Bruno Review
Austrian fashionista Brüno sets off to become the most famous Austrian in history. Hilarious and terrifying, Brüno is an insightful look at American culture.
If you’re unfamiliar with Sacha Baron Cohen, think of him as a one-man Candid Camera. Like a possessed Method actor, he disappears into a single-minded character, hurling himself into real-life situations to offend those around him. He’s telling us: Here are people at their most shallow, their most obvious, their most hesitant. He’s telling them: You dimwit, you’ve been had! When Baron Cohen’s act really works — as it did with Borat — there’s biting commentary layered into the humor at nearly every turn. With Brüno’s journey, the humorist’s smarts are too far under the surface…read more [Worstpreviews]
In Borat, Baron Cohen exploited Middle America’s prejudice toward Middle Easterners in order to highlight the insipidness of our own fame-obsessed culture. It was the perfect medicine delivered at the perfect time. Those with the ability to keep thinking between fits of laughter will recognize that Baron Cohen is attempting a similar goal here, only this time the “enemy” isn’t thousands of miles away; he’s right here, in our towns, and he could look “just like you or me” as one of Bruno’s interview subjects claims. It’s ironic that a culture fueled by the art and politics of its gay population can simultaneously celebrate their ideas and condemn their actions…read more [TV Guide]
3 Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno” TV Spots
Three new TV spots for Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” follow-up “Bruno” are now online. The Universal Pictures comedy features the title character, a flamboyant fashion and celebrity journalist from Austria, in a series of stunts and interviews with unsuspecting members of the public who believe Bruno is a real person.
“Bruno” is set to open July 10 and rated R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language.
2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners
Twilight, the popular vampire drama based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Stephenie Meyer,cleaned up during the ceremony, taking home five out of the seven nominations including the top honor, Best Film prize in Los Angeles.
Other winners include “High School Musical 3″, “Yes Man”, “The Dark Knight” and “Baby Mama”. “High School Musical 3″ brought home two kudos for Best Male Performance and Breakthrough Performance Female, while the others took in one each. “Yes Man” gave Jim Carrey a Best Comedic Performance win, “The Dark Knight” won Best Villain for Heath Ledger and “Baby Mama” earned Amy Poehler her Best WTF Moment.
The MTV audience was treated to exclusive first looks at the highly anticipated movie releases of 2009 including “The Twilight Saga: New Moon“, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince“, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen“, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Public Enemies.”
The 2009 MTV Movie Awards was aired live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California starting at 9 P.M. ET on Sunday, May 31. Hosted by Saturday Night Live” star Andy Samberg, it saw musical performances from Kings of Leon and Eminem. Presenters of the night were Chris Pine, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kiefer Sutherland, LeAnn Rimes and Anna Faris among others.
Bruno Brand New Trailer
MTV has debuted the brand new trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno.” Based on the character from Cohen’s The Ali G Show, “Bruno” follows a gay Austrian Celebrity/Fashion journalist as he takes his show to America.
Bruno, which also stars Alice Evans, Candice Cunningham, Trishelle, Sandra Seeling, Ben Youcef, Emerson Brooks, David Hill and Alexander von Roon, will be released on July 10, 2009.
Check out the trailers and posters at “Bruno” FF Movie Page
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Meet Bruno Clip
“Bruno” clip – Meet Bruno – has hit the web via MySpace.Based on the character from Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Ali G Show, “Bruno” follows a gay Austrian Celebrity/Fashion journalist as he takes his show to America.
“Bruno” directed by Larry Charles and written by Sacha Baron Cohen is scheduled to hit theaters on July 10th, 2009.
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Bruno Poster
Universal Pictures has unleashed the official poster for Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno.”
Based on the character from The Ali G Show, Bruno follows a flamboyant Austrian fashionista as he takes his show to America.
“Bruno” is scheduled to hit theaters on July 10th.
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Bruno International Red Band Trailer!
The international red band trailer for “Bruno,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s eagerly-awaited follow-up to Borat, has hit the web via MySpace.
Based on the character from The Ali G Show, Bruno follows a flamboyant Austrian fashionista as he takes his show to America.
“Bruno” is written by, directed by, and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, scheduled to hit theaters on July 10th, 2009.
Steven Spielberg exits “Chicago 7″
Steven Spielberg will no longer direct “The Trial Of The Chicago 7“, reports MovieWeb.
Sacha Baron Cohen had been persuaded by Spielberg to play political campaigner Abbie Hoffman in the film, which is based around eight Vietnam protesters accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democrat party convention.
Producer Walter F. Parkes explained that the director had quit the project due to the WGA strike and his commitment to the upcoming “Tintin” film.
“He is not going to do it,” Parkes noted. “He kind of had a moment of availability to do it, and the strike got in the way. We were unable to do the script work that Steven felt he needed and then, by the time the strike was over, he had already committed himself to begin production on “Tintin”.
Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes – Confirmed
Robert Downey Jr. is set to star as the main character in Sherlock Holmes.
The film’s storyline is inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and also the “Sherlock Holmes” comics, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Guy Ritchie will direct this Sherlock version for Warner Bros.
The concept sees Holmes as more adventurous and less stuffy than previous screen incarnations and mines more obscure character traits.
Ritchie’s Holmes will begin shooting in October and will have to contend with Columbia’s Sherlock Holmes, a comedy version set to star Sacha Baron Cohen as Holmes and Will Ferrell as Dr. Watson. Judd Apatow is producing the comedy.
Of course, Ritchie’s version will be more serious as they intend to draw from both the literary and comic versions of Holmes
Sacha Baron Cohen filming ‘Bruno’
Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his roles as Ali G and Borat, probably filming some footage for Bruno movie.
Where Borat critically examined the English-speaking world through the eyes of a mildly-offensive racial stereotype, Bruno does the same thing as a mildly-offensive racial and homosexual stereotype. Others stars of the film will be the 43 people who didn’t see Borat and won’t immediately start doing impressions at the sight of the lightly-disguised actor.
Defamer.com reports that an eyewitness has seen Sacha Baron Cohen filming some footage in Los Angeles for his movie ‘Bruno’
“I saw Sacha Baron Cohen doing filming as Bruno (gay Austrian) at On Your Marks Studio in Sherman Oaks on Feb. 21st. He was dressed in tight leather black pants with a bedazzeled g-string showing. his hair was frosted blond and straight.”
He added that the Borat depicter pretended to be an ad agent looking for a child to do commercial saying:
“He was interviewing parents with their children pretending to be an german / austrian ad agent looking for a child to do a car commercial. He asked questions like : are you willing to film your child with ants? bees or wasps? dogs? ect. very funny.”
Director: Dan Mazer
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen
Release Date: 24 October 2008 (wide)
