References
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
- During Sam's escape from the torture chamber police advance down a set of stairs preceded by a cleaning cart as a reference to the famous scene on the Odessa steps.
M (1931)
Modern Times (1936)
- A few of the shots involving the robot about 15 min. into the movie are homages to the "eating machine" in Modern Times. The "split desk" scene later in the film could also be looked at as a reference.
The Green Pastures (1936)
- wall sign: The movie has many references to classic films
Lost Horizon (1937)
- dialogue
Fantasia (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
Brazil (1944)
The Third Man (1949)
Ikiru (1952)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
La rivière du hibou (1962)
Le procès (1962)
8½ (1963)
- Opening sequence (clouds) is shot for shot... entire story of man entwined within his dreams. Gilliam likewise acknowledges 8 and 1/2 on the DVD release as his inspiration for all his work.
Fantômas (1964)
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
- When Sam is about to enter Jack's office, there is a drop of blood on the floor which he smears with his foot - this is a clear visual reference to an almost identical shot in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" when Blondie is called into Angeleye's room after Tuco has been tortured
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Kagemusha (1980)
- Man chased by large samurai in dream
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Sam slays the masked Samurai, to find his own face behind the mask.
Heavy Metal (1981)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Referenced in
Back to the Future (1985)
Millennium (1989)
Jacob's Ladder (1990/I)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Stranded in Space (#4.5)" (1991)
- Title mentioned
The Fisher King (1991)
- Poster visible in video store.
Singles (1992)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Underneath (1995)
La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Runaway Brain (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
The Battle of Brazil: A Video History (1996) (V)
Fargo (1996)
Nacht der Gaukler (1996)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997) (VG)
- Flight code is ereiamjh - code from Brazil (1985)
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1997) (V)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
Grim Fandango (1998) (VG)
Pi (1998)
Ngon na ma dak lin na (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV)
The Matrix (1999)
Mystery Men (1999)
Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) (VG)
- In Brazil, sam drives a Messerschmitt through a dystopian society. In GTA2, you can drive a car known as a "Schmitt" from an overhead view. The real referance is that your car can catch on fire as seen from an overhead view and Sam's is also set on fire and seen from an overhead view when he looks out to see Jill from the apartment complex
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV)
Three to Tango (1999)
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
Mr. Murakami's Garden (1999)
Anxiety (2000)
- Similarities in Gilliams bureacratic dystopia sub-plot
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000)
Woman on Top (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Bait (2000)
Metoroporisu (2001)
The Breed (2001)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
Kaubôi bibappu: Tengoku no tobira (2001)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Cypher (2002)
Splinter Cell (2002) (VG)
- In the "CIA HQ" mission, we learn that a targetted character is in the "Information Retrieval" department. This is a probable reference to the fictional department the main character from "Brazil" worked in.
Eddie Izzard: Circle (2002) (V)
Forever Ealing (2002) (TV)
"Gilmore Girls: Happy Birthday, Baby (#3.18)" (2003)
- Rory says that Paris's description of her mother's cosmetic surgery sounds like something from the film.
29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie (2003) (V)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
- In Brazil, the main character ends up being strapped to a torture-chair-thing, while someone he trusts is about to drill out his eyes (POV shot). This also happens in O.U.A.T.I.M. Also, in one of the scenes blood appears on the camera lens, which also happens during aforementioned scene in Brazil.
Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)
- The scene of the esthetical surgery with an old woman like Sam's mother in Brazil
Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004)
- The female lead mentions this film in her voice-over.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004)
- BraintrusDV (http://www.braintrustdv.com/interviews/slouching-eng.html) related the ending of "Brazil" with the ending of "FAQ".
"Retrosexual: The 80's" (2004)
- this film is discussed and stills are shown
Film Geek (2005)
- Scotty has a book about this movie called "The Battle of Brazil
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005) (VG)
- In the beginning of mission 5, if you interrogate the first guard you encounter, Sam will talk about him being "Henry Tuttle", and the guard will remind you to fill out a 267b/6. Altough in the film it's just a 27b/6.
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (V)
- Title shown on scrolling review text
Lord of War (2005)
- While talking to Ian Holm, Nicholas Cage mentions a character named Kurtzman. Kurtzman was a character played by Holm in Brazil.
Ströjobb (2005)
- The office
The Dingle (2005)
- A one-letter glitch in bureaucratic records sets the plot in motion.
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)
- Makes the countdown, is talked about.
"South Park: Go God Go XII (#10.13)" (2006)
- The cap Cartman wears when using the time phone is based on the caps worn by engineers in this futuristic film.
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
- Referenced by name
Death at a Funeral (2007)
- Uncle Alfie (Peter Vaughan bound to the wheelchair) needs considerable help to get to/onto the toilet. The scene is almost identical to the scene in Brazil where Mr. Helpman (again Peter Vaughan in a wheelchair) needs Sams assistance for the same business.
The Gene Generation (2007)
- Production Design
"Eftyhismenoi mazi: Animera tou gamou (#1.1)" (2007)
- Poster of this film in the girls' room
"Comedy Connections: Ripping Yarns (#6.4)" (2008)
- Referenced by name
Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (2009)
- When the band arrives in Brazil, the theme song from the movie Brazil is played over a shot of clouds in the sky.
Features
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Casablanca (1942)
- Just before Sam Lowry says "Here's looking at you" to his boss, Humphrey Bogart's character in Casablanca can be heard saying that same, famous line "Here's looking at you, kid". Thus, the film is heard in the background, but actually never seen on screen.
Featured in
"The Directors: The Films of Terry Gilliam (#1.2)" (????)
- Clips shown.
What Is Brazil? (1985) (TV)
The Battle of Brazil: A Video History (1996) (V)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
- clips shown
Getting Gilliam (2005)
- Features a clip from the movie.
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)
- Clips are shown.
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
- Clips are shown
"Cinemania: Ypalliloi en drasei!" (2009)
- Clips are shown
"De wereld draait door: (#4.154)" (2009)
- A fragment is shown.
Spoofs
Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
- One scene, a conversation between two men in snap brim trilby hats where they warily seem to talk around a subject so as not to give the other too much to go on was lifted intact for Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985).
Spoofed in
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
- Elsa, the pteradactyl, flies with Louie through the N.Y.C. sky scrapers and over the parade towing ballons. Much like in Sam's dream where he flies through the stone monoliths and watches the FODS tow Jill in the rusty cage
La science des rêves (2006)
- nightmarish scene at work where Stéphane sits at his desk (which is stacked high with piles of paper) then his hands increase in size until he can't work
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