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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

  • Video
  • 19961996
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1996)
Documentary
A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "12 Monkeys" (1995)A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "12 Monkeys" (1995)A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "12 Monkeys" (1995)
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.1K
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    • Keith Fulton
    • Louis Pepe
    • Keith Fulton
    • Louis Pepe
  • Stars
    • Keith Fulton(voice)
    • Terry Gilliam
    • Charles Roven
    • Keith Fulton
    • Louis Pepe
    • Keith Fulton
    • Louis Pepe
  • Stars
    • Keith Fulton(voice)
    • Terry Gilliam
    • Charles Roven
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    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 Monkeys (1995)
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    Keith Fulton
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Terry Gilliam
    Terry Gilliam
    • Self
    Charles Roven
    Charles Roven
    • Self
    Lloyd Phillips
    Lloyd Phillips
    • Self
    Jeffrey Beecroft
    Jeffrey Beecroft
    • Self
    Crispian Sallis
    • Self
    Ernie Malik
    Ernie Malik
    • Self
    Janet Peoples
    • Self
    David Webb Peoples
    • Self
    • (as David Peoples)
    Mark Egerton
    • Self
    Mick Audsley
    Mick Audsley
    • Self
    Dorothea Braemer
    • Test screening feedback
    • (voice)
    • …
    Nanette Wizov
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Kristi Connors
    • Test screening feedback
    • (voice)
    • …
    Ken Haas
    • Test screening feedback
    • (voice)
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    John Haralambous
    • Test screening feedback
    • (voice)
    • …
    Daniel Hardt
    • Test screening feedback
    • (voice)
    • …
    Bob Hering
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      • Keith Fulton
      • Louis Pepe
      • Keith Fulton
      • Louis Pepe
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    • Trivia
      The title refers to a production issue in 12 Monkeys (1995), where a hamster in a hamster exercise wheel was used as part of the set decoration. When the hamster refused to perform at the appropriate time, production was halted, causing a relatively simple scene (less than 10 seconds of screen time) to take almost an entire day to film. Curiously, the hamster's presence in the shot is a Plot Hole goof, making this documentary's title even-more poignant.
    • Quotes

      Mick Audsley: Art is working on something till you like it, then leaving it that way.

    • Connections
      Edited from La Jetée (1962)
    • Soundtracks
      Concerto for Violin and Percussion
      Written by Jacques Loussier

      Performed by Jean-Pierre Wallez (violin) and Prazsky Komorní Orchestr (as The Prague Chamber Orchestra)

      Courtesy of Note Productions

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    A step above other "making of" documentaries.
    Most "making of" documentaries are little more than puff pieces in which the director and lead actors bs about what a wonderful experience it was to make the film and why you should go see it. The Hamster Factor is quite a bit different. Fulton and Pepe were brought on as "witnesses" rather than promoters. The documentary is refreshingly honest about the process including the moments of doubt, the temporary loss of vision, the angst following test screenings and the eventual success of the movie. The Hamster Factor also does a better job at describing the technical details of how the film gets made from pre-production debates in bare-walled offices with distressed office furniture, to on-location production to editing in bare-walled offices with distressed office furniture.
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      • November 1996 (United Kingdom)
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      • Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Maryland, USA
    • Production companies
      • Atlas Entertainment
      • Low Key Productions
      • MCA Home Video
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
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