Brüno (2009)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Larry Charles

Writers (WGA):

Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay) &
Anthony Hines (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

10 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Borat was so 2006

Plot:

Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America. |

Plot Keywords:

Austrian | Fashion | Pygmy | Swingers Party | Cardboard Box

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Cast

Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Brüno
Gustaf Hammarsten	...	Lutz
Clifford Bañagale	...	Diesel
Chibundu Orukwowu	...	O.J.
Chigozie Orukwowu	...	O.J.
Josh Meyers	...	Kookus
Toby Hoguin	...	Mexican Gardener #1
Robert Huerta	...	Mexican Gardener #2
Gilbert Rosales	...	Mexican Gardener #3
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Mexican Gardener #4
Marco Xavier	...	Mexican Gardener #5
Bono	...	'Dove of Peace'
Chris Martin	...	'Dove of Peace'
Elton John	...	'Dove of Peace'
Slash	...	'Dove of Peace'
Snoop Dogg	...	'Dove of Peace'
Sting	...	'Dove of Peace'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paula Abdul	...	Herself (uncredited)
Domiziano Arcangeli	...	Fashion Show Director in Milan (uncredited)
Richard Bey	...	Himself (uncredited)
Harrison Ford	...	Himself (uncredited)
John Grant Gordon	...	German Male Model (uncredited)
Michelle McLarren	...	Dominatrix (uncredited)
Ron Paul	...	Himself (uncredited)
Stephen Sepher	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Alexander von Roon	...	German Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Larry Charles

Writing credits (WGA)
Sacha Baron Cohen		(screenplay) &
Anthony Hines		(screenplay) &
Dan Mazer		(screenplay) &
Jeff Schaffer		(screenplay)
Sacha Baron Cohen		(story) &
Peter Baynham		(story) &
Anthony Hines		(story) &
Dan Mazer		(story)
Sacha Baron Cohen		(character)

Produced by
Jason Alper	....	associate producer
Sacha Baron Cohen	....	producer
Jonah Hill	....	associate producer
Anthony Hines	....	executive producer
Monica Levinson	....	producer
Dan Mazer	....	producer
Jon Poll	....	co-producer
Jay Roach	....	producer
Jeff Schaffer	....	associate producer
Todd Schulman	....	co-producer
Dale Stern	....	associate producer
Asif Satchu	....	executive producer (uncredited)
Modi Wiczyk	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Erran Baron Cohen

Cinematography by
Anthony Hardwick
Wolfgang Held

Film Editing by
Scott M. Davids
James Thomas

Production Design by
Dan Butts
Denise Hudson
David Maturana		(as David Saenz de Maturana)

Art Direction by
Kate Bunch
Lisa Marinaccio

Set Decoration by
Ute Bergk
Britt Woods

Costume Design by
Jason Alper

Makeup Department
Helen Kalognomos	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Jamie D. Boscardin	....	production supervisor
Sonja B. Zimmer	....	production manager germany

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Miguel Lombardi	....	first assistant director: Italy
Eliot Mathews	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Skip Crank	....	property master: Washington DC/Los Angeles
Oliver Dear	....	conceptual artist
Oliver Dear	....	graphic designer
Marjorie Eber	....	art department coordinator
J. Michael Glynn	....	property master
Randy Hearne	....	carpenter
Anson Jew	....	concept art
Douglas R. Johnson	....	set painter
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones	....	property master
Bianca Makarewicz	....	art department runner
Frank Noack	....	set dresser
Eric Whitney	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Sarah Bourgeois	....	assistant sound editor
Jeremy Brill	....	boom operator
Bill Burns	....	first assistant sound editor
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recording assistant
Susan Dudeck	....	dialogue editor
Alison Fisher	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
Scott Harber	....	production sound mixer
Jonas Jansson	....	additional adr recordist
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Michael O'Farrell	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joel Shryack	....	dialogue editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Chris Chappell	....	compositor
Jalal Jemison	....	compositor

Stunts
Eddie Braun	....	stunts
Alex Daniels	....	stunt coordinator
Shawn Lane	....	stunt performer
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alba	....	additional camera operator
Thierry Bohnke	....	first assistant camera (segment)
Jimmy Bourcier	....	assistant camera: France Unit
Marc Christie	....	key grip
M. Autumn Eakin	....	assistant camera: additional
Martin Frank	....	gaffer: germany
Luke Geissbuhler	....	additional photography
Felice Guzzi	....	gaffer
Nate Havens	....	additional camera operator
John Johns	....	video controller
Matt Mindlin	....	additional cinematographer
Jon Myers	....	additional camera operator
Jon Myers	....	jimmy jib operator
John C. Nadeau	....	unit gaffer
Marcus Pohlus	....	Steadicam operator: Berlin unit
Mark Schwartzbard	....	camera operator
Michael Penn Smith	....	jib operator
Kevin Tiesiera	....	lighting technician: Los Angeles

Casting Department
Dennis Overeem	....	casting assistant
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lindsey Kear	....	wardrobe production assistant
Dayna Pink	....	fashion consultant
Jennifer Starzyk	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Brandon Balin	....	assistant editor
Bryan Cantrall	....	on-line editor
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate producer: Modern VideoFilm
Rachelle Dang	....	assistant editor (2009)
Joe Finley	....	digital film colorist

