Storyline
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Directors
Cast
Christopher Plummer, Stephen Bridgewater, Aaron Michael Lacey, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, David Morse, Christopher Meloni, LisaGay Hamilton, Chuck Jeffreys, Jon Seda, Harry O'Toole, Charles Techman, Madeleine Stowe, Matt Ross, Robert O'Neill, Vernon Campbell, Bill Raymond, Raymond Mamrak, Allelon Ruggiero, Annie Golden, John Panzarella, Frank Gorshin, Joseph Melito, Joey Perillo, Michael Chance, H. Michael Walls, Bob Adrian, Simon Jones, Carol Florence, Ernest Abuba, Irma St. Paule, Rozwill Young, Nell Johnson, Frederick Strother, Rick Warner, Anthony 'Chip' Brienza, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Wilfred Williams, Joilet Harris, Drucie McDaniel, John Blaisse, Louis Lippa, Stan Kang, Pat Dias, Felix Pire, Karl Warren, Joseph McKenna, Ray Huffman, Charley Scalies, Paul Meshejian, Kevin Thigpen, Jann Ellis, Michael Ryan Segal, Korchenko, Barry Price, Janet Zappala, Lisa Talerico, Tiffany Baldwin, C.J. Byrnes, Tom Detrik, Joe Gerety, Renee Spei, Bonnie Loev, Sal Mazzotta, Thang
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Reviews
100
Gilliam keeps the audience guessing, and in doing so creates a startlingly effective rumination on the nature of sanity and madness cloaked in the shroud of a sci-fi thriller.
100
Christian Science Monitor
Bruce Willis is bruisingly good as the hero and Brad Pitt is suitably zany as the activist who dogs his trail.
100
Rolling Stone
Gilliam, along with the gifted cinematographer Roger Pratt and production designer Jeffrey Beecroft, fashions a disturbing and dazzling lost world.
90
The New York Times
Fierce and disturbing, with a plot that skillfully resists following any familiar course. The film's hero fears that he's half-crazy, and for two hours Mr. Gilliam artfully keeps his audience feeling the same way.
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
For all his daring, the brazen creator maintains control - there's aesthetic order in the disorder, and calculated reason in the madness. Seldom has it felt so good to seem so lost.
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