Storyline
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.
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Cast
Jim Broadbent, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Terry Gilliam, Katherine Helmond, Robert De Niro, Terence Bayler, Jack Purvis, John Pierce Jones, Ian Richardson, Charles McKeown, Peter Vaughan, Derrick O'Connor, Nigel Planer, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Howard Lew Lewis, Gorden Kaye, Bryan Pringle, Barbara Hicks, Kathryn Pogson, John Flanagan
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Reviews
100
The New York Times
Brazil may not be the best film of the year, but it's a remarkable accomplishment for Mr. Gilliam, whose satirical and cautionary impulses work beautifully together. His film's ambitious visual style bears this out, combining grim, overpowering architecture with clever throwaway touches.
100
This modern cult classic is a triumphantly dark comedy directed by one of the film world's truly original visionaries, Terry Gilliam. "Imagination" is this futuristic film’s middle name.
100
Chicago Reader
A ferociously creative 1985 black comedy filled with wild tonal contrasts, swarming details, and unfettered visual invention--every shot carries a charge of surprise and delight.
100
Entertainment Weekly
One of those rare gems that prove equally stunning on both aesthetic and cerebral levels.
100
Film.com
For all its occasional long-windedness and visual dazzle, Brazil may be the "Strangelove" of the 1980s.
