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12 apinaa

Original title: Twelve Monkeys
  • 19951995
  • K-16K-16
  • 2h 9m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
615K
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Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 apinaa (1995)
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.
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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.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.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.

IMDb RATING
8.0/10
615K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,358
112
  • Director
    • Terry Gilliam
  • Writers
    • Chris Marker(inspired by the film 'La Jetée' written by)
    • David Webb Peoples(screenplay by)
    • Janet Peoples(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Bruce Willis
    • Madeleine Stowe
    • Brad Pitt
Top credits
  • Director
    • Terry Gilliam
  • Writers
    • Chris Marker(inspired by the film 'La Jetée' written by)
    • David Webb Peoples(screenplay by)
    • Janet Peoples(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Bruce Willis
    • Madeleine Stowe
    • Brad Pitt
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 737User reviews
    • 209Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 10 wins & 25 nominations total

    Videos4

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:26
    Official Trailer
    '12 Monkeys' | Anniversary Mashup
    Clip 1:19
    '12 Monkeys' | Anniversary Mashup
    What Roles Did Brad Pitt Miss Out On?
    Video 3:40
    What Roles Did Brad Pitt Miss Out On?
    Dates in Movie & TV History: Dec. 13, 1996 - Virus Released in '12 Monkeys'
    Video 2:41
    Dates in Movie & TV History: Dec. 13, 1996 - Virus Released in '12 Monkeys'

    Photos115

    Bruce Willis in 12 apinaa (1995)
    Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis in 12 apinaa (1995)
    James & Dr. Railly
    Cole meets Jeffrey in the hospital
    Bruce Willis stars as James Cole
    A bleak vision of the future
    "12 Monkeys" director Terry Gilliam stages Bruce Willis' death with airport detective Stephen Bridgewater.
    Felix Pire with Brad Pitt on the set of TWELVE MONKEYS
    Brad Pitt at an event for 12 apinaa (1995)
    12 apinaa (1995)
    Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 apinaa (1995)
    Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 apinaa (1995)

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    Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis
    • James Cole
    Madeleine Stowe
    Madeleine Stowe
    • Kathryn Railly
    Brad Pitt
    Brad Pitt
    • Jeffrey Goines
    Joseph Melito
    • Young Cole
    Jon Seda
    Jon Seda
    • Jose
    Michael Chance
    • Scarface
    Vernon Campbell
    • Tiny
    H. Michael Walls
    • Botanist
    Bob Adrian
    Bob Adrian
    • Geologist
    Simon Jones
    Simon Jones
    • Zoologist
    Carol Florence
    • Astrophysicist…
    Bill Raymond
    Bill Raymond
    • Microbiologist
    Ernest Abuba
    • Engineer
    Irma St. Paule
    Irma St. Paule
    • Poet
    Joey Perillo
    Joey Perillo
    • Detective Franki
    Bruce Kirkpatrick
    Bruce Kirkpatrick
    • Policeman No. 1
    Wilfred Williams
    • Policeman No. 2
    Rozwill Young
    • Billings
    • Director
      • Terry Gilliam
    • Writers
      • Chris Marker(inspired by the film 'La Jetée' written by)
      • David Webb Peoples(screenplay by)
      • Janet Peoples(screenplay by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Terry Gilliam was afraid that Brad Pitt wouldn't 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.
    • Goofs
      In the first surface scene, the bear shot is reversed and, thus, it manages to completely inhale the condensation of its breath.
    • Quotes

      Jeffrey Goines: There's no right, there's no wrong, there's only popular opinion.

    • Crazy credits
      The symbol of the 12 Monkeys provides the backdrop for the opening and closing credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: From Dusk Til Dawn/Eye for an Eye/12 Monkeys/Two If by Sea/Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      What a Wonderful World
      (1967)

      Written by Bob Thiele, George David Weiss

      Performed by Louis Armstrong

      Courtesy of MCA Records

    User reviews737

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Full of Gillian-isms, Empty of Willis-isms - in a good way...
    There is a story (possibly apocryphal) about an exchange between Bruce Willis and Terry Gilliam at the start of Twelve Monkeys. Gilliam (allegedly) produced a long list (think about the aircraft one from the Fifth Element) and handed it to Butch Bruce. It was entitled "Things Bruce Willis Does When He Acts". It ended with a simple message saying: "please don't do any of the above in my movie".

    There is a fact about this movie (definitely true). Gilliam didn't have a hand in the writing.

    I would contend that these two factors played a huge role in creating the extraordinary (if not commercial) success that is The Twelve Monkeys.

    Visually, the Twelve Monkeys is all that we have rightly come to expect from a Gilliam film. It is also full of Gilliamesque surrealism and general (but magnificent) strangeness. Gilliam delights in wrong-footing his audience. Although the ending of the Twelve Monkeys will surprise no one who has sat through the first real, Gilliam borrows heavily from Kafka in the clockwork, bureaucratic relentless movement of the characters towards their fate. It is this journey, and the character developments they undergo, which unsettles.

    I love Gilliam films (Brazil, in particular). But they do all tend to suffer from the same weakness. He seems to have so many ideas, and so much enthusiasm, that his films almost invariably end up as a tangled mess (Brazil, in particular). I still maintain that Brazil is Gilliam's tour de force, but there's no denying that The Twelve Monkey's is a breath of fresh air in the tight-plotting department. Style, substance and form seem to merge in a way not usually seen from the ex-Python.

    Whatever the truth of the rumour above, Gilliam also manages to get a first rate (and very atypical) performance out of the bald one. Bruce is excellent in this film, as are all the cast, particularly a suitably bonkers - and very scary - Brad Pitt.

    It's been over a decade since this film was released. When I watched it again, I realised that it hadn't really aged. I had changed, of course. And this made me look at the film with fresh eyes. This seems to me to be a fitting tribute to a film that, partly at least, is about reflections in mirrors, altered perspectives and the absurd one-way journey through time that we all make. A first rate film. 8/10.
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    • j30bell
    • Nov 23, 2006

    FAQ14

    • Why did Cole eat the spider he found in the mental hospital?
    • Why was the camera focus out in this film so often? Was it the directors choice? I found it distracting.
    • How does James Cole disappear several times in the past?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 1996 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Twelve Monkeys
    • Filming locations
      • Eastern State Penitentiary - 2124 Fairmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Atlas Entertainment
      • Classico
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $29,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $57,141,459
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $184,776
      • Jan 1, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $168,839,459
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 9 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS-Stereo
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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