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Brazil
1985
BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an excellent Jonathan Pryce) to reexamine .. Read more
| Starring | Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm |
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| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Brazil
BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an excellent Jonathan Pryce) to reexamine what he wants out of life. He decides to fight the totalitarian system in his search for freedom--and the woman he loves. The terrific, offbeat cast features Robert De Niro as a renegade heating engineer; Katherine Helmond as Sam's ever-younger mother; Michael Palin as a frightened worker bee terrified of upsetting the status quo; Bob Hoskins as a vengeful Central Services employee; Jim Broadbent as a wacko plastic surgeon; the wonderful Ian Holm as Sam's nerve-ridden, pitiful boss, afraid of his own signature; and Kim Greist as the rebel Sam falls in love with.
The look of BRAZIL is relentless, overwhelming, and outrageously spectacular: giant monoliths rise from the street; government offices are a network of computers, pneumatic tubes, and narrow hallways built with Nazi-like precision; apartment complexes are a maze of washed-out grays and numbers, all frighteningly uniform. The terrorist explosions actually bring color into this dull, monochromatic world. BRAZIL is a nightmare vision of the future, yet also hysterically funny and incisive--one of the most inventive, influential, and important films of the 1980s.
| Starring | Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent, Barbara Hicks |
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| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 17 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 17 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1985 To Rent: DVD: 19 May 2003 Blu-ray: Not available for rental Blu-ray: 05 Dec 2011 |
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Mind Bendingly Long
There seems to be an element of the "Emporer’s new clothes" about Brazil.
Certainly there are impressive aspects and as a humorous ... read more » - 315865
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- johnnymac
- Wakefield
- 05 Dec 2004 at 11:29
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Great Masterpiece
Brilliant film. One of the greatest films of all time. Gilliam's take on the Orwellian Nightmare scenario features a large cast of tremendous actors on top ... read more »
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Beautiful and surreal weirdness
Dystopian future, man daydreams of flying and meeting beautiful woman, investigates mistaken identity, sees woman in his dreams upstairs, surreal brilliance.
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Wierd but good
This is odd and at times difficult to follow. But unusual and interesting. I dont know if Id be that keen on seeing it again but definitely worth a look
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Gilliam's doubts over directing future
- WENN Newsdesk
- 02 Jan 2012
Director Terry Gilliam has hinted his 2009 project The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus could be his final film as he doubts he will "ever make a movie again". The former Monty Python star directed the cult comedy troupe's big screen outing Monty Python and the Holy Grail in 1975, before embarking on a successful moviemaking career, with films including Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His last big screen outing featured Heath Ledger's final performance before his tragic... Read more
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ...
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ...
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