Title

Twelve Monkeys

Year

1995

Rated

R

Released

05 Jan 1996

Runtime

129 min

Genre

Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director

Terry Gilliam

Writer

Chris Marker (film La Jetée), David Webb Peoples (screenplay), Janet Peoples (screenplay)

Actors

Joseph Melito, Bruce Willis, Jon Seda, Michael Chance

Plot

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.

Language

English, French

Country

USA

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations.

Metascore

74

imdbRating

8.0

imdbVotes

505,252

imdbID

tt0114746

Type

movie

DVD

31 Mar 1998

BoxOffice

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures

Website

N/A