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Brazil (1985)

Directed by Terry Gilliam

Science Fiction | Comedy | Thriller

Most recently watched by zombiefreak, jcdeleon1, krazykat

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 143 minutes

Actors

Jonathan Pryce | Robert De Niro | Katherine Helmond | Ian Holm | Bob Hoskins | Michael Palin | Ian Richardson | Peter Vaughan | Kim Greist | Jim Broadbent | Barbara Hicks | Charles McKeown | Derrick O'Connor | Kathryn Pogson | Bryan Pringle | Sheila Reid | John Flanagan | Roger Ashton-Griffiths | John Pierce Jones | Nigel Planer | Terence Bayler | Gorden Kaye | Jack Purvis | Howard Lew Lewis | Ray Cooper | Brian Miller | Simon Jones | Derek Deadman | Bill Wallis | Myrtle Devenish | Ann Way | Don Henderson | Oscar Quitak | Harold Innocent | John Grillo | Ralph Nossek | David Gant | James Coyle | Patrick Connor | Elizabeth Spender | Russell Keith Grant | Terry Gilliam

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

My recent (first time) viewing of Acción mutante had me thinking of this movie so I wanted to revisit. There’s more similarities than I anticipated. Thematically, this shares lot with de la Iglesia’s work so I’d like to believe he was influenced by Gilliam. Still in awe that De Niro is in this film.

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