12 monkeys [DVD videorecording] Universal Pictures and Atlas/Classico present an Atlas Entertainment production ; produced by Charles Roven ; screenplay by David Peoples & Janet Peoples ; directed by Terry Gilliam.
Edition:
Special ed.
Publisher:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
DVD widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; dual-layer. 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ;
MPAA rating: R. "Inspired by the film 'La jetee', written by Chris Marker"--Container. DVD videorecording. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Special features: feature commentary with director Terry Gilliam and producer Charles Roven ; the hamster factor & other tales of 12 monkeys ; theatrical trailer ; 12 Monkeys archives ; production notes. Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer.
Summary:
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.
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