a bluffer's guide to brazil

Who would like it most?

Students; Film noir and sci-fi fans; Gilliam and Monty Python followers.

So, any chance of a sequel then?

Highly unlikely.

Brazil was an art-house smash and although Gilliam has proved his financial worth with The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it's doubtful that there's anything left to say on the Brazil front.

Unless Sam Lowry regains his sanity and seeks revenge on those who imprisoned him...

Wait a minute, that's not a bad idea.

Get Joel Silver and Richard Donner on board...

Give me another quote that's a bit poetic and sounds cool

"Listen, this old system of yours could be on fire and I couldn't even turn on the kitchen tap without filling out a 27b/6...Bloody paperwork."

Harry Tuttle.

Thanks very much. How about a list of credits?

Cast (in credits order)

Sam Lowry: Jonathan Pryce; Jill Layton: Kim Griest; Harry Tuttle: Robert DeNiro; Mr Helpmann: Peter Vaughan; Mr Kurtzmann: Ian Holm; Ida Lowry: Katherine Helmond; Spoor: Bob Hoskins.

Directed by Terry Gilliam; Written by Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard.

Production design: John Beard; Music: Michael Kamen.

Recommended reading:

The Battle of Brazil: Jack Matthews. Published by Applause.

Dark Knights and Holy Fools - The art and Films of Terry Gilliam by Bob McCabe

Gilliam on Gilliam - Published by Faber and Faber


  • The Fisher King

  • Trond Fritz's excellent site with images and multimedia galore

  • Brazil: The script

  • Brazil: Page One

  • Brazil: Page Two

  • Brazil: Page Three

  • A Bluffer's Guide to The Big Lebowski
  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Event Horizon
  • Leon
  • Dark City
  • Gattaca
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • Immolater Home Page
  • Art
  • Miscellany

    roger crow 2000

    Disclaimer: All of the above is just my opinion. This does not reflect that of my employer or anyone else. So don't sue me. Cheers.