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The surname Bruce comes from the French de Brus or de Bruis, derived from the lands now called Brix, Normandy, France. [4] There is no evidence to support a claim that a member of the family, 'Robert de Brix', served under William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England. [5]
Downsizing is a 2017 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Payne and Jim Taylor, and starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig.
Tuesday's season premiere of the reality show "Downsized" (We TV, 9 p.m., 8 p.m. CDT) reintroduces the Bruce-Rumsey clan of suburbanites turned dumpster divers. After getting sucked down the ...
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Ngoc Lan Tran is a fictional character that appears in the 2017 American film Downsizing and is played by actress Hong Chau.In the satire film, Tran is a supporting character and a Vietnamese political dissident who is jailed and "downsized" (shrunken to five inches, or 12.7 cm, tall) by her country.
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The surname Bruce is a British surname of French origin. In Scotland, it is derived from Clan Bruce . In some cases it is derived from the French place name of Briouze in Normandy , [ 1 ] (see Braose ) while in others it appears to be derived from Brix in Normandy , or Bruz in Brittany , both in France.
Count Roman Vilimovich Bruce, (1668 – 1720) was the first chief commander of Saint Petersburg. Of Scottish descent, he was the brother of Jacob Bruce and father of Alexander Romanovich Bruce. [2] In 1683, Bruce joined the personal armed forces of Peter I, in 1695 receiving the rank of captain in the Preobrazhensky Regiment.