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1978 Certificate 18
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Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to murder 94 seemingly .. Read more

Starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Director Franklin J. Schaffner
Genres Drama

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The Boys From Brazil

Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to murder 94 seemingly unconnected men -- a scheme that could somehow launch the Fourth Reich.

Starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Denholm Elliott, John Dehner, Michael Gough, Uta Hagen
Director Franklin J. Schaffner
Studio ITV DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 58 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: None
Released DVD: 14 Apr 2003
Blu-ray: 23 Jun 2008
Production year: 1978
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (5) of The Boys From Brazil

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Undercast (and in desperate need of colour), this jolly romp is the filmisation of Rodgers and Hart's Broadway hit, itself based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, and boasting two of the all-time great popular standards This Can't Be Love and Falling in Love with Love. Only Martha Raye and Joe Penner seem to capture the requisite Broadway brashness, and a wan Allan Jones in the lead looks uncomfortable and strained. Many of the “ancient” jokes pre-date similar humoresques in The Flintstones, and period comedians Charles Butterworth and Eric Blore have a camp old time mining the gags. Connoisseurs will note that three songs have been dropped from the show score and two new ones added for the screen.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL is a good job....One of those films where you get a bag of popcorn and settle back to a make-believe world..."

    • New York Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    It hasn't aged well

    I had a conversation with a good friend recently about older movies with interesting ideas at there core but way too much stationary dialouge, ambling plot and lousy action sequences. He was talking about 70's sci fi staples as a whole but he could very well have been reviewing The Boys From Brazil.

    It's a great idea. It would have made a corking X-File episode. But bar laughing at 'Zee Outrageous Accents' and rewinding Steve Guttenburgs sticky end there's little ZING! about proceedings.

    I'm sure this movie has just 'not aged well' as the films reputation as a 'Mind Blower' preceeds it with aplomb.

    This movie is ripe for a remake. It has some solid character actors doing their stuff. But it just moves at a snails pace. And looks dull.

    • SteveBent
      • SteveBent from Tring
      • Posted 14 Mar 2006 21:21

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  • Rated - 3 stars

    Time for a remake?

    I had wanted to see this film for quite sometime now and knowing that it was available on Bluray I had to rent it. The story is very good and I can see Hollywood remaking it. Now dont get me wrong, Laurence Olivier is considered one of the greatest actors of all time, I just felt that he over acted in this making the rest of the cast look fantastic, apart from a young Steve Guttenburg. Olivier wound me up to be quite honest. All in all its a good film that will keep you watching until the end although very dated.

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