Kurtzman stutters before calling “Has anyone seen Sam Lowry?
An iris shot of Sam’s head to indicate dream sequence before going into the sequence where he flies in the clouds. Cloud sequence is surrounded by a big, opaque border as though to say “This is a dream! Make no mistake!” Shots in soggy toast breakfast sequence rearranged. Music as Sam enters information retrieval different, with an emphasis on the harp line. Shots, again, are rearranged. No police officer showing nuns a 9mm machine gun. Christmas muzak is emphasized. Dialogue between Sam and Jack is more stunted and abrupt. Sam sees his “dream girl” on the video screen, and Jack stutters as he notices that something is wrong. Fade to commercial after sequence. Dialogue between Sam and Kurtzmann is truncated. Sam spills his tea more graphically on the paper indicating he’s been promoted. Music and some foley work is missing from “mother’s surgery” scene. The line “My god it works” present in the American version is changed to a more emphatic “My GOSH it works!” The edit skips over resta
