Brazil by Terry Gilliam 1985

[swordfish1929]

Why do I always do this? Every time I watch this I think "this time you won't cry" it never ever works....

[fishman017]

Easily in my top five all time.

[gatchman1278]

thumbs up if you watched the whole film in one go

[Jackscape]

@gatchman1278 impossible :D

[rcwells27]

@gatchman1278 As you often watch movies..

[Kashadooo]

@gatchman1278 What the fuck is that suppose to mean, in how many "goes" you usually finish watching a movie?

[C0deM0nster]

@gatchman1278 I watched it twice in a row!

[linocoria]

@gatchman1278 Why wouldn't you?

[Johngalt43]

The "American version" of Brazil changes the ending slightly in that most of the background fades into clouds and eventually fades to black. I like the extra reminder that Sam is "all right" (not suffering any more), but hate the fadeout. That image of Sam, alone and lost in his dream world, is the perfect image to end the movie, and it should remain on the screen long enough that no one who stays for the credits will ever forget it.

[CocoAlex182]

Watched this film a few days ago on BBC4. I acctually cried at the ending. Such a good film!

[jazzx251]

@CocoAlex182

So did I when I saw it on BBC 2 in ages ago (the show was called "Alex Cox presents" - he talked for 5 minutes before showing the film) - but it was when the strings came in as the credits were rolling, and the camera is still showing the cooling tower, and him in the chair.

The music is brilliant.

Easily one of the greatest endings to a movie ever.

[CocoAlex182]

@jazzx251 Totally agree about the ending!!

[Katn0skungfuu]

dont forget AMADEUS. Amazing 80s movie

[GlinkoPlayman]

Who singing? Jonathan Price do!

[darthvadorthestrong]

@GlinkoPlayman exactly, it hit me when i read the OP's question...i thought well Jon's humming why wouldn't he be the one singing...then you hear that its his voice and zang it hits you.

[GlinkoPlayman]

@darthvadorthestrong In Official Soundtrack written Jonathan performs this version of song.

[fjgarcia3]

In the version i've got of this movie, the credits play way slower, albeit the sound is the same. I mean, in my version, when he sings the word "Brazil" (1:20) the image is still in KIM GREIST (0:57) Why can that be?

[GallerSam]

Who else thought about H. R. Giger when he saw this?

[worldwidehank]

thanks for posting this. it's perfect. peace.

[labelcillo]

I really lurked searching for everything about the story behind this film. I think i know every fucking thing about the film, then i watch it for the 100 time... and well, you know that feeling when you just stare at the screen, let the credits pass by, and you're still there? like waiting for something? frozen.

[SpideySting]

There’s one thing I’m certain of.

Return... I will... To old... Brazil...

[wttmartin9]

geoff and maria maldaur performed brazil

[ImExtreamlyAwesome]

I hate suckerpunch for stealing fucking half the movie

[jockc]

amazing film with an amazing soundtrack by Michael Kamen .. just superb

[AntonBakalov1965]

Честита нова година . Много здраве , частие и ...цвъ..цвъъъ да е далеч от хората

[fishman017]

My favorite film.

[echobunny]

Jonathan Pryce is singing this. Listen to him singing on the Evita soundtrack and you'll recognize it.

[yersubconscious]

@echobunny or just listen to him speak..or find him in vids of miss saigon, etc...

[oxalado]

I agree Brazil is the greatest movie of all time. I own it, I have seen it countless times, and will most certainly watch it countless more.

"Suspision breeds confidence"

lol i love the things you find throughout the movie.

[pkduexmachina]

does "jonathan pryce" sing the ending version of the song?

[scientifico]

The only goddamn reason I bought the soundtrack. Really! The Only reason.

If I ever see terry gilliam, I'm punching him square in the face!!!

[yersubconscious]

@scientifico You do realize it was the producer/distributor pressure that made Gilliam cut to the "Love Conquers All" version, right? Most versions since have been director's cut or something similar.

[scientifico]

@yersubconscious I'm sorry, I would never punch Mr. Gilliam in the face. He is a personal hero and I love him (no homo.)

[yersubconscious]

@scientifico Why would I think you're a "homo" for loving Gilliam? He is one of the best, despite lesser recognition than his peers.

[jagnjeOpaa]

Francisco Alves 1939 original

pozdrav from Bosnia :)

[jagnjeOpaa]

The film is named after the recurrent theme song, "Aquarela do Brasil". National song from 1939..

Wikipedija

[Liemann]

Geoff Muldaur sings this.

