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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 84/100. Scores higher than 99% of the 963 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic84/100
3,818 audience votes
Key crew
- Terry GilliamDirector
- Tom StoppardScreenplay
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Charles McKeownScreenplay
- Terry GilliamScreenplay
Cast
- Jonathan PryceSam Lowry
- Robert De NiroHarry Tuttle
- Katherine HelmondMrs. Ida Lowry
- Ian HolmMr. Kurtzmann
- Bob HoskinsSpoor
- Michael PalinJack Lint
- Ian RichardsonMr. Warrenn
- Peter VaughanMr. Helpmann
- Kim GreistJill Layton
- Jim BroadbentDr. Jaffe
- Barbara HicksMrs. Alma Terrain
- Charles McKeownLime
Stills
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Themes
dreamsgovernmentbureaucracypolice stategreat britaintechnologydystopiaofficedark comedysatiresurrealismsteampunk
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