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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 |
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Twilight fans cause a riot at Brazil hotel
- 11 Nov 2009
Twilight stars Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart had a recent scare in Brazil when 2,000 fans stormed their hotel and had to be kept away from their suites by riot police. The two teen idols were literally prisoners in their adjoining rooms as police and security tried to keep the fans at bay in the hallways. Lautner recalls, "All of a sudden security comes up to the room and they say, 'Hey, so 2,000 fans just broke into the hotel and the police with riot gear are trying to keep them out of... Read more
Palin turned down move to Hollywood
- 27 Nov 2009
Monty Python star Michael Palin refused to take his career to Hollywood - because he prefers the comfort of his British home. The actor starred in a string of successful films in the 1980s, but declined offers to move to Tinseltown as he was put off by the hectic lifestyle. And he feared the only movie parts available to him in Los Angeles would be stereotypical English roles. He says, "I'm not sure that failure's quite the right word. What happened was that, all these films that I made, like... Read more
A-listers flock to watch Jackson's This Is It
- 28 Oct 2009
Los Angeles came to a standstill on Tuesday night (27Oct09) as Hollywood A-listers joined the Jackson brothers for the premiere of the King of Pop's concert rehearsal movie This Is It. The L.A. launch of the tour documentary - featuring Michael Jackson's final stage performances before his death in June (09) - coincided with the worldwide release of the film, which premiered across 15 cities including London, Seoul, South Korea; Johannesburg, South Africa; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Berlin,... Read more
Cocktail creator honoured on movie's 20th birthday
- 21 Oct 2009
The creator of Tom Cruise movie Cocktail will be honoured this week at a New York ceremony to mark the film's 20th anniversary. Former journalist and bartender Heywood Gould will be guest of honour on Thursday (22Oct09) at a celebration of the movie at the Penn Station TGI Friday restaurant where much of the movie was shot. He'll be accompanied by America's top Tom Cruise lookalikes and cocktail shaking and bottle spinning demonstrations. As well as writing the role that helped Cruise become a Read more
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