| Jonathan Pryce | Sam Lowry |
| Michael Palin | Jack Lint |
| Kim Greist | Jill Layton |
| Robert De Niro | Harry Tuttle |
| Katherine Helmond | Ida Lowrey |
| Ian Holm | Kurtzman |
| Ian Richardson | Warren |
| Peter Vaughan | Helpmann |
| Bob Hoskins | Spoor |
| Derrick O'Connor | Dowser |
| Charles McKeown | Lime |
| Barbara Hicks | Mrs. Terrian |
| Kathryn Pogson | Shirley |
| Jim Broadbent | Dr. Jaffe |
| Jack Purvis | Dr. Chapman |
| Bryan Pringle | Spiro |
| Sheila Reid | Mrs. Buttle |
| Roger Ashton-Griffiths | Priest |
| Anthony G. Brown | Porter, Information Retrieval |
| Patrick Connor | Cell Guard |
| Ray Cooper | Technician |
| Sadie Corré | Midget Woman |
| Derek Deadman | Bill, Department of Works |
| Winston Dennis | Samurai Warrior |
| Myrtle Devenish | Typist in Jack's Office |
| John Flanagan | TV Interviewer/Salesman |
| Terry Forrestal | Burning Trooper |
| Holly Gilliam | Holly |
| Don Henderson | 1st Black Maria Guard |
| John Pierce Jones | Basement Guard |
| Simon Jones | Arrest Official |
| Gorden Kaye | M.O.I. Lobby Porter |
| Howard Lew Lewis | 2nd Black Maria Guard |
| Diana Martin | Telegram Girl |
| Brian Miller | Mr. Buttle |
| Simon Nash | Boy Buttle |
| Prudence Oliver | Girl Buttle |
| Nigel Planer | Charlie, Department of Works |
| Tony Portacio | Neighbor in Clerk's Pool |
| Oscar Quitak | Interview Official |
| Elizabeth Spender | Alison/Barbara Lint |
| Ann Way | Old Lady with Dog |
| Terry Gilliam | Director, Screenwriter |
| James Acheson | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| John Beard | Art Director |
| Patrick Cassavetti | Co-producer |
| Richard Conway | Special Effects |
| Julian Doyle | Editor |
| Graham Ford | Production Manager |
| Norman Garwood | Production Designer |
| George Gibbs | Special Effects |
| Frank Gill Jr. | Screenwriter |
| Joseph P. Grace | Associate Producer |
| Maggie Gray | Set Decoration/Design |
| Michael Kamen | Score Composer |
| Laura Kerr | Screenwriter |
| Irene Lamb | Casting |
| Charles McKeown | Screenwriter |
| Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Robert North | Producer |
| Keith Pain | Art Director |
| Roger Pratt | Cinematographer |
| Walter Scharf | Score Composer |
| Aaron Sherman | Makeup |
| Tom Stoppard | Screenwriter |
| Tip Tipping | Stunts |
| Bill Weston | Stunts |
| Maggie Weston | Makeup |
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Posted October 1, 2010
The bureaucracy has won. People's everyday lives are overrun with paperwork, interrogations, and miles of red tape, all in an effort to keep people safe from "the terrorists". It's a delightful film with excellent A-list actors, and I highly recommend it for fans of dystopian films.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Really, really a great movie. Highly recommended, but if you don't like this type of satirical humor, you may become bored. I won't ruin anything for you, buy this movie tonight and watch it twice.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This movie, with its brilliant perplexity, is bound to be kept out of the mainstream and deemed ''boring'' by some who see it. Indeed movies are boring when they are far too complex to comprehend. Most people prefer the standard formula for action movies that has been done a million times before. Most people desire to step into a movie theater and see some car chases, sex scenes, and crude aphorisms that they would consider to be humor. Then there are people like me, who love seeing things that stimulate the mind. What I value in a movie is the thought put into its script and its direction. Certainly one of the most thoughtful directors in this respect is Terry Gilliam. His name under this movie's title is what drew me in, since I loved 12 Monkeys and I'm a huge Monty Python fan. The plot of Brazil is enough to make your mind explode, and then understanding all the tiny subplots surrounding the main idea behind storyline is enough to change you forever. As the creepily lighthearted musical score pierced my ears as the movie faded into credits, I knew I would never be able to think the same way again. Terry Gilliam has really done it this time. See this movie. I don't care how you do it. You can't let another second of your life slip by without having this movie's message in your head.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Although this title is totally uncharacteristic of anything Terry Gilliam has ever done, it is a truly enjoyable title. The world Gilliam creates is a nightmarish place, akin to ''Airstrip One'' from Orwell's 1984, where life is cheap and freedom is a vague hope. My only complaint is that Gilliam goes too far over the top, and too often.
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Posted October 1, 2010
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The bigger, badder brothers of the Rube Goldberg machines from 12 Monkeys dominate the "real life" visuals of Brazil. But, the fantasy sequences are stunning with heroic images in the style of the early Soviet and Nazi propaganda movies with fantastic Art Deco sets. The characters and the story line give an unsettling mix of slapstick comedy, dark cynicism, and (maybe) flamboyant individualism defying the impersonal grinding of the state. How dark? In one scene waiters set up screens to separate a table of diners (who continue to eat and talk) from the bloody victims of a terrorist bomb that goes off in the other half of the restaurant. This movie is a beautiful, offbeat retelling of 1984. But make no mistake, the story at the heart of this movie is the same story at the heart of Orwell's 1984. It does NOT have a happy ending. It does raise questions that are worth your time and thought. Finally, if you are a fan of Terry Gilliam, then this movie must be in your collection.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This wild and dark look at the inhumanity of the modern condition makes laughter and tears flow together in a psychotic yet prescient look at the world of 1984 and the future present. This movie represents the best type of entertainment, because it amuses while causing one to look inward. It is among the greatest motion pictures made.
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Posted October 1, 2010
gilliam combines the totalitarianism of orwell's 1984 and the distorted reality from kafka novels and creates this cinematic masterpiece. fans of surrealism and dark comedy will enjoy this.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The three-disk set of Brazil provides an invaluable education on what can (and often does) happen to a director's move once the "suits" get a hold of it. The Directors cut is wonderful. Brazil is far from being a great movie but it is such an interesting one that I have watched it many times over and it becomes more of a delight with every viewing. The studio cut of the film (the so-called 'love concurs all' cut) is interesting to watch. The studios attempt to give the film a happy ending only results in some rather inexplicable behavior from the characters when seen outside of the director's intention. However, it also shows that Brazil might have been a better movie if Gilliam had planned a happy ending to begin with, instead of one he gave us. Yet, having made the movie he intended to make, it proves once again that the "suits" have to keep their hands off the finished product. As the old silent movie director, Eric Von Stroheim, once said, "The man who cut my film had nothing on his mind but a hat". However, for those who want to understand the inner workings of a Director/Studio fight over a film, the third disk is a wonder to behold. It has everybody's side of the fight over this film and is well worth the purchase of the three-disk set instead of merely the single disk of the directors cut.
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