Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" set for summer '09

[spainlinx0]

Can't see the clip, but that's the BLT thing right? I loved that.

[sauce07]

I get it that the people being interviewed thought he was real. I thought you were saying that people watching from home thought Ali G was a real person.

[RichC2]

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 (USA) (working title)

Heh.

[Hiro11]

I really wish Cohen would stop picking on us Yanks. At this point, it's just piling on. Sidenote: ever notice that every British comedian or news producer wanting to pick on "typical Americans" makes a beeline for deepest Alabama?

[pinata242]

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index...._kissing_draw_

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing — a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.

"We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived," said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month.

Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the faked fights. One of Baron Cohen's movies is due out next year.

The day after the June 5 Texarkana bout, Fort Smith's convention center hosted "Blue Collar Brawlin.'" Fort Smith police Sgt. Adam Holland said organizers told him a character named "Straight Dave" would goad a planted audience member into the ring for a fight.

BrunoThe two men would then wrestle, rip away some of their clothes and share a brief kiss reminiscent of one between Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell in the film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."

Producers said "there would be a romantic embrace," Holland said. "They said it was kind of to essentially make fun, poke fun at wrestling — two guys rolling around on the floor, all sweaty."

An elaborate array of mounted and handheld video cameras caught the crowd of 1,600's reaction as the two men "went right up to the line" of the city's morality laws, Holland said. The two men stripped down to their underwear, kissed and rubbed on each other, the sergeant said.

The audience, as well as local fighters drawn to take part in the show, became enraged. "It set the crowd off lobbing beers," Holland said. "They had beers in plastic cups. Those things can get some distance on them actually."

Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the convention center, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel.

Those in attendance were told by several signs on display that they'd be filmed, Holland said, and signed waivers before the event. Convention center sales director Karin Hobbs declined to name the event's sponsor Monday.

Baron Cohen became a national celebrity after his 2006 hit movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," in which he played a bumbling reporter from the Central Asia nation.

News of the faked cage fights comes as Baron Cohen is in production of a movie titled "Bruno," named after the gay Austrian fashion reporter he developed for "Da Ali G Show." Baron Cohen, in the guise of Bruno, often interviewed hapless subjects in the South.

If the cage match visits came from Baron Cohen, it wouldn't be the first time Arkansas fell for a practical joke. In 2000, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee fell for a prank and congratulated Canada for preserving its icebound Parliament, calling it a "national igloo."

This guy needs to be careful about too much exposure during filming! I can't wait to see this movie as Bruno was always my favorite of his 3.

[Giantrobo]

Originally Posted by Hiro11

I really wish Cohen would stop picking on us Yanks. At this point, it's just piling on. Sidenote: ever notice that every British comedian or news producer wanting to pick on "typical Americans" makes a beeline for deepest Alabama?

They're easy targets. A huge chunk of the world outside of the US only thinks of "Country Hicks" and "Cowboys" when they think of America. They seem to think that's all that's here. The odd thing is they're never labeled as ignorant or anything like that for having such narrow views of America.

But let an American think that all Brits are Football Hooligans or that all French men smell and then it's, "Stupid American! Learn more about the rest of the world!!!"

[Zen Peckinpah]

Originally Posted by Hiro11

I really wish Cohen would stop picking on us Yanks. At this point, it's just piling on. Sidenote: ever notice that every British comedian or news producer wanting to pick on "typical Americans" makes a beeline for deepest Alabama?

Sacha Baron Cohen delivers exactly the kick in the nuts America needs. Bruno will do for homophobia what Borat did for just plain American stupidity and ignorance.

[NoirFan]

Hopefully Bruno won't spend too much time mocking the world of fashion - he fit in well with the absurd, pretentious world of designers and models, so there was very little tension in those segments, as they seemed to accept his outlandishness completely. The interview with the minister attempting to cure gays and lesbians of the "sickness" of homosexuality is a stone classic though - Bruno asks the man how long he has been a heterosexual, then reacts with stunned surprise when the minister answers "all my life".

[porieux]

I don't see how this can hold up to Borat. The gay humor gets pretty old rather quickly.

[Seantn]

Originally Posted by DieselsDen

Bruno isn't necessarily a funny character, but the way people (including fashion designers, rednecks, pastors) react to him are a scream.

I have never seen Bruno before, but I just watched the clips posted in this thread and found them to be hilarious. 10 times funnier than Borat, which I thought was extremely overhyped.

[Brent L]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...081bruno1.html

[nothingfails]

I loved the Borat movie, and I never thought the character was anywhere as riotous as Bruno, so I have really high expectations

[Hiro11]

Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah

Sacha Baron Cohen delivers exactly the kick in the nuts America needs. Bruno will do for homophobia what Borat did for just plain American stupidity and ignorance.

It's a good thing that stupidity and homophobia don't exist anywhere outside of America.

Also, I love seeing movies that are going to teach me a lesson because I'm too stupid to have figured it out myself.

[Rockmjd23]

I'd be pissed if I went to see what was supposed to be a fighting event and it turned out to be a joke. Apparently that makes everyone there a homophobe because they were mad about it being some stunt. Riiiight.

[NoirFan]

"Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the convention center, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel."

Methinks they better have several specially set-aside tunnels available during the shooting of this one.

[bunkaroo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080926/..._fashion_borat

I wonder if this will be in the movie or if it was just a publicity stunt.

[RichC2]

Mild spoiler, but its in the news so what can you do:

He apparently crashed a

Spoiler:

Prop 8 rally in Cali.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/...ha_baron_cohen

[rexinnih]

Oh, that wacky Ali G, er....Borat.....er Bruno!

[RichC2]

And yet another sighting:

Spoiler:

on the set of Medium

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/..._disrupts_show

[LiquidSky]

I wonder how far Cohen as "Bruno" would go if some guy grabbed his package?

[pjflyer]

Considering he was willing to wrestle with a naked hairy man as Borat - I think he wouldn't have any problem staying in character.

[NoirFan]

More plot news, from The Daily Telegraph:

Spoiler:

As well as the Jesus character, it is rumoured that Bruno and his boyfriend, Diesel, adopt an orphaned African baby boy called David and parade the child around fashion shows.

[JPRaup]

Bruno Takes Over 2012

Variety reports Sacha Bara Cohen’s new film, Bruno will be moving from May 15th to July 10th, the date in which Roland Emmerich’s 2012 was recently moved from. The Universal film will now go up against the Chris Columbus comedy, I Love You, Beth Cooper.

[RichC2]

NC-17 on first review: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/2009..._top_eo/106674

[KillerCannibal]

Wow. Not surprising, though, as sex is the #1 reason why films get slapped with a harder rating. Not like it matters much, since we know the BD will be unrated.