Brazil
Released: 1985
Comedy, Science Fiction
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.
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Written by: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Language: English
Scenes
Sam (Jonathan Pryce) must help his boss (who is in a wheelchair) pee by standing behind him and holding him up. The peeing is not actually shown, as the bathroom part begins just as the man has finished.
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Alternate Titles
1984 and 1/2 (working title)
1984½ (working title)