- Bibliography




Here is a fairly complete list of Brazil-related merchandise as compiled by Hans Ten Cate for Monty Python's Daily Llama. All of this material was available for purchase in stores at some point and may still be found, if only by sheer luck, somewhere or another.


BOOKS

THE BATTLE OF BRAZIL, by Jack Matthews

(story of Terry Gilliam's battle with Sid Sheinberg and Universal Pictures to release the original version of Brazil rather than a severely edited version; the book also includes the annotated screenplay by Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown; includes photographs and Terry Gilliam's storyboard sketches)
  • Crown Books, 1987 (U.K.) ISBN 0-517-56538-2 (hardcover)
  • Crown Publishers Inc., 1987 (U.S.) ISBN 0-517-56538-2 (hardcover)
  • Random House, 1987 (U.S.) ISBN 0-517-56538-2 (hardcover)

BRAZIL DE TERRY GILLIAM, by Louis Danvers

(book about Terry Gilliam and his movie Brazil, includes filmography and bibliographical references; text is written in French)

  • Crisnee, Belgique: Editions Yellow Now, 1988 (Belgium) ISBN ********** (***)



AUDIO

BRAZIL (1985)

(music from the original motion picture soundtrack, includes sound clips from the film - an amazing CD.)

TRACK LISTING: Central Services/The Office; Sam Lowry's 1st Dream/"Brazil;" Ducts; Waiting for Daddy/Sam Lowry's Wetter Dream "The Monoliths Erupt;" Truck Drive; The Restaurant (You've Got To Say the Number); Mr. Helpmann; The Elevator; Jill Brazil/Power Station; The Party (Part 1)/Plastic Surgery; Ducting Dream; Brazil-Geoff Muldaur; Days & Nights in Kyoto-The Party (Part 2); The Morning After; Escape?; The Battle; Harry Tuttle ; "A Man Consumed by Paperwork;" Mother's Funeral/Forces of Darkness; Escape! No Escape!; Bachianos Brazil Samba

  • CD: (1993) Milan Entertainment, Inc., 7 3138-35636-2 (U.S.)
  • CD: (1992) Milan Entertainment, Inc., 74321 11124-2 (UK/France/Germany)


VIDEO

BRAZIL (1985)

(screenplay co-written by Terry Gilliam, directed by Terry Gilliam; Orwellianesque film about a man, Sam Lowry, who works for the Ministry of Information and whose fantasies eventually lead him to break the laws of society; also starring Michael Palin as "Jack Lint," an interrogator at the Ministry of Information Retrieval)

  • Universal Pictures, distributed by MCA Home Video, 80171 (ISBN 47897-80171), 131 minutes

BRAZIL (1985)

(the European release of Brazil; includes approximately 7 minutes of additional scenes not seen in the U.S. version; major differences are when Sam Lowry and his mother enter the restaurant, when Jill and Sam are arrested, and scenes in the Ministry of Information where Sam is arraigned and tried; also includes slightly different ending where Sam is not suspended in the clouds during the end credits)

  • Universal Pictures, distributed by Parkfield Entertainment (U.K.), PES 38029, 137 minutes

BRAZIL (1985)

(a three laser disc version of the film which includes director's commentary, 11 minutes of restored footage, interview with the co-writer, history of the film, production stills, the screenplay, and excerpts from different versions of the film; shown in its theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1; this laserdisc version was not released for years due to legal issues concerning international rights to the film but has recently appeared in some stores)

  • Universal Pictures, distributed by The Voyager Company (1992), "The Criterion Collection", CC 1348L

WHAT IS BRAZIL? (1985)

(a video of the making of "Brazil")

  • Twentieth Century Fox/Thunderhedd Productions, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, ****, 30 minutes

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