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5 de jan. de 1996 · A convict is sent back in time to gather information about a deadly virus that wiped out most of the human population. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Terry Gilliam-directed film.
- (648K)
- Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Terry Gilliam
- 1996-01-05
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- Production
- Music
- Themes
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A deadly virus, released in 1996, wiped out almost all of humanity, forcing survivors to live underground. A group known as the Army of the Twelve Monkeys is believed to have released the virus. In 2035, James Cole is a prisoner living in an underground compound beneath Philadelphia. Cole is selected to be sent back in time to find the original vir...
Development
The genesis of 12 Monkeys came from executive producer Robert Kosberg, who had been a fan of the French short film La Jetée (1962). Kosberg persuaded that film's director, Chris Marker, to let him pitch the project to Universal Pictures, seeing it as a perfect basis for a full-length science fiction film. Universal agreed to purchase the remake rights and hired David and Janet Peoples to write the screenplay. Producer Charles Roven chose Terry Gilliam to direct, because he believed the filmma...
Casting
Gilliam's initial casting choices were Nick Nolte as James Cole and Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey Goines, but Universal objected. Gilliam, who first met Bruce Willis while casting Jeff Bridges' role in The Fisher King(1991), believed Willis evoked Cole's characterization as being "somebody who is strong and dangerous but also vulnerable". Gilliam cast Madeleine Stowe as Dr. Kathryn Railly because he was impressed by her performance in Blink (1994). The director first met Stowe when he was casting h...
Filming
Principal photography lasted from February 8 to May 6, 1995. Shooting on location in Philadelphia and Baltimore (including the Senator Theatre) in winter was fraught with weather problems. There were also technical glitches with the futuristic mechanical props. Because the film has a nonlinear storyline, continuity errors occurred, and some scenes had to be reshot. Gilliam also injured himself when he went horseback riding. Despite setbacks, the director managed to stay within the budget and...
The film's score was composed, arranged, and conducted by English musician Paul Buckmaster. The main theme is based on Argentine tango musician/composer Astor Piazzolla's Suite Punta del Este.
Memory, time, and technology
12 Monkeysstudies the subjective nature of memories and their effect on perceptions of reality. Examples of false memories include Cole's recollection of the airport shooting, altered each time he has the dream, and a "mentally divergent" man at the asylum who has false memories. References to time, time travel, and monkeys are scattered throughout the film, including the Woody Woodpecker cartoon "Time Tunnel" playing on the TV in a hotel room, the Marx Brothers film Monkey Business(1931) on...
Allusions to other films and media
12 Monkeys is inspired by the French short film La Jetée (1962); as in La Jetée, characters are haunted by the images of their own deaths. Like La Jetée, 12 Monkeys contains references to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). Toward the end of the film, Cole and Railly hide in a theater showing a 24-hour Hitchcock marathon and watch scenes from Vertigo and The Birds. Railly then transforms herself with a blonde wig, as Judy (Kim Novak) transforms herself into blonde Madeleine in Vertigo; Cole se...
Home media
Universal Pictures released 12 Monkeys on VHS on January 28, 1997.[better source needed] It was also released on a "Signature Collection" LaserDisc of the film on February 18, 1997, containing an audio commentary by director Terry Gilliam and producer Charles Roven, The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (a making-of documentary), an archive of production art, and production notes.It was first released on DVD on March 31, 1998, containing the same extras as the LaserDisc.[better...
Lebbeus Woods lawsuit
In the beginning of the film, Cole is brought into the interrogation room and told to sit in a chair attached to a vertical rail on the wall. A sphere supported by a metal armature is suspended directly in front of him, probing for weaknesses as the inquisitors interrogate him. Architect Lebbeus Woodsfiled a lawsuit against Universal in February 1996, claiming that his work "Neomechanical Tower (Upper) Chamber" was used without permission. Woods won his lawsuit, requiring Universal to remove...
Trilogy claims
After the release of The Zero Theorem in 2013, claims were made that Gilliam had meant it as part of a trilogy. A 2013 review for The Guardian said, "Calling it [The Zero Theorem] the third part of a trilogy formed by earlier dystopian satires Brazil and Twelve Monkeys [sic]"; but in an interview with Alex Suskind for Indiewirein late 2014, Gilliam said, "Well, it's funny, this trilogy was never something I ever said, but it's been repeated so often it's clearly true [laughs]. I don't know wh...
Box office
12 Monkeys grossed $57.14 million in the United States and Canada, and $111.69 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $168.83 million. The film held the No. 1 spot on box office charts for two weeks in January, before dropping due to competition from From Dusk till Dawn, Mr. Holland's Opus, and Black Sheep.
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 73 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "The plot's a bit of a jumble, but excellent performances and mind-blowing plot twists make 12 Monkeys a kooky, effective experience." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average...
Accolades
Brad Pitt was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, but lost out to Kevin Spacey for his performance in The Usual Suspects. Costume designer Julie Weiss was also nominated for her work, but lost out to James Acheson of Restoration. However, Pitt won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Terry Gilliam was honored for his direction at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. The film also received positive notices from the science fiction...
On August 26, 2013, Entertainment Weekly announced that Syfy was developing a 12 Monkeys television series based on the film. Production began in November 2013. The pilot was written by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett, who had previously written for the series Terra Nova. Due to the series being labeled as "cast contingent", the series did not mov...
da Conceição, Ricky Fernandes (March 22, 2020). "Terry Gilliam's '12 Monkeys' is More Relevant Than Ever". goombastomp.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
A sci-fi thriller about a time traveler from 2043 who tries to stop a deadly virus in 2015. Follow his journey with a virologist, a math genius, and a mysterious organization called the Army of the 12 Monkeys.
- (49K)
- 2015-01-16
- Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- 42
12 Monkeys (bra: Os 12 Macacos [3] [4] [1]; prt: 12 Macacos [5] [6]) é um filme americano de 1995, dos gêneros suspense e ficção científica, dirigido por Terry Gilliam, com roteiro de David e Janet Peoples inspirado no curta-metragem francês La jetée, de Chris Marker.
Um agente do futuro viaja no tempo para investigar um vírus mortal que atacou a humanidade. Veja o trailer, as críticas, as curiosidades e as fotos do filme de 1995 dirigido por Terry Gilliam.
- (1,2K)
- 22 de março de 1996
- Terry Gilliam
- 130
12 Monkeys is an American television series on Syfy created by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett. It is a science fiction mystery drama with a time traveling plot loosely adapting the 1995 film of the same name , which was written by David and Janet Peoples and directed by Terry Gilliam , itself being inspired by Chris Marker 's 1962 ...
12 Monkeys é uma série de televisão americana exibida pelo canal Syfy desde 16 de janeiro de 2015. [1] É um drama de mistério de ficção científica baseado no filme de 1995 de mesmo nome, dirigido por Terry Gilliam, que em si foi baseado no curta-metragem de 1962 La jetée por Chris Marker.
