Twelve Monkeys
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Writer: Chris Marker; David Webb Peoples
- Producer: Robert Cavallo; Mark Egerton
CGiii Comment
Contrived, convoluted and confused - not Gilliam's best effort.
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The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Joseph Melito as Young Cole;
Bruce Willis as James Cole;
Jon Seda as Jose;
Michael Chance as Scarface;
Vernon Campbell as Tiny;
H. Michael Walls as Botanist;
Bob Adrian as Geologist;
Simon Jones as Zoologist;
Carol Florence as Astrophysicist;
Bill Raymond as Microbiologist;
Ernest Abuba as Engineer;
Irma St. Paule as Poet;
Madeleine Stowe as Kathryn Railly;
Joey Perillo as Detective Franki;
Bruce Kirkpatrick as Policeman No. 1