12 Monkeys
Can I Borrow This?
Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed short film
La Jet'8ee
,
12 Monkeys
combines intricate, intelligent storytelling with the uniquely imaginative vision of director Terry Gilliam. The story opens in the wintry wasteland of the year 2035, where a virulent plague has forced humans to live in a squalid, oppressively regimented underground. Bruce Willis plays a societal outcast who is given the opportunity to erase his criminal record by "volunteering" to time-travel into the past to obtain a pure sample of the deadly virus that will help future scientists to develop a cure. But in bouncing from 1918 to the early and mid-1990s, he undergoes an ordeal that forces him to question his own perceptions of reality. Caught between the dangers of the past and the devastation of the future, he encounters a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) who is initially convinced he's insane, and a wacky mental patient (Brad Pitt in a twitchy Oscar-nominated role) with links to a radical group that may have unleashed the deadly virus. Equal parts mystery, tragedy, psychological thriller, and apocalyptic drama,
12 Monkeys
ranks as one of the best science fiction films of the 1990s, boosted by Gilliam's visual ingenuity and one of the finest performances of Willis's career.
--Jeff Shannon
| uuid: |
F6366E53-A9AB-46E3-9E96-1633E775B245 |
| upc: |
0025192545221 |
| title: |
12 Monkeys |
| theatricalDate: |
05-01-1996 |
| stars: |
Bob Adrian
Stephen Bridgewater
Michael Chance
Annie Golden
Frank Gorshin
Chuck Jeffreys
Nell Johnson
Simon Jones
Joe McKenna
David Morse
Robert O'Neill
Brad Pitt
Christopher Plummer
Jon Seda
Madeleine Stowe
Fred Strother
Jeff Tanner
Kevin Thigpen
Carolyn Walker
Rick Warner |
| purchase date: |
13-10-2006 |
| publisher: |
Universal Studios |
| published: |
10-05-2005 |
| price: |
CDN$ 17.98 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| last lookup time: |
182477680 |
| genre: |
Time Travel
After the Apocalypse
End of the World
Heroic Missions
Race Against Time
Totalitarian States
Futuristic |
| fullTitle: |
12 Monkeys (Special Edition) |
| features: |
AC-3
Dolby
Dubbed
NTSC
Subtitled
Widescreen
1.85:1 |
| edition: |
Special |
| director: |
Terry Gilliam |
| currentValue: |
CDN$ 5.94 |
| created: |
182477664 |
| country: |
ca |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B0007PALZ2
|
