UK,
1985, 131 min
(Director's cut: 143 min, Alternative: 137 min)
Directed by:
Terry GilliamCinematography:
Roger PrattComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent (more)VOD (1)
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The nightmarish futuristic satire Brazil effectively blurs all lines between illusion and reality. Jonathan pryce plays a government statistician who chooses to blind himself to the decaying world around him. (official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1986 - Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1986 - Best Achievement in Production Design
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1986 - Best Production Design
- 1986 - Best Special Visual Effects
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1985 - Best Film
- 1985 - Terry Gilliam (Best Director)
- 1985 - Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard (Best Screenplay)