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Brazil (1985)

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• In the European or director's version, when Sam goes back to the MOI building after taking Jill to his mother's apartment, action between his conversation with Dawson in the lobby and his walk down the stairs is missing, so we don't see his mode of action and we miss a revealing near-encounter with Harvey Lime.
  
  
• There are at least three different versions of Brazil. The original 142 minutes European release, a shorter 132-minutes prepared by Gilliam for the American release and another different version, nicknamed the Sheinberg Edit, from Universal's then boss Sid Sheinberg, against whom Terry Gilliam had to fight to have his version released, A.K.A. the 'Love Conquers All' version.
  
  
• The European version contains a few scenes cut from the American release:
  • Shortly before the troops storm Mrs. Buttle's home, her daughter says to her "Father Christmas cant come if you haven't got a chimney." Mrs. Buttle replies with "You'll see."
  • A brief scene involving Sam and his mother Ida entering the restaurant where they meet Mrs. Terrain and Shirley. They have to pass through a metal detector in order to gain entrance, and Ida's present to Sam (one of the "Executive Decision Makers", seen later in the movie) sets off the alarm.
  • Part of the beginning of the first "Samurai" dream sequence, where Sam explores through the concrete labyrinth he finds himself in. In the European release, the Samurai sequence is one long sequence, whereas in the American version is is divided into three separate sequences.
  • A scene where Sam and Jill lie in bed after the implied consummation of their relationship. Jill has taken off the wig she was wearing in the scene before, and has a pink bow tied around her naked body. She says to Sam: "Something for an executive?" and he unties her.
  • The "Interrogation" scene, where Sam is charged with all of the violations of the law he committed throughout the film, including "wasting Ministry time and paper."
  • The "Father Christmas" scene where Helpmann visits Sam after his booking, Helpmann is dressed as Santa Claus. Among other things, Helpmann informs Sam that Jill Layton has been killed... twice.
  • The European release begins abruptly with the 'Central Services' advert about ducts, and ends with a held shot of Lowry in the cooling tower. No clouds.
  
  
  
• The Criterion LaserDisc and DVD version contains both the Sheinberg/TV/"love conquers all" version and what Terry Gilliam believes to be the "final director's cut" (142 minutes). The Universal "bare-bones" DVD contains only the longer version (though it is misidentified on the DVD cover as the American cut)."
  
  
• The American release has a few scenes that are not present in the European one.
  • There are clouds that open and close the film in the American Release. Some of the footage of these clouds was extraneous footage from "The Never Ending Story".
  • After watching Mrs. Lowry's first plastic surgery treatment, Sam exclaims "My god, it works!"
  • Jack says "You look like you've seen a ghost, Sam..." to Sam at the entrance of the Ministry of Records when Sam sees Jill Layton.
  
  
  
• The Sheinberg Edit makes the following changes (it is likely a number of versions of the Sheinberg Edit have been shown on television, as the stations themselves may have done their own editing for time.)
  • When the ministry building is blown up the piece of paper that is shown is a 'deleted' form for Harry Tuttle.
  • There is lots of added dialogue (sometimes with peoples backs to camera, others more obvious) making it more clear about the existence of terrorists, and Tuttles involvement.
  • The explosion at the restaurant opens the film and has none of the dialogue leading up to it, beginning only with Shirley offering Sam the salt.
  • Extended, more romantic dialogue between Sam and Jill after Tuttle switches the sewage and air pipes at Sam's flat.
  • You don't see the guard on fire when the Police vehicle crashes during the chase.
  • It is never stated that Buttle is dead, only asked by his wife.
  • Lots of the swearing was replaced with tamer dialogue, often very badly.
  • The scene between Jill and Sam described above is included. Afterwards, only Sam is captured. Jill is not killed.
  • The film ends with a brief sequence where Jill wakes Sam in their country hideaway. Sam says "I don't dream anymore," looks
  • at a picture on the wall of himself wearing the dream-sequence wings, and thefilm ends with them flying up into the heavens.
  • Many of the fantasy sequences are missing, or slightly different.
  • After Sam blows up the Ministry of Information, a piece of paper flutters down. It's got a wanted message for Sam on it.
  • Extended dialogue between Jill and Sam outside his apartment, and while in the truck.
  • Extended dialogue in the scene where Sam meets Jack at Information Retrieval, and Jack has his daughter in his office.
  • A cut of Casablanca featuring the line "Here's lookin' at you, kid." Right after Sam leaves Kurtzmann's office.
  • Jack says "You look like you've seen a ghost, Sam..." to Sam at the entrance of the Ministry of Records when Sam sees Jill Layton.
  
  
  

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