Quite possibly the most anticipated comedy of 2009, Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to his 2006 hit Borat, the equally outrageous Brüno (with an umlaut, which I shan't repeat again because I have a grudge against umlauts), finally has a trailer, and it's a red band one. In case you don't know what a red band trailer is, it's definitely NSFW.
The sharp-eyed few of you will notice that Ron Paul appears briefly in one shot near the end.
I don't think this trailer properly shows the film's promise just yet. It focuses on the raunchy stuff, which was the kind of material that made Borat a cultural sensation, but only hints at that satirical edge that elevated the film from the typical gross-out stunts and pranks, which I'm sure Bruno still has a-plenty
From what I've been hearing, Bruno boldly challenges the American perception of homosexuality using the same shock tactics and interview booby-traps Sacha Baron Cohen is famous for—including letting Evangelical Christians try to pray his gay away. He even tried to get the aforementioned congressman Ron Paul to have sex with him in a hotel room, to which the former Presidential candidate stormed out, as seen in the trailer, yelling "He's a queer!" in mad panic.
It opens July 10.
