12 monkeys (BLU-RAY) / Universal Pictures and Atlas/Classico present ; an Atlas Entertainment production ; screenplay by David Peoples & Janet Peoples ; produced by Charles Roven ; directed by Terry Gilliam.
Title from opening screens. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. "Brand new restoration from a 4k scan of the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Terry Gilliam." "Inspired by the film La jeteĢe, written by Chris Marker. 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Bonus materials: audio commentary by Terry Gilliam and producer Charles Roven; The hamster factor and other tales of Twelve monkeys, feature-length making-of documentary by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (Lost in La Mancha); The film exchange with Terry Gilliam, a 1996 interview with Gilliam and critic Jonathan Romney; Appreciation by Ian Christie, author of Gilliam on Gilliam; extensive image gallery; theatrical trailer; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin. Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, Jon Seda.
Summary:
In 1996, a deadly virus is unleashed by a group calling themselves the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, destroying much of the world's population and forcing survivors underground. In 2035, prisoner James Cole is chosen to go back in time and help scientists in their search for a cure.
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