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Twelve Monkeys (1995)
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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 238,933 users
Metascore:
74/100
Reviews: 472 user | 125 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. Director:Terry Gilliam |
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Michael Chance | ... | |
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H. Michael Walls | ... | |
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Bob Adrian | ... | |
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Carol Florence | ... | |
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Irma St. Paule | ... | |
| Madeleine Stowe | ... | ||
| Joey Perillo | ... | ||
| Bruce Kirkpatrick | ... |
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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. Written by Giancarlo Cairella <vertigo@imdb.com>
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Budget:
$29,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$14,200,000 (USA) (7 January 1996)Gross:
$167,000,000 (Worldwide) (August 1996)Company Credits
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Title Card: ...5 billion people will die from a deadly virus in 1997... /... The survivors will abandon the surface of he planet... /... Once again the animals will rule the world... / - Excerpts from interview with clinically diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, April 12, 1990 - Baltimore County Hospital.
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Inspired by the film "La Jetée" written by Chris Marker See more »
(1818) (uncredited)
Music by Franz Gruber
Lyrics by Joseph Mohr
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Bruce Willis took 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. Actually Bruce did the movie for free. It was only after the movie was released that he was paid. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When they are in the car in 1996 and Cole wishes for the volume to be turned up, she presses the button on the radio. The frequency changes, but the volume goes up. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Title Card: ...5 billion people will die from a deadly virus in 1997... /... The survivors will abandon the surface of he planet... /... Once again the animals will rule the world... / - Excerpts from interview with clinically diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, April 12, 1990 - Baltimore County Hospital.
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In the opening credits:Inspired by the film "La Jetée" written by Chris Marker See more »
Soundtracks
"Silent Night, Holy Night"(1818) (uncredited)
Music by Franz Gruber
Lyrics by Joseph Mohr
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