Brazil
IMDB Rating: 8.00, 52914 votes
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Taglines
- Have a laugh at the horror of things to come.
- It's about flights of fantasy. And the nightmare of reality. Terrorist bombings. And late night shopping. True Love. And creative plumbing.
- It's only a state of mind.
- Suspicion breeds confidence.
- We're all in it together.
Storyline
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.
Actors
| Spiro | Bryan Pringle |
| Shirley | Kathryn Pogson |
| Dowser | Derrick O'Connor |
| Harvey Lime | Charles McKeown |
| Mrs. Alma Terrain | Barbara Hicks |
| Dr. Jaffe | Jim Broadbent |
| Jill Layton | Kim Greist |
| Mr. Helpmann | Peter Vaughan |
| Mr. Warrenn | Ian Richardson |
| Jack Lint | Michael Palin |
| Spoor | Bob Hoskins |
| Mr. M. Kurtzmann | Ian Holm |
| Mrs. Ida Lowry | Katherine Helmond |
| Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle | Robert De Niro |
| Sam Lowry | Jonathan Pryce |
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Posted in: 1985, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi
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