Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers (WGA):

Chris Marker (film La Jetée)
David Webb Peoples (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 enero 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Frase comercial:

The future is history.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Shot In The Leg | Alternate History | Bear | Talking To Self | Downbeat

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

TWELVE MONKEYS (DIDIER BECU)

Cast

Joseph Melito	...	Young Cole
Bruce Willis	...	James Cole
Jon Seda	...	Jose
Michael Chance	...	Scarface
Vernon Campbell	...	Tiny
H. Michael Walls	...	Botanist
Bob Adrian	...	Geologist
Simon Jones	...	Zoologist
Carol Florence	...	Astrophysicist
Bill Raymond	...	Microbiologist
Ernest Abuba	...	Engineer
Irma St. Paule	...	Poet
Madeleine Stowe	...	Kathryn Railly
Joey Perillo	...	Detective Franki
Bruce Kirkpatrick	...	Policeman No. 1

También conocida como:

12 Monkeys (USA) (alternative spelling)
12 monos (Mexico) [es]
Doce monos (Venezuela) [es]
Twelve monkeys: doce monos (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Duración:

129 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Rankcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS-Stereo | DTS | Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 (video rating) | Philippines:PG-13 | India:A | Brazil:14 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #34153)

Filming Locations:

Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Maryland, USA

Company:

Atlas Entertainment

Trivialidades:

Features a fresnel (flat) lens, as did Brazil (1985), also directed by Terry Gilliam.

Goofs:

Continuity: The bandage on Cole's neck reattaches itself.

Quotes:

[first lines]
James Cole: Jose - psst! Jose, what's going on?
Jose: Bad news, man
James Cole: Volunteers?
Jose: Yeah. And they said your name.
[pause]
Jose: Hey, maybe they'll give you a pardon, man.
James Cole: [sarcastic] Yeah, that's why none of the volunteers come back. They all get a pardon.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Children of Men (2006)

Soundtrack:

Sleep Walk

TWELVE MONKEYS (DIDIER BECU)

The big problem is where to begin as this movie needs your attention the forthcoming two hours and you better not miss some minutes for getting a coke as there is a danger you can't follow. But good there is also a pause-button. Bruce Willis must travel into a timemachine to find out some antivirus for a virus that made animals rule over the world in 1996. Thanks to some mistakes he first ends up in 1990, then in the First World War and how messed up it all might look like, Terry Gilliam comes up with what must be one of the most intelligent scripts ever. This ex-Monty Phyton man knows exactly how genius SF-stories has to be told like and his choice of cast couldn't have been any better, there is the lunatic Brad Pitt (his performance in the asylum is memorable) and a superb Bruce Willis who proves he is more than some Schwarzenegger-wanna be. It's a movie you can watch over and over again as the script is so weird and complicated (and yet you can follow) that every view gives you other surprises. One of my big favourites.