Twelve Monkeys (1995)

 ●  English ● 2 hrs 9 mins

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This fast-paced sci-fi thriller delves into a dystopian future in which an unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who he's told was spread by a mysterious "Army of the Twelve Monkeys") and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert. Will Cole succeed in going back to the right moment in time, identify and collect a pure sample of the virus that mutated to decimate the human population? Can he retrieve it and return to his time and provide scientists with the opportunity to save the world?
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Did you know? Director Terry Gilliam was doubtful whether Brad Pitt would be able to pull off the nervous, rapid speech. He sent him to a speech coach but in the end he just took away Pitt's cigarettes, and Pitt played the part exactly as Gilliam wanted. Read More
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as James Cole
as Kathryn Railly
as Jeffrey Goines

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Spoken Languages:
French
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Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Flat)
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No
Trivia:
Director Terry Gilliam was doubtful whether Brad Pitt would be able to pull off the nervous, rapid speech. He sent him to a speech coach but in the end he just took away Pitt's cigarettes, and Pitt played the part exactly as Gilliam wanted.

Bruce Willis accepted a lower salary than his star-status would normally entitle, partly because of budget restrictions, but mostly because he wanted to work with Terry Gilliam. Bruce actually did the movie for free. It was only after the movie was released that he was paid.

Though it's never directly mentioned in the film, the script and some promotional material reveal that the future scenes take place in the year 2035.

Director Terry Gilliam gave Bruce Willis a list of "Willis acting clichés" not to be used during the film, including the "steely blue eyes look".