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12 Monkeys is a 1995 American neo-noir film directed by Terry Gilliam. The screenplay was written by David Peoples and Chris Marker, based on La Jetée. The cast includes Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, and Frank Gorshin. Universal Pictures produced the film, which features music by Paul Buckmaster and cinematography by Roger Pratt.
The movie explores themes of time travel, epidemics, biotechnology risk, and psychiatry. It was filmed in Baltimore, Montreal, Philadelphia, and the Musée Gustave Moreau. The film received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Costume Design.
Audience reception includes an IMDb rating of 8.0 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88%. The film has a runtime of 129 minutes and was released in the United States.
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Film · TMDB
7.6In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as James Cole
- Madeleine Stowe as Dr. Kathryn Railly
- Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines
- Christopher Plummer as Dr. Goines
- David Morse as Dr. Peters
- Jon Seda as Jose
Themes
- biological weapon
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- schizophrenia
- stockholm syndrome
- airplane
- world war i
- underground
- insanity
- asylum
- paranoia
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
676,593 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 25 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- La Jetée
- Main subject
- oppression
- Director
- Terry Gilliam
- Screenwriter
- Chris Marker
- Cast member
- Annie Golden
- Composer
- Paul Buckmaster
- Producer
- Charles Roven
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Roger Pratt
- Narrative location
- Philadelphia
- Filming location
- Musée Gustave Moreau
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 486826
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.universalpicturesathome.com/movies/12-monkeys
- Image
- 12singes.PNG
Show 15 more facts
- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- film editor
- Mick Audsley
- title
- 12 Monkeys
- executive producer
- Gary Levinsohn
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- distributed by
- Netflix
- uses
- time loop
- Commons category
- 12 Monkeys
- capital cost
- 29500000
- box office
- 168839459
- derivative work
- 12 Monkeys
- set in period
- November 1996
- different from
- 12 Monkeys
- set in environment
- psychiatric hospital
- review score
- 8.0/10
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Encyclopedic overview
12 Monkeys is a 1995 American science fiction thriller film directed by Terry Gilliam from a screenplay by David Peoples and Janet Peoples, based on Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée. It stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer. Set in a post-apocalyptic future devastated by disease, the film follows a convict who is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on December 29, 1995, by Universal Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $168.8 million worldwide against a $29 million budget. At the 68th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (for Pitt) and Best Costume Design. It garnered seven nominations at the 22nd Saturn Awards, winning three: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Costumes. Pitt also won Best Supporting Actor at the 53rd Golden Globe Awards.
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