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12 Monkeys (1995)
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Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed short film La Jetée (which is included on the DVD Short Cinema Journal, Volume 2), 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...
| Release Date: | December 29th, 1995 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 130 minutes |
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$57,141,459 (US)
$168,839,459 (World) |
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12 Monkeys Movie Review by Zara  (1/28/2007) |
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This is a Terry Gilliam film, so you know that things are going to be a little off.
A story set in the future which details how everyone is living underground due to a virus that was set loose in the not too distant past, Bruce Willis is a prisoner involuntarily volunteered to go back in time and find out more about what...
(complete 12 Monkeys review by Zara)
Take Brad Pitt out of this film and it is just a so-so time travel film. Released the same year as his great performance in Se7en, this film was an outstanding example of his range and capabilities. He was the focus of the film even if he wasn't on screen that long. You knew he HAD to be the one responsible.
Bruce Willis...
(complete 12 Monkeys review by Movie Addict)
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