[gingowitch]

Great movie!!

[AvmanM]

I have watched Brazil 10 or 11 times and every time I watch it, I realize there was something I missed on the previous occasions (a subtlety in the plot, a hidden meaning to someone's monologue, or something about the setting). Brazil is the best film that will ever be made.

[bitplane]

The track is called "Escape! No Escape!" by Michael Kamen, it's in a different key so Sam can sing along to it.

[palahniukification]

Es hat mein Herz gerettet und gebrochen und gerettet...aber ich hab´s kommen sehen...

[ocinneide100]

Jonathan Pryce(Sam Lowery) sang the 1985 version

[ocinneide100]

Jonathan Pryce (Sam Lowery) sang the 1985 Brazil by Terry Gilliam

[cfwbdude]

This film is trully amazing, deffinately In my all time top five films. This song portrays happy times, go Terry G.

[lovinhikki1]

sad, but great, ending ; )

[memokk]

can some1 explain me whats the story of this MOVIE¿

[AvmanM]

@memokk: You have to watch it to understand. Better still, watch it three or four times.

[grandsaga]

It does have that magical feeling doesn't it?

[SuperNitpicker]

Does anyone know where to find the european ending to this film?

[cepomwa]

@SuperNitpicker lol, you better not think about it this is the best end.

Anyway i dont think there is multiple ends, they said there was 3 versions but I dont know if any of the two others were released

[Gridseeker]

I guess I`m not the only but I FEEL SO IDENTIFIED with Sam Lowry: most of times I want to lock myself in my own dreams, fantasies, head, whatever you call it but I just want to escape from this shit of reality and society. Well, I guess I am still immature to face the real life but at the same time I`m so jealousy of poor Sam Lowry. At least he is no more aware of such depressing world.

[cepomwa]

@Gridseeker we are all like this, dont think this is a specifical feature for a type of person.

especialy in thoses sad times.

[Gridseeker]

@cepomwa Thanks and yeah, those current times are so depressing. In many ways this movie is a foreshadow of what we are turning as society...or better said, what we became as society.

[monsterdmx06]

This Version of the Song ist from Geoff Muldaur, an amerikan Fol Singer.

[TheOpenmindead]

One of the best film on earth!

[Mystandrain]

I remember watching this one alone at night... Such an intense piece of work. So dark and disturbing... And such a tragic ending.

[adamvandyke2]

I watched this when I was about 10, the ending made me feel like shit for the rest of the day.

[cuppajoesugar]

If you look at it closer, you can tell it's mother's fault in the first place, since she got the whole ball rolling with the promotion.

The message? MOTHERS ARE EVIL

[ClaudeFrollon]

such a great ending endings are mostly problems for filmmakers this is 5/5

[SuperRod88]

Mr. Kurtzman shouting: "Has Anybody seen Sam Lowry?"

[wiliamdejager]

Such a great movie.. Gilliam was right; this is the ultimate ending.. He dies, but is born again there he does not break.. He survives thanks to his beautiful, free mind

[Poltroon]

It is Pryce/Lowry at the start, but the wild version that follows is credited to Bachianos Samba on the soundtrack album.

[engine4600]

Best mvie ever!!!

[patriotismisevil]

Top 5 movies of the 80s

1. Brazil

2. Raging Bull

3. The Shining

4. Blade Runner

5. Scarface

[SuperRod88]

@patriotismisevil Excellent list, you included 3 of the most underrated movies of the 80s that critics hated but the public loved it years after. Brazil, Scarface and Blade Runner, plus the amazing The Shining and Raging Bull. Great choices.

[ForARide]

@patriotismisevil, totally agree to your list, except Blade Runner.

After rewatching it a few mounths ago, I was fairly dissapointed. I´d replace it with The Mission (Roland Joffé), but otherwise great judgement.

Here a few other great films with touching endings:

Z (Constantin Costa Gavras)

The 400 Blows (Francoise Truffaut)

Catch 22 (Mike Nichols)

Wages Of Fear (Henri Georges Clouzot)

Orpheu Negro (Marcel Camus)

I think what sums up these endings is their poetic atmosphere they transmitt.

[voraistos]

@ForARide bladerunner is severely overrated (always featuring in the top 5 sci-fi of all time. I think it's shit).

[JarPetNee]

@ForARide Are you implying that Blade Runner didn't have a poetic ending?

[Bra23we12]

@ForARide

Non!

If you're simply looking for poetic failure as a way of conjouring an emotional twist......then ....maybe.

Delete Bladerunner?

Non!

