Brazil

Movie

1985

2h 23m

English

Comedy, Science Fiction

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Brazil

Movie

1985

2h 23m

English

Comedy, Science Fiction

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Rent From $3.49

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

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Cast

Sam Lowry

Jill Layton

Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle

Mrs. Ida Lowry

Mr. M. Kurtzmann

Spoor

Jack Lint

Mr. Warrenn

Mr. Helpmann

Dr. Jaffe

Smoking Man (uncredited)

Barbara Hicks

Mrs. Alma Terrain

Derrick O'Connor

Dowser

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Priest

Basement Guard

Spiro

Harvey Lime

Mrs. Buttle

T.V. Interviewer / Salesman

Kathryn Pogson

Shirley

Nigel Planer

Charlie--Dept. of Works

Terence Bayler

T.V. Commercial Presenter

Gorden Kaye

M.O.I. Lobby Porter

Jack Purvis

Dr. Chapman

Howard Lew Lewis

Black Maria Guard

Directed By: Terry Gilliam

Written By: Tom Stoppard (Screenplay), Terry Gilliam (Screenplay), + 1 more

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bluethegreat1 says...

10 years ago

Brazil has been on my list of shame for a while. i dont know why i never got to it, especially in my early 20s. now, much like Trainspotting, it saddens me how much of my life has been lived without this movie in it. dystopian future run by bureaucracy, oppressive machinery, wwii Britain vibe, CYA at all costs, that over-the-topness that gilliam pulls off with such finesse. this is a movie only gilliam could pull off well. in the hands of most others, it would be an absurd travesty. while i loved every viewing of Naked Lunch ive had over the years, i wish this had been substituted for a few of them. grey steampunk.

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CinemanicBonkers says...

7 years ago

What a mad film with an odd cast, I love it thought, and that's what you get with Terry Gilliams films. I've seen them all and this comes off the madness to me. I thought I'd understand it even more the second time around but i was bloody wrong. It came of even more mind blowing. ha

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Whitsbrain says...

2 years ago

The fact that this movie has some stunning visuals and quirky characters can't disguise the fact that it's boring. Some consider it Terry Gilliam's masterpiece but "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" and "12 Monkeys" are much more entertaining films. I didn't care about the lead characters in "Brazil" either. I thought they were thin and dull with only Robert DeNiro's appearance worthy of note.

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HeronAnc says...

2 years ago

A smart critic against the bureaucracy, certainly is one of the craziest movies that I've ever seen! The story remembered me a lot one of my favorite books: 1984. This movie got to show all the horror of its universe and the ending is great!

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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto

one year ago

**A film that was enough for more than one review: dream, nightmare, utopia and reality.**

It was in 1939 that composer and singer-songwriter Ary Barroso released the iconic song “Aquarela do Brasil”. This samba became an icon of Brazilian music and was sung and disseminated by such noble voi More

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chadrico

6 years ago

One of my all time favourite sci fi movies. Set the bench mark for modern sci fi, should be considered a great like Blade Runner.
Great acting, story, soundtrack! 5/5

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TKPNPodcast

10/10 2 years ago

Brazil nuts are relatively large nuts coming from one of the most useful trees in the Amazon rainforest. It literally has 1001 uses from carpentry, health benefits, lubricants to flooring.

The 1985 Terry Gilliam film, Brazil, might be just as useful and is perhaps modern masterpiece. I realize th More

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