Brazil

E102302

dystopian film film satirical film science fiction film

Brazil is a 1985 dystopian science fiction film known for its darkly satirical portrayal of a bureaucratic, totalitarian society and its distinctive, surreal visual style.

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Label	Occurrences
Brazil canonical	24

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dystopian film ⓘ film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
award	Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction (nominated) Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominated) BAFTA Award for Best Production Design ⓘ surface form: BAFTA Award for Best Production Design (won)
basedOn	1984 ⓘ surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four (inspired by)
castMember	Bob Hoskins ⓘ Ian Holm ⓘ Ian Richardson ⓘ Jim Broadbent ⓘ Jonathan Pryce ⓘ Katherine Helmond ⓘ Kim Greist ⓘ Michael Palin ⓘ Peter Vaughan ⓘ Robert De Niro ⓘ
cinematographer	Roger Pratt ⓘ
composer	Michael Kamen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cultStatus	cult classic ⓘ
director	Terry Gilliam ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor	Julian Doyle ⓘ
genre	black comedy ⓘ dystopian ⓘ satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
leadActor	Jonathan Pryce ⓘ
mainCharacter	Sam Lowry ⓘ
musicFeature	Song "Aquarela do Brasil" by Ary Barroso ⓘ
notableFor	darkly satirical portrayal of bureaucracy ⓘ depiction of totalitarian surveillance state ⓘ distinctive surreal production design ⓘ multiple different cuts and endings ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Arnon Milchan ⓘ Terry Gilliam ⓘ
productionCompany	Embassy Pictures ⓘ surface form: Embassy International Pictures Silver Screen Partners ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	low-level government employee ⓘ
releaseDate	20 February 1985 (UK) ⓘ
releaseYear	1985 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 132 minutes (theatrical cut) ⓘ
screenwriter	Charles McKeown ⓘ Terry Gilliam ⓘ Tom Stoppard ⓘ
setting	bureaucratic totalitarian state ⓘ
title	Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
visualStyle	retro-futuristic ⓘ surreal ⓘ

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Terry Gilliam → directed → Brazil ⓘ

Bob Hoskins → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Ian Holm → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Tom Stoppard → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Tom Stoppard → wroteScreenplayFor → Brazil ⓘ

Brazil with Michael Palin → subject → Brazil ⓘ

Jim Broadbent → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Brazil → title → Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Brazil (film)

Arnon Milchan → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Hoskins → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

subject surface form: Bob Hoskins

Peter Vaughan → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Jonathan Pryce → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Jonathan Pryce → work → Brazil ⓘ

Bryan Pringle → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Robert William Hoskins → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Aquarela do Brasil → alsoKnownAs → Brazil ⓘ

Roger Pratt → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Roger Pratt → workedOn → Brazil ⓘ

Julian Doyle → edited → Brazil ⓘ

Roger Ashton-Griffiths → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Charles McKeown → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Jack Purvis → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Katherine Helmond → notableWork → Brazil ⓘ

Katherine Helmond → notableFilm → Brazil ⓘ