On This Day: February 22 1985 Brazil Premiered in the UK

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Feb 22, 2025

Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: February 22 1985 Brazil Premiered in the UK.

On this day February 22 1985 the dystopian sci-fi masterpiece Brazil premiered in the UK. Directed by Terry Gilliam, the film starred Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm, bringing to life a darkly satirical vision of a bureaucratic nightmare.

Set in a totalitarian world filled with endless paperwork, surveillance, and absurd government control, Brazil follows Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), a low-level worker who dreams of...

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