Brazil
(DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Terry Gilliam
3 Disc Set. BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, 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 frightened worker bee terrified of 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.
GENRES - comedy, drama, sci-fi & fantasy
Film Info
RUNTIME - 142 minutes
RATING - R (MPAA)
YEAR - 1985
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Awards
- Best Director (Winner)
1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (Los Angeles, United States) - Best Dramatic Presentation (Nominee)
1986 Hugo Awards (United States) - Best Picture (Winner)
1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (Los Angeles, United States) - Best Production Design (Winner)
1986 BAFTA Awards (London, United Kingdom) - Best Screenplay (Winner)
1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (Los Angeles, United States) - Best Special Visual Effects (Winner)
1986 BAFTA Awards (London, United Kingdom)