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12 Monkeys

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.

Director

Terry Gilliam

Year

Genre

mystery, sci-fi, thriller

Box Office

$57,141,459

Production

Universal Pictures,Atlas Entertainment,Classico,Twelve Monkeys Productions

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 10 wins & 25 nominations total

Young Cole

James Cole

Jose

Scarface

Tiny

Vernon Campbell

Botanist

H. Michael Walls

Geologist

Zoologist

Astrophysicist

Microbiologist

Engineer

Poet

Kathryn Railly

Madeleine Stowe

Detective Franki

Policeman No. 1

Bruce Kirkpatrick

Policeman No. 2

Wilfred Williams

Billings

Jeffrey Goines

Ward Nurse

L.J. Washington

Frederick Strother

Dr. Casey

Dr. Fletcher

Dr. Goodin

Anthony 'Chip' Brienza

Harassed Mother

Waltzing Woman Patient

Drucie McDaniel

Old Man Patient

Patient at Gate

X-Ray Doctor

WWI Captain

WWI Sergeant

Aaron Michael Lacey

Dr. Peters

Professor

Charles Techman

Marilou

Officer No. 1

Johnnie Hobbs Jr.

Anchorwoman (as Janet L. Zappala)

Evangelist

Louie

Thug No. 1

Thug No. 2

Teddy (as Lisa Gay Hamilton)

LisaGay Hamilton

Fale

Bee (as Matthew Ross)

Agent No. 1

Agent No. 2

John Panzarella

Dr. Goines

Christopher Plummer

Agent No. 3

Anchorman

Pompous Man

Lt. Halperin

Christopher Meloni

Detective Dalva

Wayne

Kweskin

Hotel Clerk

Wallace

Plain Clothes Cop

Store Clerk

Weller

Michael Ryan Segal

Woman Cabbie

Ticket Agent

Airport Detective

Stephen Bridgewater

Plump Businessman (as Franklin Huffman)

Gift Store Clerk (as JoAnn S. Dawson)

Airport Security No. 1

Airport Security No. 2

Airport Security No. 3

Herbert C. Hauls Jr.

Impatient Traveler

Charley Scalies

Terrified Traveler

Student in Airport

Tiffany Baldwin

Bear

Psychiatric Patient

French War Photographer

Phillip V. Caruso

FBI Agent

Psyciatric Prisoner

Kissing Couple

Sprayer

Terrified Traveler #2

1st Man at book signing

Bus Passenger

Drug Addict

Time Portal Nurse

Prostitute

Travler

Prisoner Joey

Man Tying Shoe in Hotel

Inpatient

Allelon Ruggiero

Demon

Man in Transit Lounge

Richard Stanley

Monkey Member

Avid Fan

Susan Wool-Rush

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Flight 784 for San Francisco
is now ready for boarding. - 12 Monkeys

Flight 784 for San Francisco is now ready for boarding.

'Passengers for flight 841020, please go to gate 7. - 12 Monkeys

'Passengers for flight 841020, please go to gate 7.

Passengers for flight 841
to Rome, come to gate seven. - 12 Monkeys

Passengers for flight 841 to Rome, come to gate seven.

'Flight 784 to San Francisco is now ready for boarding at...' 'Inmate number 87645: Cole, James. - 12 Monkeys

'Flight 784 to San Francisco is now ready for boarding...

Flight 784 to San Francisco
is now ready for boarding at... - 12 Monkeys

Flight 784 to San Francisco is now ready for boarding at...

Jose psstJose what's going onBad news manVolunteers Yeah And they said your nameHey maybe they'll give you a pardon manYeah That's why none of the volunteers come backThey all get a pardon - 12 Monkeys

Jose psstJose what's going onBad news manVolunteers...

Hey, maybe they'll give you a pardon, man. - 12 Monkeys

Hey, maybe they'll give you a pardon, man.

'These are the instructions for the first-time probe. - 12 Monkeys

'These are the instructions for the first-time probe.

There will be a socialization class in room 700 - 12 Monkeys

There will be a socialization class in room 700

Why don't you sit down, Mr. Cole? - 12 Monkeys

Why don't you sit down, Mr. Cole?

We appreciate your volunteering. - 12 Monkeys

We appreciate your volunteering.

Yet, among the myriad microwaves, the infra-red messages, the gigabytes of ones and zeros, we find words, byte-sized now, tinier even than science, lurking in some vague electricity. - 12 Monkeys

Yet, among the myriad microwaves, the infra-red messages,...

He was wandering around in underpantsand one of those plastic see through ladies' raincoatsThey ask the guy real nice for some kinda IDHe gets agitated starts screaming about virusesTotally irrational totally disorientedDoesn't know where he is what day - 12 Monkeys

He was wandering around in underpantsand one of those...

But he took on five cops like he was dusted to the eyeballsNo drugs if you believe that - 12 Monkeys

But he took on five cops like he was dusted to the...

I love this airOh such wonderful airWhat's wonderful about the air JamesVery fresh No germsWhy why do you think there aren't any germs in the air - 12 Monkeys

I love this airOh such wonderful airWhat's wonderful...

