
Repo Man(1984)
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.


“It's only a state of mind.”
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.

Jonathan Pryce
Sam Lowry

Robert De Niro
Harry Tuttle

Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ian Holm
Mr. Kurtzmann

Bob Hoskins
Spoor

Michael Palin
Jack Lint

Ian Richardson
Mr. Warrenn

Peter Vaughan
Mr. Helpmann

Kim Greist
Jill Layton

Jim Broadbent
Dr. Jaffe
Brazil is a comedy, science fiction film released in 1985 exploring themes of dreams, government, bureaucracy, police state, great britain, technology. Directed by Terry Gilliam, it stars Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond. 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.
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