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...America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan hit cinema screens in 2006, few were surprised that the real-world home of Borat, the idiot-innocent Kazak main character, decided to ban the film as a matter of pride. But now censors in Ukraine are giving his latest film, Brüno, the same no-show treatment, claiming morality - not hurt feelings - as the reason...
...Baron Cohen's comedy may be raking it in at the U.S. box office, but the Ukrainian Culture Ministry has failed to see the funny side. It has decided that Brüno's edgy parody of homophobia, with its numerous risqué sex scenes, is too much for Ukrainian citizens to handle and has nixed the film's distribution. Maksym Rostotskiy, a member of the Ministry of Culture's Expert Commission on Film Distribution, says he felt obliged to ban the film "as a psychologist and a lawyer," adding that it contains "scenes of homosexual relations with elements...
...film, which follows a gay Austrian reporter's quest for fame in the U.S., was due to be released in Ukraine next week. But the commission felt that the country, with its conservative Catholic west and Orthodox east, was just not ready for Brüno and the character's over-the-top sexual antics, including an explicit romp with his pint-size boyfriend and oral sex with a ghost...
...Brüno, $30.4 million, first weekend 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $28.5 million; $120.6 million, second week 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $24.2 million; $339.2 million, second week 4. Public Enemies, $14.1 million; $66.5 million, second week 5. The Proposal, $10.5 million; $113.8 million, fourth week 6. The Hangover, $9.3 million; $222.4 million, sixth week 7. I Love You, Beth Cooper, $5 million, first weekend 8. Up, $4.7 million; $273.8 million; seventh week 9. My Sister's Keeper, $4.2 million; $35.8 million, third week 10. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $1.6 million; $61.5 million...
...Read "Brüno's Sacha Baron Cohen: More Than a Comedian...