Brüno (2009) on Netflix
Brüno Gehard, a gay Austrian fashion reporter, loses his show Funkyzeit and is ruined in German-speaking Europe. He moves to Los Angeles to reinvent himself, with Lutz, his assistant's assistant.
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- Rotten Tomatoes68%
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Plot summary
Brüno Gehard is a gay Austrian fashion guru with a television show of his own, Funkyzeit. Outside Germany it is the most popular German-language program of that kind. He embarrasses himself before the viewers of Funkyzeit and loses his standing across German-speaking Europe, so he decides to leave for Los Angeles and start over, hoping to win worldwide fame. Lutz, his former assistant's assistant, travels with him, and is the only one in his circle who still has faith in Brüno.
Cast
- Robert Huertaas Mexican Gardener #2
- Marco Xavieras Mexican Gardener #5
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Brüno (2009)
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- Sacha Baron Cohen wore a wig that made his forehead appear smaller to hide his identity during interviews as Brüno, and the disguise worked so well that he was amazed. He feared being recognized so much that he lived in his trailer for almost the entire six-month shoot.
- During a staged cage fight in Fort Smith, Arkansas, about 1,500 people who paid $5 and were promised $1 beer and hot girls instead saw Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno and Gustaf Hammarsten as Lutz kiss and strip to Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'. The audience threw chairs and beer at the performers.
- Sacha Baron Cohen was attacked by Yeshiva students and a rabbi at the Western Wall in Israel while dressed as Brüno in leather boots, pink hotpants, and a leather vest. The assault was severe enough that he broke character to reveal his identity, suffered blackened eyes, and needed a two-week break in filming to recover.
- Ukraine banned Brüno from distribution and demonstration after nine of fourteen experts on a commission said it contained obscene language, homosexual scenes, and other offensive content. An unofficial premiere in Kyiv was disrupted by a smoke bomb.
- At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen appeared as Brüno in a staged stunt. Dressed as a winged angel in a jockstrap, he flew over the audience on wires but fell onto rapper Eminem, who shouted and left. The two had rehearsed it.
- The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Rating Administration said it would note in the future which films had "male nudity". A spokesman said this answered parental concerns about Brüno's content.
