12 Monkeys

UPC: 025192032141

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language]

Summary: An intense film about time travel, this sci-fi entry was directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of the comedy troupe Monty Python. The film stars Bruce Willis as James Cole, a prisoner of the state in the year 2035 who can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. The virus has wiped out most of the Earth's population and the remainder live underground because the air is poisonous. Returning to the year 1990, six years before the start of the plague, Cole is soon imprisoned in a psychiatric facility because his warnings sound like mad ravings. There he meets a scientist named Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe) and Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), the mad son of an eminent virologist (Christopher Plummer). Cole is returned by the authorities to the year 2035, and finally ends up at his intended destination in 1996. He kidnaps Dr. Railly in order to enlist her help in his quest. Cole discovers graffiti by an apparent animal rights group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, but as he delves into the mystery, he hears voices, loses his bearings, and doubts his own sanity. He must figure out if Goines, who seems to be a raving lunatic, holds the key to the puzzle. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Feature Commentary with director Terry Gilliam and producer Charles Roven
The Hamster Factor & Other Tales of 12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys Archives

12 Monkeys

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 07/28/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DTS-ESM Digital Theater Pseudo 6.1 System, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 130 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Jason Clark

Inspired by Chris Marker's benchmark 1962 short film La Jetee, director Terry Gilliam continues his examination of the real versus the surreal in this mind-bending piece of science fiction. In a vein typical of Gilliam's oeuvre, the film leaps through time almost at will, which produces uneven results. Obviously a play on genre conventions, 12 Monkeys succeeds at creating its various worlds (all with various degrees of grunge and gloom). However, the film spirals off in so many directions it's sometimes a trial to keep track -- but it's also this very quality that keeps it interesting and engaging. Very much a visceral film above all else, Gilliam extracts solid turns from his actors, including a nicely understated Bruce Willis and a cheerfully (and entertainingly) manic Brad Pitt, a surprise Oscar nominee for his supporting role. Almost ten years after the highly publicized director vs. studio debacle with the director's acclaimed 1985 film Brazil, Gilliam and Universal had obviously patched things up, as they distributed this film to great financial success and a place as one of the leading cult favorites of the 1990s. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Rozwill Young  Actor 
Annie Golden  Actor 
Rick Warner  Actor 
Irma St. Paule  Actor 
Stephen Bridgewater  Actor 
Bruce Kirkpatrick  Actor 
Joey Perillo  Actor 
Chuck Jeffreys  Actor 
Kevin Thigpen  Actor 
Lee Golden  Actor 
Aaron Michael Lacey  Actor 
Simon Jones  Actor 
Fred Strother  Actor 
Michael Chance  Actor 
Robert O'Neill  Actor 
Carolyn Walker  Actor 
Lisa Gay Hamilton  Actor 
Jamie N. Frey  Actor 
Jack Dougherty  Actor 
Nell Johnson  Actor 
Bill Raymond  Actor 
Christopher Meloni  Actor 
Bob Adrian  Actor 
Joe McKenna  Actor 
Jeff Tanner  Actor 
Ernest Abuba  Actor 
Matt Ross  Actor 
Paul Buckmaster  Composer (Music Score) 
Terry Gilliam  Director 
Robert Kosberg  Executive Producer 
David Peoples  Screenwriter 
Charles Roven  Producer 
Robert Cavallo  Executive Producer 
Gary Levinsohn  Executive Producer 
Janet Peoples  Screenwriter 
Bruce Willis  Actor 
Madeleine Stowe  Actor 
Brad Pitt  Actor 
Christopher Plummer  Actor 
David Morse  Actor 
Jon Seda  Actor 
Frank Gorshin  Actor 
Joseph Melito  Actor 

Country: USA