Page One: ‘Brazil’ (1985)

Screenplay by Terry Gilliam & Tom Stoppard & Charles McKeown

No opening scene online, but here is the trailer:

Two things. First, the trailer narrator also did the trailers for K-9. Second, there was an incredible brouhaha about this movie, basically a war between writer-director Terry Gilliam and Sidney Sheinberg, who oversaw Universal Pictures which owned the rights to the movie. Fascinating story which you can read in this 1985 Los Angeles Times article.

Page One is a daily Go Into The Story series featuring the first page of notable movie scripts from the classic era to contemporary times. Comparing them is an excellent way to study a variety of writing styles and see how professional writers start a story.

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