Movie
Brazil
It's only a state of mind.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about Brazil
Cast
Jonathan PryceSam Lowry
Robert De NiroHarry Tuttle
Katherine HelmondMrs. Ida Lowry
Ian HolmMr. Kurtzmann
Bob HoskinsSpoor
Michael PalinJack Lint
Ian RichardsonMr. Warrenn
Peter VaughanMr. HelpmannCredits
- Directed by
- Terry Gilliam
- Written by
- Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $10M
Production
- Embassy International PicturesUnited States
