Additional information for 12 Monkeys, which has a domestic theatrical release set for January 4, 1996. The film is being distributed by Universal Pictures and has not yet been rated. 12 Monkeys has a total running time of 129 minutes.
13
Argentina
M
Australia
PA
Canada
14
Chile
K-16
Finland
U
France
16
Germany
12
Netherlands
15
Norway
M/12
Portugal
NC-16
Singapore
15
South Korea
13
Spain
15
Sweden
15
UK
R
USA
16
Iceland
PG-13
Philippines
A
India
14
Brazil
VM14
Italy
129min
5min
12 Monkeys
Austria
12 Monkeys
Germany
12 Monkeys
Norway
12 Monkeys
USA
12 monos
Argentina
12 monos
Mexico
12 monos
Peru
Doce monos
Spain
Doce monos
Uruguay
Doce monos
Venezuela
12 majmuna
Croatia
12 majmuna
Serbia
12 opic
Czech Republic
12 opic
Slovenia
Οι Δώδεκα Πίθηκοι
Greece
Двенадцать обезьян
Russia
12 Маймуни
Bulgaria
12 Macacos
Portugal
12 apinaa
Finland
12 majom
Hungary
12 maymun
Turkey
12 opíc
Slovakia
12 pithikoi
Greece
12 singes
Canada
Armata celor 12 maimute
Romania
De 12 apornas armé
Sweden
Dvanaest majmuna
Serbia
Dwanascie malp
Poland
L'armée des 12 singes
France
L'esercito delle 12 scimmie
Italy
Os 12 Macacos
Brazil
Twelve Monkeys
Denmark
December 27, 1995
USA
December 29, 1995
USA
January 05, 1996
USA
February 28, 1996
France
March 06, 1996
Italy
March 06, 1996
Spain
March 08, 1996
Switzerland
March 08, 1996
Switzerland
March 14, 1996
Australia
March 20, 1996
Belgium
March 21, 1996
Germany
March 22, 1996
Brazil
March 28, 1996
Argentina
March 29, 1996
Israel
April 04, 1996
Hong Kong
April 04, 1996
Singapore
April 05, 1996
Finland
April 05, 1996
South Korea
April 10, 1996
Mexico
April 12, 1996
Mexico
April 12, 1996
Portugal
April 12, 1996
Sweden
April 18, 1996
Greece
April 18, 1996
Netherlands
April 18, 1996
Slovenia
April 19, 1996
UK
May 03, 1996
Denmark
May 09, 1996
Hungary
May 10, 1996
Iceland
May 10, 1996
New Zealand
May 10, 1996
Norway
May 10, 1996
Switzerland
May 10, 1996
Uruguay
May 23, 1996
Czech Republic
May 23, 1996
Slovakia
May 31, 1996
Poland
May 31, 1996
Turkey
June 29, 1996
Japan
December 02, 1996
Bulgaria
October 09, 2008
Greece
October , 2010
USA
February 08, 2011
Canada
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In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
The time is the indeterminate future. A virus, deliberately released in 1996 in multiple locations around the world, has killed off five billion people. Survivors have established an elaborate underground civilization because the earth's surface is considered uninhabitable by humans. From time to time prisoners "volunteer" to don protective gear and gather specimens of insects from the surface to test for the presence of the virus.One such prisoner is James Cole, who after retrieving samples is given the chance to go back in time to 1996 and find information about the group believed responsible, known as "The Army of 12 Monkeys." Throughout the ensuing episodes, Cole finds himself remembering, as if in dreams, various things that he witnessed as a child, including the killing of a man in an airport. This persists as a theme throughout the film.Miscalculation sends Cole to 1990, and he finds himself incarcerated in an insane asylum. His psychiatrist, Kathryn Railly, thinks she has met him before, but his ravings are incoherent (to her), and eventually he is locked up with other lunatics. There he meets Jeffrey Goines, who is definitely off the wall, but who tries to help him escape. Eventually, Cole is snatched back to his present time, interrogated, and given a second chance to complete his mission. A second miscalculation sends him to the battlefields of World War I, where he is wounded in the leg.However much the result of miscalculation these visits are, they prove instrumental. When the scientists of Cole's present finally succeed in sending him to 1996, Cole kidnaps Dr. Railly and tries to convince her that he is from the future. He finds that Jeffrey Goines, whose father is a famous virologist, is now out of the asylum, working for his father, and has formed "The Army of 12 Monkeys." Cole is now racing against time, and after a few mishaps, finally decides that he wants to stay in 1996 with Dr. Railly, surrendering