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Brazil is a 1985 science-fiction dystopian black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. The film stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm.
Dec 18, 1985 · Brazil: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm. A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Terry Gilliam
- 1985-12-18
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the ...
Why is the movie called Brazil? Terry Gilliam once explained the origin of the film. We were in this steel town on the coast, Port Talbot, a really awful place. The beach was completely covered with iron ore, black and awful, and I was there at sunset, seeing these strange industrial shapes all over the place. [A vision came to him].
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Brazil is a 1985 science-fiction dystopian black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. The film stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm.
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.
