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12 Monkeys is a 1995 American science fiction thriller film directed by Terry Gilliam from a screenplay by David Peoples and Janet Peoples, inspired by Chris Marker 's 1962 short film La Jetée. It stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer.
Jan 5, 1996 · 12 Monkeys: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Joseph Melito, Bruce Willis, Jon Seda, Michael Chance. 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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- Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Terry Gilliam
- 1996-01-05
Oct 6, 2020 · Inspired by Chris Marker's short film La Jetee, Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys chronicles the effort to trace a virulent pandemic to its source, in an attempt to rewrite global history. Flipping...
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Aug 13, 2015 · 12 Monkeys studies the subjective nature of memories and their effect on perceptions of reality. Examples of false memories include Cole's recollection of the airport shooting, altered each time he has the dream, and a "mentally divergent" man at the asylum who has false memories.
- The film itself is not, and never was, about stopping the spreading of the virus. The scientists in the future know that they cannot stop the sprea...
- The story of 12 Monkeys is about perception v. reality. And time travel. And several other "deeper" things. There's a scene in the film, near the f...
- The "dream" does not "come true". Bruce's character, Cole, has a memory from his childhood where he sees a man get shot in an airport. This experie...
- A few things. The 'future' is a prison-like meager existence underground dystopia, somehow has the STEM technological wisdom and capability to trav...
- When the lady says she is in insurance, she means she is there to ensure that the virus does not spread and the planet is saved. Cole did his job o...
- "So what is going on really? From whose perspective did Bruce see all this happening? From his dream, it seemed like there was a third version of B...
- Just saw this movie and I think the story is being told by the little boy that was in the barn. The first hint is in the mental ward where the blac...
- Although the director Gilliam has himself said that he wanted the film to be ambivalent and to be about perception of the reality, I would like to...
Cole discovers graffiti by an apparent animal rights group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, but as he delves into the mystery, he hears voices, loses his bearings, and doubts his own sanity. He must figure out if Goines, who seems to be a raving lunatic, holds the key to the puzzle.
Dec 29, 1995 · In 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.
Jan 5, 1996 · The movie uses its future world as a home base and launching pad for the central story, which is set in 1990 and 1996, and is about a time traveler trying to save the world from a deadly plague.
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