Brazil (The Criterion Collection 3-Disc Boxed Set) [DVD]

Description: Brazil (The Criterion Collection 3-Disc Boxed Set) [DVD] [DVD] Product Overview Format: DVD January 1, 1985 If Franz Kafka had been an animator and film director--oh, and a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus--this is the sort of outrageously dystopian satire one could easily imagine him making. However, Brazil was made by Terry Gilliam, who is all of the above except, of course, Franz Kafka. Be that as it may, Gilliam sure captures the paranoid-subversive spirit of Kafka's The Trial (along with his own Python animation) in this bureaucratic nightmare-comedy about a meek governmental clerk named Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) whose life is destroyed by a simple bug. Not a software bug, a real bug (no doubt related to Kafka's famous Metamorphosis insect) that gets smooshed in a printer and causes a typographical error unjustly identifying an innocent citizen, one Mr. Buttle, as suspected terrorist Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro). When Sam becomes enmeshed in unraveling this bureaucratic glitch, he himself winds up labeled as a miscreant. The movie presents such an unrelentingly imaginative and savage vision of 20th-century bureaucracy that it almost became a victim of small-minded studio management itself--until Gilliam surreptitiously screened his cut for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, who named it the best movie of 1985 and virtually embarrassed Universal into releasing it. This DVD version of Brazil is the special director's cut that first appeared in Criterion's comprehensive (and expensive) six-disc laser package in 1996. --Jim Emerson Details Format: Closed-captioned, Box set, Color, DVD, Director's Cut, Widescreen, NTSC, Dolby, Letterboxed Contributor: Kathryn Pogson, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, Jonathan Pryce, Jim Broadbent, Sheila Reid, Katherine Helmond, Terry Gilliam, Bob Hoskins, Barbara Hicks, Simon Jones, Derrick O'Connor, Ian Richardson, Kim Greist, Charles McKeown, Brian Miller, John Flanagan, Bryan Pringle, Ian Holm, Ray Cooper See more Language: English Runtime: 2 hours and 22 minutes Color: Color Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1 Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted) Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 13.6 ounces Director ‏ : ‎ Terry Gilliam Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Box set, Color, DVD, Director's Cut, Widescreen, NTSC, Dolby, Letterboxed Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 22 minutes Release date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 1985 Actors ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French Quality Products Have peace of mind knowing that your order will arrive original factory sealed packaging. That means that you'll have the full force of the manufacturer's warranty to protect your purchase. Fast and Free Shipping You're already purchasing the item. Why pay additional for shipping, especially slow shipping? We get your order shipped out and delivered to your doorstep as quickly as possible. Commitment We are committed to making sure that you leave this transaction satisfied. That means having access to real people that get your questions and concerns answered quickly. Give us a shot and we will make sure that you will look to us again!

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