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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Terry Gilliam |
| Stars: |
Michael Palin |
| Actors: |
Peter Vaughan |
| 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) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Jewel Case |
| UPC: |
037429138526 |
| Release Date: |
1985 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 11min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Jewel Case, 2hr 23min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 31, 1998)
UPC: 096892016724 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 11min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Tom Stoppard |
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Professional Reviews
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(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..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"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 |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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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