the Fox Atomic production label was established under the big 20th Century umbrella as a home for comedy and ‘genre’ films - ie. films specifically aimed at those in their teens and 20s. Turistas was their rather inauspicious debut release, and since then they’ve spawned horror sequels The Hills Have Eyes 2 and 28 Weeks Later; comedies Miss March, The Rocker and The Comebacks; and Renny Harlin’s turkey-lookin’ 12 Rounds (not yet released in the UK, please explain its awfulness to me in the comments).
It seems now that the imprint is to be folded, with the chief exec moved over to Fox to continue shepherding just the same style of film there instead. In the Variety article that reports this breaking-news-come-rumor, there are also a couple of asides about films originally planned for the Fox Atomic label that now, presumably, will just be plain and simple Fox releases.
Universal has just announced that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat follow-up Bruno has been given an R-Rating by the MPAA for “pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language.” . This comes weeks after the initial cut of the movie was branded with the dreaded and unmarketable NC-17 rating.
At the time we were told that the filmmakers were “preparing a new edit to try out for an R and winding up an appeal against this initial MPAA decision”, so we’re really not sure which route was taken. If I were to guess, I would say that Universal presented the MPAA with a new cut of the movie, which fixed some of the “objectionable” sequences.
Universal Pictures has released some new possibly NSFW photos from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. Check them out after the jump.
Universal has released the first movie trailer for Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat. And guess what, it’s an international red band movie trailer. I’m at ShoWest and on the run, so don’t have much time to write up my first impressions, but thought I’d pass along this trailer before I have to run off. Watch the trailer after the jump and leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Bruno Features a Veritable Band Aid Line Up of Music Stars
Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
This is odd: a new story in The Mirror seems to be suggesting that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno is still a work in progress whereas just the other day we were talking about it’s submission to, and subsequent controversial certification by, the MPAA. Rather than presuming the entire story is bunkum, I’m thinking that The Mirror are just tangling a few things up or missing out the few facts that would help it all make sense. Either that or - shock horror - the MPAA are in the business of giving ratings to incomplete films.
Their report tells us that during the film, Bruno records a charity record called Dove of Peace. It’s reportedly a satire on the Band Aid-style collaborative charity track, and both Bono and Chris Martin have recorded contributions, with other stars lined up to take part too.