What year is this What year do you think it is1996That's the future James Do you think you're living in the future1996 is the pastNo 1996 is the future - 12 Monkeys

What year is this What year do you think it...

Shut up, ladies. - 12 Monkeys

Shut up, ladies.

Where are you taking me South of France buddy You'll love itI can't go to the south of France I need to make a telephone callYeah yeah Zip it You fooled the shrink but you don't fool us Come on - 12 Monkeys

Where are you taking me South of France buddy You'll...

Come on. - 12 Monkeys

See More gamesGames they vegetize youSee AhIf you play the games you're voluntarily taking a tranquilizer - 12 Monkeys

See More gamesGames they vegetize youSee AhIf you play the...

Telephone call That's communication with the outside worldDoctor's discretion Uh uh NahIf all of these nuts could make phone callsit could spread insanity oozing through telephone cablesoozing into the ears of all these poor sane people infecting - 12 Monkeys

Telephone call That's communication with the outside...

In fact Jim very few of us here are actually mentally illI'm not saying you're not mentally ill For all I know you're crazy as a loonBut that's not why you're here It's not why you're hereYou're here because of the system - 12 Monkeys

In fact Jim very few of us here are actually mentally...

There's the television It's all right thereAll right there Look listen kneel prayCommercialsWe're not productive any more Nobody needs to make thingsIt's all automated What are we for thenWe're consumers JimOk buy a lot of stuff you're a good citizenBut - 12 Monkeys

There's the television It's all right thereAll...

There's this guy who always requested shows that had already playedYes No You have to tell her beforeHe couldn't grasp the idea that the nurse couldn't make it be yesterdayCouldn't turn back time thank you Einstein Now he was nutsHe was a fruitcake Ok - 12 Monkeys

There's this guy who always requested shows that had...

I don't really come from outer spaceL j Washington He doesn't come from outer spaceDon't mock me my friend Ha haGet out of my chairIt's a condition of mental divergenceI find myself on the planet ogopart of an intellectual elitepreparing to subjugate the - 12 Monkeys

I don't really come from outer spaceL j Washington He...

Get out of my chair - 12 Monkeys

Get out of my chair

This is a place for crazy people. - 12 Monkeys

This is a place for crazy people.

Look, have any of you heard of the army of the twelve monkeys? - 12 Monkeys

Look, have any of you heard of the army of the twelve...

No 1996 is the past too Listen to me What IWhat IWhat I need to do is make a telephone callI can straighten this all out if I make a telephone callWho would you call Who would straighten everything outThe scientists OhThey'll wanna know that they sent me - 12 Monkeys

No 1996 is the past too Listen to me What IWhat IWhat I need...

What are you doing in the dog bowl? - 12 Monkeys

What are you doing in the dog bowl?

Won't work. - 12 Monkeys

Do you know what crazy is Crazy is majority rules Yeah HuhTake germs for example GermsUh huh In the 18th century no such thing Nada nothingNo one ever imagined such a thing No sane person anyhowAlong comes this doctor Ah ah - 12 Monkeys

Do you know what crazy is Crazy is majority rules Yeah...

There's no right there's no wrong There's only popular opinion - 12 Monkeys

There's no right there's no wrong There's...

Of course not You want to escape rightThat's very sane That's very saneI can help you You want me to don't you Get you out - 12 Monkeys

Of course not You want to escape rightThat's very sane...

Sorry Uh sorry I got a little agitatedThe thought of escape had crossed my mind and suddenly suddenlySuddenly I felt like bending the fucking bars backand ripping out the goddamn window frames and eating themYes eating themLeaping leaping leapingColonies - 12 Monkeys

Sorry Uh sorry I got a little agitatedThe thought of escape...

My father's gonna be really upsetand when he gets upset the ground shakes - 12 Monkeys

My father's gonna be really upsetand when he gets upset...

My father is god I worship my father - 12 Monkeys

My father is god I worship my father

Torture. - 12 Monkeys

Look at them They're just asking for it'Animals inside the lab are fed 'maybe the human race deserves to be wiped outWiping out the human raceIt's a great idea It's greatBut more of a long term thingFirst we have to focus on more immediate goals - 12 Monkeys

Look at them They're just asking for it'Animals...

What are you writing? - 12 Monkeys

What are you writing?

'Take a chance. - 12 Monkeys

'Take a chance.

No more monkey businessNo more I'm getting dizzy - 12 Monkeys

No more monkey businessNo more I'm getting dizzy

Aaargh! - 12 Monkeys

Go, Jim. - 12 Monkeys

- Get out. - 12 Monkeys

The future can be yours! - 12 Monkeys

The future can be yours!

The best place to go would be Florida. - 12 Monkeys

The best place to go would be Florida.

Best place to go would be Florida. - 12 Monkeys

Best place to go would be Florida.

Two's not working today. - 12 Monkeys

Two's not working today.

I've tried everything. - 12 Monkeys

I've tried everything.

Kathryn, this was in my box, but I suspect it wasn't meant for me. - 12 Monkeys

Kathryn, this was in my box, but I suspect it wasn't...

