Brazil [videorecording] / Universal, an MCA company ; Arnon Milchan presents a Terry Gilliam film ; Embassy International Pictures ; produced by Aron Milchan ; directed by Terry Gilliam ; screenplay by Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, charles McKeown.
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins. Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Special features: all-new, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terry Gilliam, with a remastered Dolby stereo surround soundtrack; audio commentary by Gilliam; essay by Jack Mathews.
Summary:
In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. This is the original 142 minute director's cut edition of the film assembled from both the European and American versions.
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