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Brazil

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.

1985 |2h 23m |  Comedy, Science Fiction

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Cast

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Jonathan Pryce

Sam Lowry

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Robert De Niro

Harry Tuttle

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Katherine Helmond

Mrs. Ida Lowry

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Ian Holm

Mr. Kurtzmann

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Bob Hoskins

Spoor

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Michael Palin

Jack Lint

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Ian Richardson

Mr. Warrenn

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Peter Vaughan

Mr. Helpmann

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Kim Greist

Jill Layton

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Jim Broadbent

Dr. Jaffe

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Barbara Hicks

Mrs. Alma Terrain

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Derrick O'Connor

Dowser

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Kathryn Pogson

Shirley

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Bryan Pringle

Spiro

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Sheila Reid

Mrs. Buttle

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John Flanagan

T.V. Interviewer / Salesman

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Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Priest

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Nigel Planer

Charlie--Dept. of Works

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Terence Bayler

T.V. Commercial Presenter

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Gorden Kaye

M.O.I. Lobby Porter

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Jack Purvis

Dr. Chapman

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Howard Lew Lewis

Black Maria Guard

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Ray Cooper

Technician

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Brian Miller

Mr. Buttle

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Simon Jones

Arrest Official

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Derek Deadman

Bill - Dept. of Works

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Bill Wallis

Bespectacled Lurker

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Don Henderson

First 'Black Maria' Guard

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Oscar Quitak

Interview Official

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Harold Innocent

Interview Official

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John Grillo

Interview Official

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Ralph Nossek

Interview Official

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David Gant

Interview Official

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$9,900,000.00