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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Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
dystopian film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
film trilogy ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Production Design ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Visual Effects ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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