Bruno Movie
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- mg33
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/arc…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - 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.
ADVERTISEMENT"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.
The 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."
- Jaline0
viral?
- Jaline0
"In 2000, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee fell for a prank and congratulated Canada for preserving its icebound Parliament, calling it a "national igloo." "
haha
- http://www.youtube.c…jaylarson
- that's too funny. video's been removed tho.pizzafire
- mg330
It is reportedly titled, "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."
- threadpost0
a good deal of Borat was obviously staged, I'm sure some of those pranks are real, but many were just too silly and far fetched.
However, based on this prank alone, I would see the Bruno movie. Nothing I like more than watching rednecks loose their shit and have their minds blown.
- robco0
ya... i thought 'the ali G show' was funnier.
- simple_space0
With men and women, does you think that men should marry only one woman? Does you believe in mahogany?
- I prefer oak.flashbender
- i'll take any wood I can get.
Actually no, I won't.
None, in fact. Don't know why i wrote that. Urgh.mikotondria3 - hahahahaha @ i prefer oak ! hahalvl_13
- Llyod0
lol
- mg330
Update!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cultu…Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen previews new movie Bruno in Texas
Sacha Baron Cohen, the eccentric British comedian, has treated Texas film enthusiasts to a sneak preview of his highly-anticipated new movie, "Bruno".Due for release in America on 10 July, the film follows the same outrageous formula which Baron Cohen used for his critically-acclaimed production, “Borat”.
A few hundred fans were invited to watch 22 minutes of selected scenes at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.
The actor’s performance won rave reviews among audience members, many of whom predicted the film will be even more successful than “Borat”.
Robert Perez, a film critic for MTV, wrote: “Bruno somehow makes Borat look like child’s play, upping the anti on aggressively offensive, squirm-worthy hilarity.”
Instead of an ignorant and offensive Kazakh television journalist who offends Americans, Bruno’s character is a flamboyantly gay fashion correspondent attempting to conquer Hollywood and become "the most famous Austrian since Adolf Hitler".
In the first piece of footage, Bruno tries to become famous by adopting a black baby, then attempting to involve the infant in a fine arts project.
As he grills parents of prospective child stars, he fires off typically outrageous questions. Queries such as: “Would they be okay with being dropped off a four-story building, or willing to have liposuction?” drew roars of laughter from the enthralled audience.
Other scenes find Baron Cohen’s screen character appearing on a Jerry-Springer-style talk show in leather trousers, seeking Mr Right.
The vast majority of audience members, who are black, are disgusted by his over-the-top homosexuality. They become apoplectic when Bruno brings out a picture of the child posing as Jesus on a cross.
In the closing scene, Bruno reinvents himself by changing his name to “Straight Dave”.
Dressing like Ted Nugent with long hair and a scruffy beard, he stages an outrageous mix-martial arts contest as a satirical take on the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
As soon as Bruno’s ex-boyfriend crawls into the ring the pair kiss passionately, stripping off and gyrating against one another, much to the crowd's disgust.
Baron Cohen, who first introduced Bruno’s character in Channel 4’s Da Ali G Show, has settled in Los Angeles with his fiancée, the Australian actress Isla Fisher.
- dconstrukt0
haha.... gotta see this movie.
- uberdesigner0
hope it's good
- uberdesigner0
making fun of rednecks is never tired
- _niko0
making fun of rednecks is funny.
Trying to make people unconformable with over-the-top unrealistic gayness is not.- I've seen much much gayeruberdesigner
- hahaha, 'over the top gayness'.. You mean like 'fully gay', like straight people get to behave like in public ?mikotondria3
- how do straight people behave like in public?_niko
- kissing and grabbing each other, being butch or prissy, n that.mikotondria3
- flavorful0
_niko = the wrestler dude:
- lol, the wrestlers were they gayest guys there._niko
- that was hilariousMeeklo
- the guy jumping from the roof man.. hahahaha woaaahahahaMeeklo
- I fucking hate pricks like that. I will do anything to avoid being near them, the fucked up cunt-jockeys. Fuck off.mikotondria3
- ps "Woooooaoahhh !!!!!"
Cocks.mikotondria3 - hahaha this one is so classic! +1 for Bruno!! Get those fuckin' narrowminded weightlifters!janne76
- Gotcha!GRAC
- morilla0
"unrealistic gayness" lol
- mg330
Yeah, I have a feeling it will be far more cringe-inducing. Borat was just a bumbling foreigner; this has a whole different dynamic on account of the homosexuality.
- 7point340
do people actually find him funny?