

Brazil
"It's only a state of mind."
Overview
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Movie Details
Budget
$15.0M
$15,000,000
Revenue
$9.9M
$9,900,000
Languages
English
Studio
Embassy International Pictures
Key Crew

Terry Gilliam
Director

Tom Stoppard
Screenplay

Arnon Milchan
Producer

Charles McKeown
Screenplay

Terry Gilliam
Screenplay
Cast

Jonathan Pryce
Sam Lowry

Robert De Niro
Harry Tuttle

Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ian Holm
Mr. Kurtzmann

Bob Hoskins
Spoor

Michael Palin
Jack Lint

Ian Richardson
Mr. Warrenn

Peter Vaughan
Mr. Helpmann

Kim Greist
Jill Layton

Jim Broadbent
Dr. Jaffe

Barbara Hicks
Mrs. Alma Terrain

Charles McKeown
Lime

Derrick O'Connor
Dowser

Kathryn Pogson
Shirley

Bryan Pringle
Spiro

Sheila Reid
Mrs. Buttle

John Flanagan
T.V. Interviewer / Salesman

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Priest
John Pierce Jones
Basement Guard

Nigel Planer
Charlie--Dept. of Works