You must be French to think such a thing.

[emphaticleech]

@ForARide Care to explain why disappointed with Blade Runner? It's quite possibly one of the most imaginitive.. and human.. Sci-Fi noirs to ever be made.

Also, as far as 80s films.. I think This is Spinal Tap should be on a top whatever list. And I didn't care for the De Palma Scarface. Nothing beats the original.

[jazzx251]

@emphaticleech

For me (80s):

Hmmm, tricky and subject to change depending on what I've eaten:

After noodles:

1. Blade Runner

2. Brazil

3. Aliens

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

5. Empire Strikes Back

[emphaticleech]

@jazzx251 80s, for me was all about:

1. Blade Runner

2. Sid & Nancy

3. This is Spinal Tap

4. The Evil Dead

5. Empire Strikes Back

[Gridseeker]

@ForARide Its very hard to make a ranking of my favorite movies. Just to mention a few of them:

Brazil

George Romero´s Dawn of the Dead

Naked Lunch

The discreet charm of Bourgeois

Blade Runner

Eyes without a face

The shinning

[Chubachus]

@patriotismisevil dude, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Glory

[patriotismisevil]

@Chubachus Perhaps Raiders of the Lost Ark, but not Glory. My list stands! XD

[LarryBundyJr]

@patriotismisevil What about Ghostbusters, The Goonies, The Lost Boys?

[goth505]

@patriotismisevil what about amadeus?!

[MrTimalloy]

@patriotismisevil i'd have to put in terminator, back to the future and highlander in there somewhere :)

[ntn888]

@patriotismisevil "Once Upon a Time in America (1984)" surely belongs in the list.

[RYNO2511]

such a sad ending, but beautiful

[matheusms094]

brazil o paraiso

[1projectnasty]

I think that might actually be Jonathan Pryce singing it over Michael Kamen's score. But I agree, the movie features multiple versions of this and this one exceptionally beautiful.

[kevincmurphy]

Yeah, that's Jonathan Pryce singing here at the end. Or Sam Lowry, if you'd prefer.

[celioishikawa]

beautiful ending

[gallopinto30]

I can't help but listen to this when I'm down.

[Chlapichlapo]

Something you never felt before ?

The thrills of samba music ? ;)

[RYNO2511]

it took me 8 hours to watch this. I kept falling asleep then rewinding it and so on, and once I woke up on the ending credits, and I felt something strange like I've never felt before, something a film has never done to me, and because of the way the film moves me emotionally, it is one of my favorites ever.

[Johnnyo743]

i saw this last night and a feel strange ephroic almost i really cant explain it but it is wonderful

[chopstix720]

@RYNO2511  I watched it in regular time and it still made me feel like that. Its a classic

[poorwhite]

at the end of my days this will be the song playing thru my mind as I drift away :)

[Sm3gH3adx]

saddest, most beautiful ending of a film

[SuperRod88]

Jonathan Pryce humming. Caetano Veloso sings.

[trinityj1]

@SuperRod88 No, it's Pryce singing.

[SuperRod88]

@trinityj1 Correction. It's not Pryce and it's not Caetano, it's Geoff Muldaur who sings at the credits. His name appears in the credits by the end. I thought it was Caetano Veloso because it sounded like him but after your reply and search on IMDb and Caetano's not credited.

[trinityj1]

@SuperRod88 No, the version with the whistling is the version by Geoff and Maria Muldaur. This moment is not in the credits as a song because it was not recorded as a song, it's just Jonathan Pryce singing along to the score. The Geoff Muldaur version is on the soundtrack and has *no lyrics*. This voice is clearly identifiable as Pryce and is identified as such on the film-maker's commentary!

[Margarita54]

@trinityj1 yep, thats right. You can hear exactly the voice of j. pryce. he is a great singer. i know his voice. Listen to Evita...even it is not a good movie, in my opinion.

[RYNO2511]

the music is somehow very moving to me

[filmfanatic99]

first I thought the end was sad, but then I realised it was a happy ending because sam escaped his govenmnet and could be with his dream girl in the skies.

[CRZTV]

@filmfanatic99 The ending technically is sad. I viewed it as "you can't win" and it's true: who really won? What really happened? In any case, it's an exremely wonderful ending to an extremely excellent film.

[blablaidontcarewhour]

@filmfanatic99 I think it's up for the viewer to decide. You could look at it like that for Sam, but I would argue it isn't a sad ending, but more of a disturbing one. Sort of like 1984... creepy book.

[callitacomeb10106]

@filmfanatic99 soooooo true, this is exactly how I felt after watching this

[BlackMagnumFilms]

@filmfanatic99 I really can't decide. It's sort of a bleak happy ending. Or rather, a happy ending done sadly.

[Asgard314]

@BlackMagnumFilms It depends on what kind of person you are. If you're a "Glass half-empty" kind of guy, it's sad. Sam is brain dead, the woman of his dreams is dead, and he'll never function again. If you're a "Glass half-full" kind of guy, Sam escaped from everything wrong in the world to be with the woman he loves until he dies.

[axlmcload]

and the version of the song is by Geoff Muldaur

[silveiravet]

The singer is Caetano Veloso from Brazil (the country)

[hasablad69]

The singer is Johnathan Price!

[bgdjohnny8]

This isn't how the movie ended at all - There wasn't a speck of credits till the creepy singer was done and then it went to blue skies and happy music.

[double1967]

There were different endings. Do some research.

[bgdjohnny8]

That "different" ending wasn't the original classic - I saw it - someone tore it up and re-edited the whole thing for some reason.

[TulseLuper]

No, in America it ended with the clouds whereas in Britain it ended this way. If you want a torn-up version of Brazil, check out the studio cut.

[markors13]

this version is terry gilliam's director's cut. the 'sadder version', considered by many people as the better version. its the same with blade runner, there's about 20 different cuts.

[Chlapichlapo]

In the other version, they get married and lived happily ever after. :)

[xFantasyAddicxt]

There is no other version or alternate ending, just Laury's own delusions brought on by the nightmare of reality

[skeleion]

@xFantasyAddicxt Oh yes there is another ending. The love conquers all, or the cowardly USA version.

[JizzleMaFizzle]

That was the happy ending that was released first because the producer's were afraid of the audiences' reaction to this version.

Hey, that happened with Bladerunner, too. When will these producers learn?

[pietroerperugino]

Well, I'll be damned! It's Jonathan "Governor Swann" Pryce.

I still haven't seen the movie, but I bet it's a masterpiece that will change your point of view about life for a while.

[mouse264]

It's a fantastic movie. Saw it for the first time two days ago... Very creepy. Sort of like Blade Runner on drugs.

[LTadas]

I also saw it recently for a fist time. I can't believe how I didn't heard about it before.

[mouse264]

It is rather beautiful.

[swordpunisher]

Terry Gilliam's Masterpiece.

[j3parrots]

I heard that in the US version they didnt show this ending and finnished the film with the happy dream sequence, probably just an urban myth. If its true it takes alot away from the point of the film I think. De Nero was great in this.

[vdtmanutd5145]

Look for the "Love Conquers All" version of Brazil. It's very much true and they did change it to a happy ending, as well as gutting the rest of the film in that cut,

[BlackMoonLilith]

Well, sort of. The US theatrical cut had this ending. It WAS cut, but the Love Conquers All edit was never shown theatrically; just on TV syndication and the Criterion Collection.

[vzbyrne]

My favourite film. And the ending is bleak but also happy. Depending on your perspective. In my mind anyway, Sam is happy in his mind. But he isn't in reality. Or am I interpretting this incorrectly? Can an interpretation be "wrong" ?

[katmandu2k]

Get yourself a lobotomy and let's see if you're happy.

[vzbyrne]

true

[ballestero92]

Esta es mi version favorita de la cancion...

[wazzonah]

I felt bleak for a week after seeing those last shots of him. It's a downer ending, but makes perfect sense once you've seen the rest of the film.

Despite seeming corny at first, you can easily relate to his daydreams.

[wickedfeylady]

It's my faovrite film too, and like many of you I have such a connection to this character. I have always loved Jonathan Pyrce and here, as sad as this scene is, he sings like an angel.

[6Rimbaud]

it's jonathan pryce himself!! great voice

[SuperRod88]

Beautiful movie. Great performances by Pryce, DeNiro e Ian Holm. Soundtrack is AWESOME!!!

[tresorXXXXXX]

lives again Sam Tyler Life on Mars UK

and will never die...

[orweltall]

this song reminds me of someone

[Kamarero40]

I love this song since first time I saw this great movie. I felt so identified with Sam Lowry...

[FoobarMagnum]

This is my favorite movie...it appeals so much to much. I've always wondered why, but now I know. I am Sam Lowry, in a way. I indentify myself to his dream and his struggle. I love this character, I just hope I dont end the way he did...

[hasablad69]

After I'd seen this film, I walked out of the theatre in a daze - complete shock. I was haunted by it for days, even weeks. This has to be a true classic piece of filmwork.

