The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

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