Bruno cut for under-18 audiences

[Fifteen]

UK cinema-goers are to be presented with two alternative versions of hit comedy film Bruno from Friday, 24 July. A 15-rated edit of the movie will be distributed alongside the original cut, which has an 18 certificate.
It is the first time alternate versions of a film have been released in the UK at the same time.
Universal Pictures said it had re-cut the film after cinemas reported turning away large numbers of teenagers during the opening weekend.
Only 1 minute 50 seconds had been lost from the original, it said.
Sacha Baron Cohen's mock documentary went straight to number one in the US this weekend. It is expected to achieve a similar feat in the UK, despite its restrictive certificate.
Universal said the movie had taken an estimated £5m at the UK and Ireland box office since it opened on 12 July.
If that figure is verified, Bruno will have achieved the biggest opening weekend of all time for an 18-rated film.
Cuts
Centred around an Austrian fashion TV reporter, the film sees Baron Cohen stage a variety of audacious, and often explicit, encounters with the public.
It has already survived several encounters with the editor's scalpel.
Some scenes were shaved in the US to stop the film being given a restrictive NC-17 rating, which would have banned anyone under the age of 17 from seeing it.
And, shortly before release, a scene involving Michael Jackson's sister La Toya was removed "out of respect" for the Jackson family.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8148698.stm

[LuketheDuke]

Pretty coy to release a version that can take more money in as younger ppl can go see it. altho if i saw the 15 version Id feel i was missing out a little as SBC is at his best when hes at his most rude and offensive.

Seeing proper version this week sometime

[Wahey]

Awesome! I'll buy the DVD for the full version

[Hazza]

I would love to know the differences.

[RandomManJay]

We heard about it from the cashier at the cinema, we were laughing about it at first, but not we know what will be taken out, so we think it would be really rubbish in comparison.

[Wahey]

What is getting taken out?

[AlexOC]

Probably just this scene:

http://www.queerty.com/mpaa-slaps-bruno-with-nc-17-for-gay-sex-scene-20090330/

[GommeInc]

I'd love to see what was taken out. I saw it yesterday, Borat is waaaay better. I'm not sure what the 1 minute, 50 seconds was/is removed for the 15 certifcate version, there is alot of very disturbing stuff in there... Way long than 2 minutes :P The funnier parts were the non-pornographic stuff (they were very cringe worthy...)


And the scene where "the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor."
That's very unlikely, that scene is suitable for children in comparison to the gay scenes and a video Bruno shows to a board of critics where his penis talks...

[Janet Snakehole]

i've watched the original movie, its honestly such a let down after all the hype that surrounded the film before it was released, i laughed at one scene and that scene is included in the trailer (with the talkshow) its ridiculous :( i was very disappointed!

[Nxrissa]

hmm i wonder.
differences ?
lol