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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Featuring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent, Barbara Hicks, Charles McKeown
In the dystopian masterpiece Brazil, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam, one of the great films of the 1980s, has come to be esteemed alongside antitotalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. And in terms of set design, cinematography, music, and effects, Brazil is a nonstop dazzler.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
DVD-5 (1 Disc)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Surround 2.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary, Gallery, Interview, Storyboards, Mulitimedia Essay, Theatrical Trailer, Feature Film, Booklet
- Audio commentary by Terry Gilliam
- What Is “Brazil”?, Rob Hedden’s on-set documentary
- Script Development
- Interview with screenwrtiers Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown
- Storyboards
- Production Design and Costume Design galleries, featuring an interview with James Acheson
- Special Effects presentation
- Interview with composer Michael Kamen
- Photo gallery featuring promotional materials and production photos
- Theatrical trailer
- The Battle of “Brazil,” a documentary about the film’s contentious release, hosted by Jack Mathews and based on his book of the same name
- "Love Conquers All Version," the studio’s 94-minute, happy-ending cut of Brazil
- Audio commentary for the "Love Conquers All" version by Brazil expert David Morgan
- Booklet featuring an essay by Jack Matthews
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Release Credits
Artwork: Gordon Reynolds
Producer: Sean Wright-Anderson
Artwork: Basia Grochoiski
Release Notes on Restoration
Brazil
Brazil is presented in the aspect ratio of 1.78:1. On widescreen televisions the image should fill the screen. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from a new 35mm interpositive, under the supervision of director Terry Gilliam. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the high bit rate for the quantity of material included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm Dolby stereo magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm Dolby stereo magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.