Universal’s ”Bruno,” the widely anticipated Sacha Baron Cohen docu-comedy opening in July, has been slapped with an NC-17 rating on its first submission to the Motion Picture Association of America because of numerous sexual scenes that the ratings board considers over the line, according to the studio releasing the film.
Among the objectionable scenes is one in which Bruno -- a gay Austrian fashionista played by Baron Cohen -- appears to have anal sex with a man on camera. In another, the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor.
Monday, March 30, 2009
From Borat to Bruno
Who does not remember Borat in the Borat movie. (Fruits for anyone who remembers the full name of the movie.) Baron Cohen who played Borat will now be back as Bruno. The yet-to-be-released movie has already started getting mired in controversies. The Wrap reports:
