Brazil

Synopsis:
Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), a civil servant who chooses to blind himself to the decaying, drone-like world around him. It's a world marred by oppressive automatization and towering bureaucracy, and populated by tyrannical guards who strongarm lawbreakers. And Lowry is stuck in the middle of this nightmare. Whenever real life becomes too oppressive, Sam fantasizes (to the tune of Ary Baroso's 1930s hit "Brazil") about sailing through the clouds as a winged superhero, and rescuing beautiful Jill Layton from a giant, Samurai warrior. The omnipresent computer that controls everything in the "real" world malfunctions, causing an innocent citizen to be arrested and tortured to death. When Sam routinely investigates the error, he meets - and pursues Jill (Kim Greist), literally the girl of his dreams. But in real life, she's a tough-as-nails truck driver who initially wants nothing to do with him.

Nominations:
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, 1986 Academy Awards, USA
Best Dramatic Presentation, 1986 Hugo Awards

Awards:
Best Production Design, Best Special Visual Effects, 1986 BAFTA Awards
Best Supporting Actor (Ian Holm), Special Commendation (Norman Garwood) (For achievement in production design, recognizing its nightmarish depiction of a disintegrating totalitarian city), 1986 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Technical Achievement Award, 1986 British Film Institute Awards
Best Director, Best Picture, Best Screenplay, 1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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