Brazil

Terry Gilliam

 
Brazil Criterion DVD

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  • United Kingdom
  • 1985
  • 142 minutes
  • 1.77:1
  • English
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  • Spine #51

SYNOPSIS: Pitting the imagination of common man Sam Lowry (the brilliantly befuddled Jonathan Pryce) against the oppressive storm troopers of the Ministry of Information, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil has come to be regarded as an anti-totalitarianism cautionary tale equal to the works of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Gathering footage from both the European and American versions of this masterpiece, Gilliam has assembled the ultimate, 142-minute director’s cut of his most celebrated film.

Cast & CreditsOpen

Cast

Sam LowryJonathan Pryce
Harry TuttleRobert De Niro
Mrs. Ida LowryKatherine Helmond
Mr. KurtzmannIan Holm
SpoorBob Hoskins
Jack LintMichael Palin
Mr. WarrenIan Richardson
Mr. HelpmannPeter Vaughan
Jill LaytonKim Griest
Dr. JaffeJim Broadbent
Mrs. TerrainBabara Hicks
LimeCharles McKeown

Credits

DirectorTerry Gilliam
ProducerArnon Milchan
ScreenplayTom Stoppard, Charles McKeown and Terry Gilliam
CinematographyRoger Pratt
Co-producerPatrick Cassavetti
MusicMichael Kamen
Production designNorman Garwood
Special effects supervisorGeorge Gibbs
Model effects supervisorRichard Conway
Costume designJames Acheson
Haird and makeup designMaggie Weston
Art directionJohn Beard and Keith Pain

Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL FEATURES

SINGLE DISC EDITION; $29.95

  • All-new, restored high-definition anamorphic digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terry Gilliam, with a remastered Dolby stereo surround soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by Gilliam
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by Jack Mathews


THE ULTIMATE THREE-DISC SPECIAL EDITION BOX SET; $59.95:

  • DISC ONE:
  • All-new, restored high-definition anamorphic digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terry Gilliam, with a remastered Dolby stereo surround soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by Gilliam
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by Jack Mathews
  • DISC TWO:
  • A treasure trove of Brazil-iana:
  • 30-minute on-set documentary What Is Brazil?
  • Criterion’s original exposé The Battle of “Brazil”: A Video History, which reassembles players in the battle over the film’s U.S. release
  • Hundreds of storyboards, drawings, and publicity and production stills
  • Rare raw and behind-the-scenes footage
  • Exclusive video interviews with the production team
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • DISC THREE:
  • The 94-minute “Love Conquers All” version of Brazil, with all the changes Gilliam refused to make
  • An audio essay by journalist David Morgan

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Film Essays

Brazil

By Jack MathewsSeptember 27, 1999

While researching a book on the making of and the feud over the American release of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, I read nearly every review published in the U.S., and saw very few that failed Read more »


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