Brazil

– Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 12 Minutes
Release Year:
1985
Brazil (1985)

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.

Brazil (1985) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Dec 1985

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writer:

Terry Gilliam (screenplay by), Tom Stoppard (screenplay by), Charles McKeown (screenplay by)

Main Actors:

Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm

Plot:

Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger.

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Universal Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
Metacritic:
88%