We have to know exactly what's there. - 12 Monkeys

We have to know exactly what's there.

Hey, jimbo. - 12 Monkeys

Ok, jimbo. - 12 Monkeys

Drag him down! - 12 Monkeys

Take him down.
Take him the fuck down. - 12 Monkeys

Take him down. Take him the fuck down.

I'm not trying to hurt anyone. - 12 Monkeys

I'm not trying to hurt anyone.

Four years, Kathryn, we've been working together for four years, and I've never seen you like this before. - 12 Monkeys

Four years, Kathryn, we've been working together for...

He was fully restrained and the door was locked? - 12 Monkeys

He was fully restrained and the door was locked?

Then are you trying to tell me a fully sedated, fully restrained patient somehow slipped out that vent, replaced the grille behind him and is wriggling his way through the ventilation system? - 12 Monkeys

Then are you trying to tell me a fully sedated, fully...

Watch it! - 12 Monkeys

- Where are you? - 12 Monkeys

- Where are you?

'Maybe means maybe I'm in the next cell'Another volunteer like you'Or maybe I'm in the central office'spying on you for all those science bozos'Or hey maybe I'm not even here'Maybe I'm just in your head'No way to confirm anything - 12 Monkeys

'Maybe means maybe I'm in the next...

'Where did they send you '1990 '90 How was it'Good drugs Lots of pussy'Hey Bob did you do the job'Did you find out the big info'Army of the twelve monkeys 'it was supposed to be 1996'Science ain't an exact science with these clowns'But they're getting - 12 Monkeys

'Where did they send you '1990 '90 How was...

'Did you find out the big info'Army of the twelve monkeys ' - 12 Monkeys

'Did you find out the big info'Army of the twelve...

'Science ain't an exact science with these clowns - 12 Monkeys

'Science ain't an exact science with these clowns

You're certain of that What did you do with your time ColeDid you waste it on drugs Women They forced me to take drugsForced you Why would someone force you to take drugs - 12 Monkeys

You're certain of that What did you do with your time...

No sir I don't think so - 12 Monkeys

No sir I don't think so

The question is Cole do you want another chance - 12 Monkeys

The question is Cole do you want another chance

Good. Last connection going on. Stand clear, please. - 12 Monkeys

Good. Last connection going on. Stand clear, please.

- He's your choice. - 12 Monkeys

- He's your choice.

No mistakes this time, Cole. - 12 Monkeys

No mistakes this time, Cole.

What? I don't understand! - 12 Monkeys

What? I don't understand!

Cassandra in Greek legend was condemned to know the futurebut to be disbelieved when she foretold itHence the agony of foreknowledgecombined with the impotence to do anything about it - 12 Monkeys

Cassandra in Greek legend was condemned to know the...

I'm going right out to get vaccinated. - 12 Monkeys

I'm going right out to get vaccinated.

I think Dr Railly you've given the alarmists a bad nameI have Mm hmSurely there's convincing datathat the planet cannot survive the excesses of the human raceThis is trueProliferation of atomic devices uncontrolled breeding habitspollution of land sea and - 12 Monkeys

I think Dr Railly you've given the alarmists a bad...

See you at work tomorrow. - 12 Monkeys

See you at work tomorrow.

No. No. Get in the car. - 12 Monkeys

No. No. Get in the car.

Get in the car! - 12 Monkeys

Get in the car!

Go on, drive. - 12 Monkeys

- Where are we going? - 12 Monkeys

- Where are we going?

Cole James ColeYou escaped from a locked room six years agoSix years for you - 12 Monkeys

Cole James ColeYou escaped from a locked room six years...

I can't believe that this is a coincidence, Mr. - 12 Monkeys

I can't believe that this is a coincidence, Mr.

You said you would help me I know this isn't what you meant butI don't have any moneyI hurt my leg and I've been sleeping on the streetI'm sure I smell bad - 12 Monkeys

You said you would help me I know this isn't what you...

I checked out the Baltimore information It was nothingIt's in PhiladelphiaThat's where they are the ones who did itThe twelve monkeys - 12 Monkeys

I checked out the Baltimore information It was...

Okay that's it Jeffrey You're gonna get a shot - 12 Monkeys

Okay that's it Jeffrey You're gonna get a shot

'This is a personal message to you. - 12 Monkeys

'This is a personal message to you.

"Mr. Cole"? - You used to call me James. - You prefer that? James, uh... You don't really have a gun - 12 Monkeys

"Mr. Cole"? - You used to call me James. - You...

Oh I love the music of the 20th century - 12 Monkeys

Oh I love the music of the 20th century

Ah, I love the music
of the twentieth century. - 12 Monkeys

Ah, I love the music of the twentieth century.

12 Monkeys poster

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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.

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Director: Terry Gilliam

Writer: Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples

Production: Universal Pictures,Atlas Entertainment,Classico,Twelve Monkeys Productions

Genre: mystery, sci-fi, thriller

Year: 1995

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $57,141,459

Released: 05 Jan 1996

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 10 wins & 25 nominations total

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