[Iheartcoca13]

the first time i saw this film, i didnt know what to think but after watching it a few more times i love it.

this ending scene always sticks with me though. something about it is haunting and sad.

[fishman017]

My favorite film. I guess that says something about me, but oh well.

[dondi02]

this scene hit me really hard. still love it, and love how the samba comes in to the song.

[Glaruf]

I can't get this scene out of my head.

[Sm3gH3adx]

One of my favourite endings next to Twelve Monkeys

[sungl4sses]

è un film orribile...

[denniswilson09]

my best film by a milestone

[thijsmolenaar]

jonathan pryce sings it

[Cadavaris]

best

ending

ever

shame it was cut in some versions

[yumyums12]

can someone explain this to me. I saw the movie, but didn't understand this

[Cadavaris]

you're not really SUPPOSED to understand this.

[despairfaction7]

Yes you are. The idea is he was caught long ago, and the seen where he flies away and after was him escaping into his own head to deal with the horrific things happening to him.

[skeleion]

Do what I did. Leave it a while and then watch it again( not 'The love conquers all' version ), and it all seems to fall into place. I ended up with 7 different cuts.

It's now my fave film of all time.

[Tujosax]

It's from the movie with the smae name, Brazil (1944). Post a link here if anyone can find it.  I would like to hear it in full too.

[TulseLuper]

The version played at the beginning is sung by Geoff Muldauer. This, however, is definitely Jonathan Pryce, who is an excellent performer in musicals to this day.

[jerrymail]

The world depicted on the movie exists, it's called France lol we are dying under the administration's stupidity !

[J9uOooO]

He buscado esto durante muuucho tiempo...

Gracias ForARide (Very thanks ForARide)

[Lydalice]

Je suis d'accord ! Je sais plus combiens de fois je l'ai vu ... Oui, un chef d'oeuvre !

I agree ! I don't remember how many times I've seen it... Yes, a masterpiesce !

[thechinadesk]

An underappreciated masterpiece.

Definitely on my list of Ten Best Movies Ever Made.

[Teripie]

According to the IMDB web site, "Brazil" is preformed by Geoff and Maria Mulduar Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

[Margarita54]

one of my favorite movies and indead its sad but he still got his imagines. they could not take him his imagines and dreams,they could not take his soul...and Jonahan Pryce sang this song. I like his voice so much. He is a good singer in "Evita" too.

[tisbutafleshwound]

god, this has got to be one of the saddest endings ever put in movie

[dukeofluxembourg]

This is one of the most haunting movie endings of all time. The image of that alone figure forever trapped in that giant room still makes me sad.

[tisbutafleshwound]

this is such an amazing ending

one of the few moments in cinema where my jaw literally dropped

[filmfanatic99]

One question:

Who is the man who follows Sam around who drops cigarettes everywhere?

[tisbutafleshwound]

i think that's terry gilliam's cameo, but i'm not sure

[filmfanatic99]

That's interesting, but what is the character's purpose? I still don't know after watching the film 7 or so times.

[mehsfx]

i too have watched this movie many times and I still can't figure out at what point reality becomes one big day dream for this guy

[Cadavaris]

I thought it was all fabricated just before the point where Jack gets shot

[obgyno]

as soon has he get cut in the bed

[thijsmolenaar]

it is gilliam, 100%

[AvmanM]

@filmfanatic99: It is Terry Gilliam. He wanted to give himself an Alfred Hitchcock-style cameo. If you have a DVD with Gilliam's audio commentary on it, you will find out much more about the movie. Also, the little girl who plays Jack Lint's (Palin's) daughter, Holly, is actually Gilliam's daughter, and is in fact named Holly in real life.

[RXQ79]

I very like this absolutely super film !

I saw it many times.

Great ending !

[IregisteredforInes]

this is so wonderful.

don't you think, this beautiful and sad ending reflects all possible sadness in the world? and yet, it's so full of hope. boy, how i love it.

no matter who sings it - it's unique.

[discospliffco]

true! brilliant, mind blowing film. I'm owning the music on CD but have to search for it.. . Loved Kim Greist in the 80s ;-)

[drcoxcentral]

The ending was much happier than I anticipated I mean the only way to shut off the worls around you is to go deep inside of your mind. I mean by the end I was kind of like, "GO SAM!" because he didn't die like I thought he would. The ending is also similar to Amadeus in some ways.

[Spartanguy12]

I actually think Jonathan Pryce (the actor who plays Sam Lowry) sings at the end there