12 Monkeys 1995

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 131 min

genre: science fiction

theme: short

director: Terry Gilliam

Score: 8 / 10

12 Monkeys is a 1995 American science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée, starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, with Christopher Plummer and David Morse in supporting roles. Set in a post-apocalyptic future devastated by an unknown disease, a convict (Willis) is sent back in time to investigate its origin.

Plot

A deadly virus, released in 1996, wipes out almost all of humanity, forcing survivors to live underground. A group known as the Army of the Twelve Monkeys is believed to have released the virus.

Awards

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author	Chris Marker David Peoples Janet Peoples
award	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
contentLocation	Baltimore Philadelphia
director	Terry Gilliam
editor	Mick Audsley
events	biotechnology risk epidemic mental health oppression psychiatry science time travel
genre	science fiction
keywords	anti-corporatism anti-corporatist arrest back in time book signing cassandra complex cassandra metaphor draw environmentalism environmentalist escape attempt florida keys foot chase human impact on the environment humanity\'s gradual destruction of the environment id locked in mental hospital mental patient shoot small boy suspect virus wake up world war i wound
musicBy	Paul Buckmaster
nomination	Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
producer	Charles Roven
productionCompany	Atlas Entertainment Classico
publisher	Universal Pictures
recordedAt	Baltimore Montreal Musée Gustave Moreau Philadelphia
theme	dystopian narrative neo-noir post-apocalyptic short time