| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Jonathan Pryce |
Sam Lowrey
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| Robert De Niro |
Harry Tuttle
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| Michael Palin |
Jack Lint
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| Kim Greist |
Jill Layton
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| Katherine Helmond |
Ida Lowrey
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| Ian Holm |
Kurtzman
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| Ian Richardson |
Warren
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| Peter Vaughan |
Eugene Helpmann
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| Bob Hoskins |
Spoor
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| Derrick O'Connor |
Dawson
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| Jonathan Pryce |
Sam Lowry
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| Robert De Niro |
Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle
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| Katherine Helmond |
Mrs. Ida Lowry
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| Ian Holm |
Mr. M. Kurtzmann
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| Ian Richardson |
Mr. Warrenn
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| Peter Vaughan |
Mr. Helpmann
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| Jim Broadbent |
Dr. Jaffe
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Sci-Fi; Fantasy |
| Director |
Terry Gilliam |
| Writer |
Terry Gilliam; Charles McKeown |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
2 hr 11 mins |
| Country |
UK |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| This nightmarish futuristic satire effectively blurs all lines between illusion and reality. Jonathan Pryce plays Sam Lowrey, a government statistician who chooses to blind himself to the decaying, drone-like world around him. Whenever real life becomes too oppressive, Sam fantasizes (to the tune of the 1940s big-band hit "Brazil") about being an alternate-world superhero, forever rescuing beautiful Jill Layton ( Kim Greist ). The omnipresent computer that controls everything in the "real" world malfunctions, causing the mistaken-identity assassination of an innocent citizen. When Sam routinely investigates the error, he meets Jill, literally the girl of his dreams. It turns out that she is an associate of a terrorist ( Robert De Niro ) whom the computer had originally intended to target for execution. The price Sam pays for tumbling to this fact is a close encounter with the man in charge of torturing troublesome citizens ( Michael Palin ). Director Terry Gilliam does too much very well in Brazil (a typically excessive moment is the hilarious plastic-surgery treatment given Sam's mother, played by Katherine Helmond ). — Hal Erickson |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
376 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/4/2003 |
| Tape Label |
130 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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