February 24 The Oriental Theatre

Brazil - Directors Cut

Comedy DCP Classic Cult
R 1985 Terry Gilliam 142m

Showtimes

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

6:30PM Oriental Theatre - Abele Cinema (Main)

Description

With a screenplay co-written by the late Tom Stoppard alongside Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown, BRAZIL is a dystopian masterpiece featuring Jonathan Pryce as a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy.

In Memoriam: Tom Stoppard

Series
In Memoriam
Year
1985
Length
142 minutes
Language
English, French, German
Subtitles
English
Rating
R
Country
UK, USA
Director
Terry Gilliam
Producer
Arnon Milchan
Writers
Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
Starring
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist
Cinematographer
Roger Pratt
Editor
Julian Doyle
Music
Michael Kamen
Production Design
Norman Garwood

The Pitch

like a stoned, slapstick 1984: a nightmare comedy in which the comedy is just an aspect of the nightmarishness.

The New Yorker Pauline Kael