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Brazil (1985) -- A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Terry Gilliam (screenplay) &
Tom Stoppard (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 December 1985 (USA) more
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Tagline:
It's only a state of mind. more
Plot:
A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 1 nomination more
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(93 articles)
Running Amunk for the Holidays
 (From IFC. 22 December 2009, 11:59 AM, PST)

Podcast: Terry Gilliam
 (From GreenCine Daily. 21 December 2009, 12:56 PM, PST)

User Comments:
One of the top ten films of all times more (408 total)

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Also Known As:
1984 and 1/2 (UK) (working title)
1984½ (UK) (working title)
Brasil (Spain) [es]
Brazil (Serbia) [sr]
Brazil (Poland) [pl]
Brazil (Croatia) [hr]
Brazil (Greece) [el]
Brazil (France) [fr]
Brazil - O Filme (Brazil) [pt]
Brazil - bortom nuet (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Brazil - tämän hetken tuolla puolen (Finland) [fi]
Mirai seiki Brazil (Japan) [ja]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some strong violence. (edited version)
Runtime:
132 min | USA:94 min (edited version) | 142 min (director's cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (uncut) | Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2003) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:16 (1985) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (1985-2003)

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Trivia:
When Mr. Helpman spells out the code that Sam's father used to get to Helpman's floor on the elevator, the letters are ERE I AM JH. When you rearrange those letters it spells JEREMIAH, Sam's father's name. more
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Continuity: When the secretary transcribes the words of the tortured, the second time the text is shown, there's actually less text than in the first shot: already typed out lines are suddenly vanished. more
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[first lines]
Singers: [TV commercial jingle] Central Services: We do the work, you do the pleasure.
TV commercial pitchman: Hi, there. I want to talk to you about ducts.
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Soundtrack:
As Time Goes By more

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104 out of 133 people found the following comment useful.
One of the top ten films of all times, 29 March 2005
10/10
Author: Carlos Nunez (car-nune@uniandes.edu.co) from Bogota, Colombia

Brazil is definitively one of the top ten movies of all times. Its a sort of anti-Utopian spectacle, in the same fashion of George Orwell's 1984. The movie has a very complex sequence of events, which require more than one viewing for full understanding. In fact, the first time i saw Brazil, i didn't enjoy it much. But then i gave it a second chance, and the pleasure of watching it increased exponentially. The more I watch it, the more I discover hidden aspects and new ways to interpret this masterful creation. The scenario is extraordinary, mixing long pipe lines and a almost omnipresent Gothic atmosphere. If you didn't like the movie the first time you saw it, don't be by any means discouraged. This movie requires patience and an active role from the viewer. Finally, Brazil deserves special praise for all the dream-like sequences of the main character and the music fits in perfectly well.

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