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Twelve Monkeys

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Twelve Monkeys

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Futuristic thriller starring Bruce Willis and Madeleine Stowe. The year 2035: an unknown virus has wiped out most of humanity and the few survivors live in a grim subterranean city beneath Philadelphia. Haunted by a vision from the past, convict James Cole is "volunteered" to travel back in time to 1996 to discover the origin of the epidemic. But Cole is transported to the wrong year and is soon arrested as a madman.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed 1962 short film La Jetée, this labyrinthine sci-fi thriller was penned by the co-writer of Blade Runner, David Webb Peoples, and his wife, Janet. Yet it's very much the work of Monty Python alumnus Terry Gilliam, who imposes his own pseudo-poetic vision onto a world that is doomed to viral annihilation unless time traveller Bruce Willis can prevent the disaster. Although it was Brad Pitt who landed an Oscar nomination for his twitchy performance as the leader of the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, it is Willis's anguished introvert who holds this gripping, hauntingly atmospheric film together.

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rolenameJames ColeBruce WillisDr Kathryn RaillyMadeleine StoweJeffrey GoinesBrad PittDr GoinesChristopher PlummerYoung ColeJoseph MelitoJoseJon SedaDr PetersDavid MorseDr FletcherFrank GorshinPoetIrma St PauleDetective FrankiJoey PerilloLouie / Raspy VoiceHarry O'Toole

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rolenameDirectorTerry Gilliam

Details

Theatrical distributor

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Released on

1996-04-19

Languages

English | German | Latin | French | Spanish

Guidance

Violence, swearing and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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