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Brazil (1985) [R]

Release Date:
February 20, 1985

Original Title:
Brazil

Alternate Titles:
1984 and 1/2
1984½
Brazil

Genres:
Comedy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Embassy International Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 16  AU: M  BR: 14  CZ: 15+  DE: 12  DK: 15  ES: 12  FI: K-16  FR: 12  GB: 15  GR: K-16   HU: 18  IE: 15  IT: T  JP: G  NL: 12  NO: 15  PE: 18  PL: 18  PT: M/16  RO: 15  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 143

It's only a state of mind.

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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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Production

Art Direction:
Keith Pain
John Beard

Assistant Art Director:
Dennis Bosher
Françoise Benoît-Fresco

Camera Operator:
David Garfath

Casting:
Irene Lamb
Margery Simkin

Costume Design:
James Acheson

Director:
Terry Gilliam

Director of Photography:
Roger Pratt

Editor:
Julian Doyle

Gaffer:
Roy Rodhouse

Hair Designer:
Maggie Weston

Makeup & Hair:
Sallie Evans
Elaine Carew
Meinir Jones-Lewis
Sandra Shepherd

Makeup Designer:
Maggie Weston

Music:
Ary Barroso

Original Music Composer:
Michael Kamen

Producer:
Patrick Cassavetti
Arnon Milchan

Production Design:
Norman Garwood

Production Manager:
Graham Ford

Property Master:
Gary Dawson
George Ball

Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
Aaron Sherman

Publicist:
Alan Arnold
Geoff Freeman

Scenic Artist:
Andrew Garnet-Lawson

Screenplay:
Tom Stoppard
Terry Gilliam
Charles McKeown

Script Supervisor:
Penny Eyles

Sound Editor:
Rodney Glenn

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Paul Carr

Sound Recordist:
Bob Doyle

Still Photographer:
David Appleby

Stunts:
Greg Powell
Vic Armstrong

Visual Effects:
Richard Conway

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