Brazil (1985) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Science Fiction · Directed by Terry Gilliam · Starring Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Where was Brazil filmed?
- London, United Kingdom, London – Primary production base and interior studio sets for the dystopian bureaucratic offices and apartments. Terry Gilliam used Shepperton Studios as the main production facility while filming interiors and exteriors around London for the film's surreal bureaucratic world
- Bath, United Kingdom, Bath – Exterior sequences showcasing the film's dystopian aesthetic and architectural backdrop. The Georgian architecture of Bath provided key exterior locations that complemented the film's retro-futuristic visual style and Gilliam's production design
- Croydon, United Kingdom, Croydon – Scenes depicting the sprawling, utilitarian urban landscape of the film's dystopian world. Croydon's modernist architecture and urban development served as a filming location for the film's bleakly futuristic cityscape