Brazil is a movie directed by Terry Gilliam in 1985 and inspired by the book 1984 by George Orwell, first published in 1949. The movie features Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
In a dystopian, polluted, over consumerist, hyper-bureaucratic alternative present day, Sam Lowry is a low-level government employee who frequently daydreams of himself as a winged warrior saving a damsel in distress. Sam discovers the mistake when he discovers the wrong bank account had been debited for the arrest and visits Buttle’s widow to give her the refund where he encounters the upstairs neighbour Jill Layton, and is astonished to discover that she resembles the woman from his dreams.
Movie vs Book
Year
1985
Minutes
132
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
Year
1949
Pages
311
Book Rate
8.38
S: Goodreads
Book
1984
Author: George Orwell
Country: UK
First published in: 1949
Length: 311 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
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User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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