Director: Terry Gilliam

Writers: Terry Gilliam; Tom Stoppard; Charles McKeown

Original Music by: Michael Kamen

Producer: Arnon Milchan

Keywords: Sci-Fi, Dark Comedy, Dystopian, Clones, Explosions

In a dystopian future, paperwork runs rampant with transactions sent from bureaucrat to bureaucrat via pneumatic tubes. Sam Lowry exists in this world, a minor cog in the vast hegemonic apparatus of the Ministry of Information, escaping only his his dreams to rescue an angelic girl. An attempt to correct a procedural oversight cascades out of control and he encounters what appears to be the girl in his dream. Highly original, visually astonishing, and strangely disquieting. Received Oscar nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Set Decoration. Unfortunately three versions of this film exist, director's cut, studio release, and TV edit.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Broadbent	Actor	24-May-1949		Oscar-winning oddball English actor
Robert De Niro	Actor	17-Aug-1943		The Godfather: Part II
Katherine Helmond	Actor	5-Jul-1928	23-Feb-2019	Jessica Tate on Soap
Ian Holm	Actor	12-Sep-1931		Time Bandits
Bob Hoskins	Actor	26-Oct-1942	29-Apr-2014	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Simon Jones	Actor	27-Jul-1950		Arthur Dent on radio Hitchhiker's Guide
Michael Palin	Comic	5-May-1943		Monty Python
Nigel Planer	Actor	22-Feb-1953		Neil on The Young Ones
Jonathan Pryce	Actor	1-Jun-1947		Sam Lowry in Brazil
Ian Richardson	Actor	7-Apr-1934	9-Feb-2007	House of Cards
Peter Vaughan	Actor	4-Apr-1923	6-Dec-2016	The Remains of the Day

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
and
Kim Greist	...   Jill Layton
with
Jim Broadbent	...   Dr. Jaffe
Barbara Hicks	...   Mrs. Terrain
Charles McKeown	...   Lime
Derrick O'Connor	...   Dowser
Kathryn Pogson	...   Shirley
Bryan Pringle	...   Spiro
Sheila Reid	...   Mrs. Buttle
Also Appearing
John Flanagan	...   TV Interviewer / Salesman
Ray Cooper	...   Technician
Brian Miller	...   Mr. Buttle
Simon Nash	...   Boy Buttle
Prudence Oliver	...   Girl Buttle
Simon Jones	...   Arrest Official
Derek Deadman	...   Bill -- Dept. of Works
Nigel Planer	...   Charlie -- Dept. of Works
Gorden Kaye	...   M.O.I. Lobby Porter
Tony Portacio	...   Neighbour in Clerk's Pool
Winston Dennis	...   Samurai Warrior
Diana Martin	...   Telegram Girl
Jack Purvis	...   Dr. Chapman
Elizabeth Spender	...   Alison / "Barbara" Lint
Anthony Brown	...   Porter -- Information Retrieval
Myrtle Devenish	...   Typist in Jack's Office
Holly Gilliam	...   Holly
John Pierce Jones	...   Basement Guard
Ann Way	...   Old Lady with Dog
Terry Forrestal	...   Burning Trooper
Don Henderson	...   First "Black Maria" Guard
Howard Lew Lewis	...   Second "Black Maria" Guard
Oscar Quitak	...   Interview Official
Patrick Connor	...   Cell Guard
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	...   Priest

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