Writer and director Terry Gilliam wrote the initial drafts of the screenplay with Charles Alverson (who remained uncredited), but sought the help of Tom Stoppard in re-writes. However, the collaboration turned out differently than Gilliam had hoped, as he preferred to have frequent discussions with his co-writer, while Stoppard insisted on working alone and handing in his version after a several weeks. Gilliam then took Stoppard's version to Charles McKeown to collaborate on the final version. Stoppard can be heard saying on the behind-the-scenes documentary What Is Brazil? (1985) that he has no idea whether any parts of his screenplay actually ended up in the movie. McKeown wrote most of the propaganda slogans that can be seen in the background throughout the movie, and also played Harvey Lime.

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