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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. Cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, the cult-favorite film is...
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. Cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, the cult-favorite film 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 government-sanctioned torturer with a distaste for 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 for. <br> <br> The look of BRAZIL is relentless, overwhelming, and outrageously spectacular. Giant mono...
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| Key Information | |
| Stars | Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro |
| Actors | Barbara Hicks, Bob Hoskins, Charles McKeown, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Katherine Helmond, Kim Greist, Peter Vaughan |
| Available Formats | DVD, DVD: Criterion Collection; 3-Disc Set, DVD: Jewel Case, DVD: Widescreen, VHS |
| Directors | Terry Gilliam |
| UPC | 025192016820, 037429138526, 096892016724, 096898017138, 715515018029, 715515018128 |
| Genre | Comedies |
| Subgenre | Recommended • Politics • Futuristic • Prison/Prisoners • Psychodrama • On-The-Run • Disturbing • Cult Film • Surreal • Framed • Black Comedy • Love Story • Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Release Date | 1985 |
| Running Time | 2hr 11min |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
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| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | (06/10/1992, p.F7, Michael Wilmington): "...It's a knockout...", (07/01/2003, p.129, Dan Jolin): "...It's rich in irony, steeped in surrealism and touched with genius....Easily one of the greatest movies of the '80s...", (08/01/2003, p.66, Geoffrey Macnab): "...Hugely inventive...", (11/15/1996, p.85, Chris Willman): "...Landmark retro-future tragicomedy..." -- Rating: A+, (12/14/1998, [/23, Peter Travers): "...Gilliam creates this dehumanizing universe with demented wit, sane anger and the most eye-popping visuals since METROPOLIS...", (12/18/1985, p.C22, Janet Maslin): "...BRAZIL, a jaunty, wittily observed vision of an extremely bleak future, is a superb example of the power of comedy to underscore serious ideas, even solemn ones....Ambitious visual style..." |
| Quotes from the Movie | |
| Quotes from the Movie |
"Have a nice day. This has not been a recording."--Central Services phone operator to Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) "You can't make a move without a form."--Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro) to Sam |
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