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Brazil (1985)

Updated: May 30, 2023



A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.


Brazil (1985) Elevator Scene
Brazil (1985) Elevator Scene


Brazil (1985) Film Poster
Brazil (1985) Film Poster

Director

  • Terry Gilliam


Writers

Screenplay

  • Terry Gilliam

  • Tom Stoppard

  • Charles McKeown


Cast

  • Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry

  • Kim Greist as Jill Layton

  • Robert De Niro as Archibald "Harry" Tuttle

  • Katherine Helmond as Mrs Ida Lowry

  • Ian Holm as Mr Kurtzmann

  • Bob Hoskins as Spoor

  • Michael Palin as Jack Lint

  • Ian Richardson as Mr Warrenn

  • Peter Vaughan as Mr Eugene Helpmann

  • Jim Broadbent as Dr Louis Jaffe

  • Brian Miller as Mr Archibald Buttle

  • Sheila Reid as Mrs Veronica Buttle

  • Simon Nash as Boy Buttle

  • Barbara Hicks as Mrs Terrain

  • Kathryn Pogson as Shirley Terrain

  • Bryan Pringle as Spiro

  • Derrick O'Connor as Dowser

  • Elizabeth Spender as Alison "Barbara" Lint

  • Derek Deadman and Nigel Planer as Bill and Charlie

  • Ray Cooper as Technician

  • Gorden Kaye as the M.O.I. porter

  • John Pierce Jones as Basement guard

  • Ann Way as Old lady with dog

  • Myrtle Devenish as Jack's secretary

  • Simon Jones as Arrest official

  • Bill Wallis as Bespectacled lurker

  • Don Henderson as Black Maria guard

  • Howard Lew Lewis as Black Maria guard

  • Oscar Quitak as Interview official

  • Harold Innocent as Interview official

  • John Grillo as Interview official

  • Patrick Connor as guard

  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths as the Priest

  • Jack Purvis as Dr Chapman

  • Sue Hodge as performer

Cameos

  • Co-writer Charles McKeown as Harvey Lime

  • Director Terry Gilliam as the smoking man at Shang-ri La Towers.


Source: IMDB & WIKI

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