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Overview
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Release Date:
18 December 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's only a state of mind. more
Plot:
A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Bureaucracy
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Terrorist
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Dream
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Bureaucrat
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Technology
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 8 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(82 articles)
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Terry Gilliam's best.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jonathan Pryce | ... | Sam Lowry |
 | Robert De Niro | ... | Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle |
 | Katherine Helmond | ... | Mrs. Ida Lowry |
 | Ian Holm | ... | Mr. M. Kurtzmann |
 | Bob Hoskins | ... | Spoor |
 | Michael Palin | ... | Jack Lint |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Mr. Warrenn |
| Peter Vaughan | ... | Mr. Helpmann |
 | Kim Greist | ... | Jill Layton |
 | Jim Broadbent | ... | Dr. Jaffe |
| Barbara Hicks | ... | Mrs. Alma Terrain |
| Charles McKeown | ... | Harvey Lime |
 | Derrick O'Connor | ... | Dowser |
| Kathryn Pogson | ... | Shirley |
| Bryan Pringle | ... | Spiro |
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MPAA:
Rated R for some strong violence. (edited version)
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Runtime:
132 min | USA:94 min (edited version) | 142 min (director's cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Germany:12 (re-rating) (uncut) |
Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) |
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2003) |
Brazil:14 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Québec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
New Zealand:R13 |
Norway:16 (1985) |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:15 (DVD rating) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:18 (1985-2003)
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Body count: 25
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Continuity: Holly's hair has a big gap in her front bangs when she says her one line, whereas before her bangs were intact. Holly Gilliam did this on purpose in an effort to avoid working on the scene again because she despised the process of filming. It didn't work, and the result is the continuity error.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Singers: [TV commercial jingle] Central Services: We do the work, you do the pleasure.
TV commercial pitchman: Hi, there. I want to talk to you about ducts.
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Singers: [TV commercial jingle] Central Services: We do the work, you do the pleasure.
TV commercial pitchman: Hi, there. I want to talk to you about ducts.
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Movie Connections:
References Modern Times (1936)
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Soundtrack:
Brazil
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What did the giant samurai represent?What is the gift Sam keeps getting and giving?
What does the title mean?
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Brazil is a mad, paperwork obsessed, duct filled, shopping crazy world. In fact, Brazil is today, minus the ducts. Everyone is obsessed with shopping and in order to get anything done within the world of government, there is paperwork to be filled out, and filled out and on and on. Terry Gilliam's Orwellian nightmare is like a merging of Metropolis and his own mad drawings and cut outs the linked the sketches in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Bureaucrats abound in Gilliam's vision, and they run the place. Anyone with free will and imagination is thought to be dangerous. Visually, the film is a marvel of art direction and miniatures flawlessly edited together. So, be like Harry Tuttle. Go out, become a freelance guerilla plumber and try not to get consumed by paperwork. One last item. If you can, get the Criterion version of Brazil. It's the film that Terry Gilliam intended you to see.