Brazil (1985 film)

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film science fiction film

Brazil (1985 film) is a dystopian black comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, renowned for its surreal visual style, satirical critique of bureaucratic totalitarianism, and cult status in science fiction cinema.

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Brazil (1985 film) canonical 4
Brazil (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
award Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design (won) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn inspired by the song "Aquarela do Brasil" ⓘ
castMember Barbara Hicks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Hoskins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles McKeown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Holm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jim Broadbent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonathan Pryce NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katherine Helmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kim Greist NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Palin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert De Niro NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographer Roger Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Terry Gilliam NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Julian Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
dystopian ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
mainCharacter Sam Lowry NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Michael Kamen NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus satire of bureaucratic totalitarianism ⓘ
notableFor conflict between director and studio over final cut ⓘ
multiple different cuts and release versions ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf science fiction cinema canon ⓘ
portrayedBy Jonathan Pryce NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Arnon Milchan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terry Gilliam NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Embassy International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silver Screen Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 20 February 1985 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
runtime approximately 132 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Charles McKeown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terry Gilliam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Stoppard NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting dystopian retro-futuristic society ⓘ
theme authoritarianism ⓘ
dreams versus reality ⓘ
oppressive bureaucracy ⓘ
technological dysfunction ⓘ
titleSong "Aquarela do Brasil" NERFINISHED ⓘ
visualStyle surreal ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolis → influenced → Brazil (1985 film) ⓘ
Maggie Weston → notableWork → Brazil (1985 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazil (film)
Michael Kamen → notableWork → Brazil (1985 film) ⓘ
Michael Kamen → wroteMusicFor → Brazil (1985 film) ⓘ
Brazil (1985 film) in Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination → hasPart → Brazil (1985 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Terry Gilliam’s loose trilogy of imagination