When Bruno, a gay fashionista, comes to America to make his late night fashion show big. But will he make it? Will he find the fame that he wants? Will he be the biggest Austrian celebrity since Hitler?
In 2006, two-time BAFTA-winning performer Sacha Baron Cohen brought Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev to the big screen in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Exposing shocking hypocrisies of Western culture, Baron Cohen, director Larry Charles and their crew used guerrilla-style filmmaking to create a worldwide comedy event that took audiences and critics by storm.
The film led to Baron Cohen’s win of a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy and shared Oscar® nomination for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. By allowing audiences to laugh and cringe at ridiculous prejudices, the team engineered a breakout hit that earned more than $260 million at the global box-office and set a new standard of risky provocation.
They were just getting started. Now, the creator, star, writer and producer of Borat and Da Ali G Show has created the gutsiest, craziest and most dangerous comedy to be released in mainstream theaters. In Brüno, Baron Cohen introduces moviegoers to the next character from his award-winning series: a gay fashionista who is the host of the top-rated late night fashion show in any German-speaking country… apart from Germany.
Brüno’s mission? To become the biggest Austrian celebrity since Hitler. His strategy? To crisscross the globe in the hopes of finding fame and love.
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Bruno
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alice Evans, Candice Cunningham, Trishelle, Sandra Seeling, Ben Youcef, Emerson Brooks, David Hill, Alexander von Roon
Directed by: Dan Mazer
Screenplay by: Sacha Baron Cohen
Release Date: July 10th, 2009
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $60,054,530 (43.9%)
Foreign: $76,879,308 (56.1%)
Total: $136,933,838 (Worldwide)