Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller Countries: USA Actors: Joseph Melito Young Cole Bruce Willis James Cole Jon Seda Jose Michael Chance Scarface Vernon Campbell Tiny H. Michael Walls Botanist Bob Adrian Geologist Simon Jones Zoologist Carol Florence Astrophysicist Bill Raymond Microbiologist Ernest Abuba Engineer Irma St. Paule Poet Madeleine Stowe Kathryn Railly Joey Perillo Detective Franki Bruce Kirkpatrick Policeman No.1 Brad Pitt Jeffrey Goines Christopher Plummer Dr. Goines Directors: Terry Gilliam IMDB Rating: 8.1 out of 10 (115025 votes)

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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. Written by Giancarlo Cairella {vertigo@imdb.com}

When Cole, a convict volunteer, is sent back in time to find information on a deadly virus that will destroy 5,000,000,000 members of the human race in 1996-1997, he mistakenly arrives in 1990. After explaining his plea to Dr. Kathryn Railly, he is placed in a mental institution. In 1996, he kidnaps Railly, using her to find the 12 Monkeys, a group of revolutionists that are planning to release the virus into select cities. But, he is wanted by the authorities for murder and kidnapping, plus he refuses to return to the future; he is in love with Railly. Written by Scott Morris {nute@mhv.net}

Terry Gilliam’s nightmarish low-tech/high-tech future vision takes place in 1997, after a deadly virus has killed 99% of the human population–forcing the survivors to flee beneath our planet’s surface. This leaves the (other) animals topside, to rule the Earth once again. The scientists select James Cole, an imprisoned sociopath, to return to the past and gather information useful in the defense against this contagion. Once back in time, he is to investigate the mysterious ‘Army of the Twelve Monkeys‘ and report his findings. Scientific, social, and political themes like time travel (and its inherent paradoxes and nested loops), mental illness, the nature of reality, animal rights, and the Armageddon-potential of unchecked technological advances are artfully and cleverly explored. Written by Tad Dibbern {DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu}

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