Twelve Monkeys [Region 2] | ![Twelve Monkeys [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CQXT834AL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito, Jon Seda
Category: DVD
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Rating:  319 reviews
Format: PAL
Language: German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.4
EAN: 4010324020031
ASIN: B00004RY93
Theatrical Release Date: January 5, 1996
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Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed short film La Jetée (which is included on the DVD Short 2: Dreams), 12 Monkeys combines intricate, intelligent storytelling with the uniquely imaginative vision of director Terry Gilliam. The story opens in the wintry wasteland of the year 2035, where a virulent plague has forced humans to live in a squalid, oppressively regimented underground. Bruce Willis plays a societal outcast who is given the opportunity to erase his criminal record by "volunteering" to time-travel into the past to obtain a pure sample of the deadly virus that will help future scientists to develop a cure. But in bouncing from 1918 to the early and mid-1990s, he undergoes an ordeal that forces him to question his own perceptions of reality. Caught between the dangers of the past and the devastation of the future, he encounters a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) who is initially convinced he's insane, and a wacky mental patient (Brad Pitt in a twitchy Oscar-nominated role) with links to a radical group that may have unleashed the deadly virus. Equal parts mystery, tragedy, psychological thriller, and apocalyptic drama, 12 Monkeys ranks as one of the best science fiction films of the '90s, boosted by Gilliam's visual ingenuity and one of the finest performances of Willis's career. --Jeff Shannon
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 My Top 20.... March 20, 2010
A. Rose (PA /USA)
This movie is in my top 20 of all time. The story is not to be missed & Pitt & Willis give stellar performances
12 Monkeys (Special Edition) February 27, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
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. "Twelve monkeys" is also where you see Bruce Willis stand back from the kind of character he used to play in his previous movies, instead portraying Cole as a simple, poignant, tragic everyman. Brad Pitt steals most scenes with a great performance. "Twelve Monkeys" is Gilliam's masterpiece of madness. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
conspiracy theory February 24, 2010
J. G. Crawford
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating sci-fi movie with lots of twists and turns. The movie is very complex and almost haunting in it's surrealism. Bruce Willis gave one of his best dramatic performances ever as James Cole, a man sent back in time to save the world. I enjoyed the character of Kathryn Railly (played by b-movie queen, Madeleine Stowe) very much, as well, because she added both a sense of realism and continuity. Brad Pitt as the resident kook, Jeffrey Goines, was just all over the place. The guy was a little nutty but it was pretty hot when he pulled his pants down. "12 Monkeys" is the type of movie that will invoke thought and discussion. I don't want to give it away but this is also not the type of movie that is all tied up once you finish it. The 2005 DVD includes the original trailer as well as a featurette.
 12 Monkeys (1995) February 17, 2010
N. Anno (Indiana)
Terry Gilliam resists many of his comedic tendencies in this mostly serious, increasingly intense thriller, which, despite adopting a morose storyline, manages some mordant moments of humor. In 2035, a man named James Cole (Bruce Willis), a prisoner of an underground penitentiary, is sent back in time to investigate the cause of a viral pandemic that caused five billion deaths in 1997. After explaining his task to those of the "past" world ('97), Cole is put in an insane asylum, where he meets the eccentric and extremely unstable Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), who he believes may have the answer to the catastrophic riddle. Madeleine Stowe co-stars as James' psychiatrist and eventual collaborator in his search for any clues, and Christopher Plummer plays Goines' virologist father. Brilliant for its mounting of suspense, 12 Monkeys commands engagement, then rips any understanding one may have mustered from under them through hefty, shocking twists, making it an unforgettable watch.
Brad Pitt Steals The Movie February 15, 2010
Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
Brad Pitt takes acting to the next level -- totally believable.
Good script, excellent acting and directing.
Buy this film for your DVD library.
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