12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys

  • Director: Terry Gilliam
  • Writer: Chris Marker,David Webb Peoples,Janet Peoples
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, French
  • Release date: January 5, 1996
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Sound mix: DTS-Stereo, DTS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Twelve Monkeys
  • Film "Twelve Monkeys", a TerryGilliam directed (Terry Gilliam), Walter Bruce Willis , Brad Pitt , Madeleine Stowe Mora Marie starred in the sci-fi film.
    The film tells that after the world was invaded by a deadly virus in 1996 AD, the few remaining humans could only survive underground. In order to change this situation, scientists devised a plan to change all of this and finally found the "culprit" who released the virus. 

    Details

    • Release date January 5, 1996
    • Filming locations Eastern State Penitentiary - 2124 Fairmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico

    Box office

    Budget

    $29,000,001 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $57,141,459

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $184,776

    Gross worldwide

    $168,839,459

    Movie reviews

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    • By Adela 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      Everything is nailed to the wheel of time

      "Twelve Monkeys" is definitely the best sci-fi movie in the "Back to the Future" genre. Generally, the selling point of sci-fi movies is only the dazzling stunts, but this movie also uses the time difference between the future and the present to satirize and challenge many concepts and systems that we are accustomed to, especially in the words of the lunatic Jeffrey. It's a classic. What I admire most is the difference between the normal and the lunatic in the film. Is it "normal" to buy...

    • By Daphney 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      "The movie doesn't change, but our perspective has."

      Seeing that many people are full of doubts about this film, I personally feel that the logic of this film is clear and simple. You can understand it as a simple description of personal fantasy psychology, and then discuss what is real? What is phantom? You can also understand it as a time travel sci-fi film to discuss deeper issues such as time and space. As a fan of "Death Illusion", I prefer the latter, because the logic of this film will be more worthy of scrutiny if understood in this way....

    • By Holden 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      Excuses and can't stand the invasion of annoyance

      I had a dream last night, a sudden dream of a friend, without embarrassment or bluntness, and casually joked a few words. There seem to be many more, but feel free to just remember these.

      I don't know if it's a dream to remember, or a dream to remember.

      I don't know if the future changes the past, or if the past determines the future.

       

      Like the beginning, the movie also begins with a dream. This dream runs through the entire movie and is a little...

    • By Winston 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      the great terri gilliam

      I saw 12 monkeys a long time ago, and I thought it was a classic sci-fi movie. I recently watched a few Terry Gilliam films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

      What a strange film, all kinds of strange ah. Has a particularly distinctive and typical Gilliam style. He was as unruly as ever. For the government, authority, system, convention, all restraints, he is always full of sarcasm and ridicule. His sci-fi world is always:

      cold,
      everyone is extremely lonely,...

    • By Vincent 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      Coinciding with the year of the end of the world

      It's really interesting to read a bunch of comments.
      No approval or disapproval is the result of everyone's thinking and fantasy. Maybe this is the director's purpose.
        
      I am more inclined to the time
      travel mentioned by a certain person.
      There is always someone to make the change.
      Maybe it was supposed to be done by the twelve monkeys, but because of James' time travel
      , the people who do it are changing one by one.
      Whether it 's Pete, the assistant, or...

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    • By Berta 2023-09-12 04:08:59

      The only eye-catching Madeleine Stowe in Gulong's mysterious time and space travel was actually placed in the last starring...

    • By Xzavier 2023-09-12 03:54:20

      Originally, it was exciting to watch it with a friend during the Tanabata Festival, but after seeing half of the ending, we all complained about it... =, = I feel that all the paradoxes of time travel may be explained by parallel space, and it can be a little bit more What is more...

    • By Mozelle 2023-08-23 06:36:55

      All your piety and wisdom won't make it back a little bit, all your tears won't make it a little...

    • By Billie 2023-08-17 15:08:50

      Producer Robert Kosberg has always had a soft spot for the 1962 French short film "Dike," which, in his opinion, was enough of an avant-garde short to make for an extraordinary sci-fi feature. Cosberg persuaded the film's director, Chris Mark, to approach Universal, which reluctantly agreed to buy the rights to the adaptation and bring in David Webb Peeples and Janet Peeples to write the script. (VIA Time...

    • By Arvilla 2023-08-04 22:02:48

      This may just be the whimsical fantasy of an 8-year-old boy, but it's also a serious dystopian fable. Compared with the witty irony and humor in Terry Gilliam's other works, although the setting of animals re-governing the world is absurd, it is also an angle of worry about the future. The style of the film is darkened and becomes much more serious, and the circular narrative is enlarged. The fatalistic color of the...

    Behind the scenes

    Director Terry Gilliam and Bruce Willis first met when casting a cast for his movie "The Fisher King." Gilliam was very impressed with a detail in Willis' Die Hard (Willis talked about his wife when he cleared the glass on his feet), and learned that it was Willis's own play during the conversation. He always remembered these and thought of Willis when he was shooting this film. Due to a tight budget, Willis, who was already a star at...
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    Creative background

    As the driving force behind the proposal to shoot "12 Monkeys", film producer Robert Kosberg has always had a soft spot for the 1962 French short film "Dyke". In his opinion, this avant-garde short film is enough to make a movie. Extraordinary science fiction feature film. Kosberg persuaded the film's director Chris Mark to approach Universal Pictures, who reluctantly agreed to buy the rights to film the adaptation and hired David...
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    Shooting process

    Although Gilliam raised $29.5 million in funding for the filming and secured Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt to join, Universal Pictures has been reluctant to start shooting because "Future Water World" has been seriously overrun. In order to get the approval of the producer as soon as possible, Gilliam urged Willis to reduce the pay. Gilliam won the final editing rights for the film because of a successful collaboration with Universal...
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    Positive reviews

    "12 Monkeys" is indispensable in the classic science fiction films. Pete's neurotic act is so wonderful that it makes it impossible to connect him in this play with the "Seven Deadly Sins". The heroine can remind the audience of Sarah in "Prison Break", Bruce's eyes are deep, and the ending is moving, making people feel that this is a romantic movie for a moment   . (Tencent Entertainment)
    The original work of this remake is the...
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    Movie quotes

    • [last lines]

      Astrophysicist: You might say that *we're* the next endangered species - human beings.

      Dr. Peters: I think you're right ma'am. I think you've hit the nail on the head.

      Astrophysicist: Jones is my name.

      [Shakes his hand]

      Astrophysicist: I'm in insurance.

    • Louie: Where'd they send you?

      James Cole: 1990.

      Louie: '90! How was it? Good drugs? Lots of pussy? Hey, Bob, you do the job? You find out the big info? Army of the 12 Monkeys?

      James Cole: I was supposed to be 1996.

      Louie: Science ain't an exact science with these clowns but, they're getting better. You're lucky you didn't end up in ancient Egypt!

    • [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.