Music Department
Christopher Guardino	....	score conducted and orchestrated by
Richard Henderson	....	music editor
Richard Henderson	....	music supervisor
Stephanie Lowry	....	music editor
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Bruce Callahan	....	transportation
David Christenson	....	transportation
Royale Edward	....	driver
Kirk Huston	....	transportation coordinator
Chris Stephens	....	transportation coordinator
Olivier Suffert	....	production driver: Paris unit

Other crew
Jesse J. Adams	....	production assistant
Robyn Adams	....	writers' assistant
Jeremy Alter	....	location manager: Los Angeles
Kieran Baker	....	field coordinator
Chelsea Barnard	....	field coordinator
Allison Boon	....	field coordinator
Jordi Caballero	....	choreographer
Cara Casey	....	field coordinator
Pierre Cheminat	....	assistant accountant
Michael Cleaver	....	production and claims counsel
Adam Cuthbert	....	production assistant
Richard Davison	....	accounting clerk
Steven Davis	....	field coordinator
Jason S. Edwards	....	field coordinator
Kathleen Egan	....	field supervisor
Stephen Feder	....	field coordinator
Natalia Garcia	....	field coordinator
Christopher Godfrey	....	writing assistant
Josh Greenbarg	....	production assistant
Lon Haber	....	dialect/language coach
Mitch Harbeson	....	location manager
John Kiriakou	....	security consultant
Richard Klein	....	security consultant
Kea Könneker	....	key production assistant
Alexandra Lambrinidis	....	production field supervisor
Keri Lederman	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Ryan Leiderman	....	field coordinator
Geri Logan	....	field coordinator
Don Orlando	....	production accountant
John Sanchez	....	production coordinator
Russell Smith	....	production and claims counsel
Greg Stephenson	....	teleprompter operator
Scott Trimble	....	location scout: reshoots
Clare Tucker	....	field coordinator
Mathew A. Villalobos	....	key assistant location manager
Tracy Wilcoxen	....	audience coordinator
Lavinia Zetina	....	accountant

Thanks
Roger Drew	....	thanks
Will Smith	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Everyman Pictures
• Four by Two
• Media Rights Capital

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2009) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2009) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2009) (Finland) (all media)

Other Companies

• 424  sound re-recording
• Eisner & Frank  production legal
• Mancini International  security consultant
• SDD Global Solutions  legal services
• SmithDehn  production and claims counsel
• Strommen Tutoring  speech and dialect coaching

Also Known As:

Bruno: 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) (fake working title)
Untitled Brüno Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45372) | Ireland:16 | Iceland:14 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | UK:18 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:11 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:16 | UK:15 (cut) | Belgium:KT | Ukraine:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Bangaluu Club, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Everyman Pictures

Trivia:

Had the highest opening-weekend gross for a film with an openly gay character in the lead role with $30.6 million. (The previous record-holder was The Birdcage (1996), with $18.3 million.)

Quotes:

Brüno: I am going to be the biggest Austrian celebrity since Hitler.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: (#1.18)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Tainted Love

'Brüno' a Hilarious, Controversial and Vulgar Joyride

I remember when Borat came out; that was awesome. We hadn't seen anything like it before: an actor interviewing actual people out of nowhere and filming their reactions! Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer's screenplay even landed the mockumentary an Oscar nod in 2007 and it still remains one of the most quoted movies of the 21st Century. Now there's Brüno, another movie based off of Cohen's multiple personas on Da Ali G Show. Unlike Borat, Brüno is a gay Austrian fashionista. In his self-titled movie, he's fired from his television show in Austria due to a wardrobe malfunction at a fashion show (count how many times they use the word fashion in the movie, it's fun). So he figures that he could make it in America as an even bigger star. "I want to be the biggest Austrian star since Hitler." So away we go, Brüno tries to get his own U.S TV show, similar to the one he previously had. But who cares about the plot? We got Sacha Baron Cohen wearing thongs in pretty much every scene, looking a guy in the eyes as he watches him have sex with a fat chick, fighting a martial arts instructor with three dildos and believe me, it gets worse. It's rude, vulgar, unnecessary and downright offensive. And it's pretty goddamn funny.

So the big question here is whether or not this tops Borat. Don't ask that question, man. The two movies are crafted out of the same material (Cohen starring and writing, Larry Charles directing) and both have the same goal of offending everyone that the hour and twenty-eight minutes runtime will allow. They're both funny, leave it at that! I'm sure that if you picked apart Brüno that you could find something wrong with it, or you could just laugh and go wherever the movie takes you. And it does take you on some pretty wacky trips. A swinger's club, a Jerry Springer/Maury Povich type talk show, the Middle East (which Brüno calls the "Middle Earth"). Picking on America's problems seems to be Larry Charles' strong suit, poking fun at our religious beliefs with Bill Maher in Religulous (which rocked) last fall and directing Borat in 2006 as well. And major film tres for Charles is no exception, this time proving that underneath everything, Americans are all just homophobic bastards.

Brüno is hilarious. It enters my funniest movies of 2009 list, joining The Hangover and Observe and Report. Larry Charles and Sacha Baron Cohen have created a whirlwind of controversy, so much that my cinema blocked off that certain theater to keep kids out by sitting outside for the entire thing. So the movie consists of penises talking and dumb runway models. We don't need to see that. And because of that, that's exactly why you need to. Mission accomplished, Mr. Cohen. Er, Brüno.