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Brazil (1985)

7.8/10 IMDb 98% RT 84/100 MC
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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.

Best Release

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

S-Tier

Director

Terry Gilliam

Sub-Genre

Dystopian, Cyberpunk

Box Office

$9,929,135

Editor's Notes

Note

Criterion's 4K covers all three cuts in one set. The 142-minute European version, the 132-minute US theatrical, and the 94-minute studio 'Love Conquers All' butchery, all from new restorations. The transfer recovers detail on the prosthetics and the dystopian set design that the older Blu-ray crushed flat.

noted Apr 30, 2026

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray , America 2025

What's in the box

Packaging
Keepcase
In the box
Comes with a 20-page booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt.
Discs
3 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC THREE
Video
1.85:1 · Dolby Vision + HDR10
Audio
other other
Subtitles
English HoH

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • Audio Commentary with director/co-writer Terry Gilliam (1996)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • Audio Commentary with director/co-writer Terry Gilliam (1996)

DISC THREE (Blu-ray)

  • Audio Commentary with Brazil expert David Morgan (1996)
  • What Is Brazil? (vintage 1985 documentary (1080i, 29:07))
  • The Production Notebook

    • We're All In It Together: The Brazil Screenwriters (1996 featurette (1080i, 10:42))

"Dreams Unfulfilled: Unfiled Storyboards of Brazil" (1080p, 21:12 in total)

  • Introduction
  • The Eyeballs
  • The Storeroom of Knowledge
  • The Cages
  • The Stone Ship
  • The Fall
  • + 9 more
    The Samurai
    The Sky Cube
    The Forces of Darkness
    Designing Brazil (1996 visual essay (1080p, 20:45))
    'Flights of Fantasy: Brazil's Special Effects" 1996 featurette (1080p, 9:50)
    Fashion and Facism: James Acheson on Brazil's Costume Design (1996 featurette (1080p, 7:01))
    Brazil's Score (1996 featurette (1080i, 9:41))
    The Battle Of Brazil (1996 documentary (1080i, 55:09))
    Theatrical Trailer (1080i, 2:36)

Releases of Brazil

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