to the inevitable destruction of human life.By this time, Dr. Railly has become convinced that somehow, Cole knows something--his predictions of the outcome of minor events is too uncanny. The discovery of a World War I bullet in Cole's leg forces her to check a photograph taken on the battlefield which, impossibly, shows Cole in the trenches. She becomes convinced that "The Army of 12 Monkeys" indeed poses a threat, and she persuades Cole to take up his cause again.An essential element in the communication between Cole's past and present is a telephone number where he can leave a message for the scientists of his own present. When Goines and his "Army" release all the animals in the zoo to roam the streets of New York, and then posts flyers declaring "We did it!" Cole realizes that the "Army" is not the threat, and he leaves a phone message to that effect. Shortly after, Jose, a fellow "volunteer" from the present, approaches Cole with orders for him to complete his mission and hands him a revolver. Cole initially refuses, but then notices a guard from the present glaring at him. Jose makes it clear Dr Railly will be killed if Cole does not comply.Meanwhile, the police are after Cole for kidnapping Dr. Railly. In an airport, while attempting with Cole to elude capture, Dr. Railly recognizes Dr Peters, a man who worked with Jeffrey Goines's father in the virology lab and "an apocalypse nut". She rushes to inform Cole of this and frantically identifies him, along with his travel plans, with Jose overhearing this. The man goes through airport screening and manages to persuade security that his biological samples--one for each of the many cities on his itinerary--are harmless. Dr. Railly alerts Cole, and they attempt to stop the man. To Dr. Railly's horror, Cole is shot by the police while chasing the real perpetrator, who escapes to board his plane. Cole's death is witnessed by a boy named James, who is with his parents: the young Cole.On the plane, the escaped perp takes his seat and gets into conversation with his fellow passenger. We recognize her as the woman lead scientist from Cole's present. Cole had stated once the virus was located, a scientist would be sent back to study it, so that a cure could be developed in the present. She identifies herself as "Jones" and cryptically says she's "in insurance."
Terry Gilliam
Director(s)
Chris Marker
David Webb Peoples
Janet Peoples
Writer(s)
Robert Cavallo
executive producer
Mark Egerton
associate producer
Robert Kosberg
executive producer
Gary Levinsohn
executive producer
Lloyd Phillips
co-producer
Charles Roven
producer
Kelley Smith-Wait
associate producer
Producer(s)
Paul Buckmaster
Composer(s)
Young Cole
Joseph Melito
James Cole
Bruce Willis
Jose
Jon Seda
Scarface
Michael Chance
Tiny
Vernon Campbell
Botanist
H. Michael Walls
Geologist
Bob Adrian
Zoologist
Simon Jones
Astrophysicist
Carol Florence
Microbiologist
Bill Raymond
Engineer
Ernest Abuba
Poet
Irma St. Paule
Kathryn Railly
Madeleine Stowe
Detective Franki
Joey Perillo
Policeman No. 1
Bruce Kirkpatrick
Policeman No. 2
Wilfred Williams
Billings
Rozwill Young
Jeffrey Goines
Brad Pitt
Ward Nurse
Nell Johnson
L.J. Washington (as Fred Strother)
Frederick Strother
Dr. Casey
Rick Warner
Dr. Fletcher
Frank Gorshin
Dr. Goodin
Anthony 'Chip' Brienza
Harassed Mother
Joilet Harris
Waltzing Woman Patient
Drucie McDaniel
Old Man Patient
John Blaisse
Patient at Gate
Louis Lippa
X-Ray Doctor
Stan Kang
WWI Captain
Pat Dias
WWI Sergeant
Aaron Michael Lacey
Dr. Peters
David Morse
Professor
Charles Techman
Marilou
Jann Ellis
Officer No. 1
Johnnie Hobbs Jr.
Anchorwoman (as Janet L. Zappala)
Janet Zappala
Evangelist
Thomas Roy
Louie / Raspy Voice
Harry O'Toole
Thug No. 1 (as Korchenko)
Yuri Korchenko
Thug No. 2
Chuck Jeffreys
Teddy
LisaGay Hamilton
Director(s)
David Webb Peoples
Janet Peoples
Writer(s)
executive producer
Mark Egerton
associate producer
Robert Kosberg
executive producer
Gary Levinsohn
executive producer
Lloyd Phillips
co-producer
Charles Roven
producer
Kelley Smith-Wait
associate producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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