Brazil (1985 film) in Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination

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Brazil (1985 film) in Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination is a dystopian black comedy that satirizes bureaucratic totalitarianism through surreal, visually elaborate storytelling.

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instanceOf black comedy film
dystopian film
feature film
film trilogy
satirical film
science fiction film
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
surface form: BAFTA Award for Production Design

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
surface form: BAFTA Award for Visual Effects

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award
surface form: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Picture
basedOn inspired by George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (thematically)
castMember Bob Hoskins
Ian Holm
Jim Broadbent
Jonathan Pryce
Katherine Helmond
Kim Greist
Michael Palin
Robert De Niro
cinematographyBy Roger Pratt
countryOfOrigin Brazil
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
director Terry Gilliam
distributor 20th Century Fox
Universal Pictures
editedBy Julian Doyle
followedBy The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
follows Time Bandits
genre black comedy
dystopian fiction
satire
science fiction
hasPart Brazil (1985 film)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Time Bandits
mainCharacter Sam Lowry
musicBy Michael Kamen
narrativeFocus bureaucratic totalitarianism
government bureaucracy
surveillance state
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
notableFor cult following
multiple conflicting cuts and studio interference
originalLanguage English
partOf Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination
portrayedBy Jonathan Pryce
positionInSeries second film in Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination
producer Arnon Milchan
Terry Gilliam
publicationDate 1985
screenwriter Charles McKeown
Terry Gilliam
Tom Stoppard
setInPeriod retro-futuristic 20th century
theme dehumanizing bureaucracy
imagination versus oppressive reality
individualism versus authoritarianism
visualStyle surreal
visually elaborate

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen follows Brazil (1985 film) in Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination