Singapore  - Singapore's film censors cut some scenes from Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy Bruno and restricted it to viewers 21 years old and above (R21), as the film is to hit the cinema screens in the city-state next Thursday.

"The film Bruno has crude sexual content which goes beyond R21 guidelines, and hence, some edits have been made to the film," Amy Chua, chairwoman of the board of film censors, said Thursday.

"Similarly, both Britain and Australia have asked for edits to the film," she added.

The board didn't give any details of the cuts.

According to the Straits Times newspaper, the cuts took about one minute of the 81-minute running time of Bruno, a mock documentary in with British comedian Cohen plays an outrageous gay Austrian fashion reporter. (dpa)