Twelve Monkeys

[1995, Movie]

Twelve Monkeys: Review

It was an act of sheer hubris to remake Chris Marker's 1962 experimental short La Jetee as a big-budget, mainstream picture starring Bruce Willis as a time traveler from a dystopian future. But for once, the packagers didn't outsmart themselves: In a creative match made in movie heaven, director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) and screenwriter David Peoples (Blade Runner) yielded an instant cult classic that's everything you wanted it to be. Read the complete review for Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys: Cast & Details

Year: 1995
Rated R

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Cast
Bruce Willis: James Cole
Madeleine Stowe: Kathryn Railly
Brad Pitt: Jeffrey Goines
Christopher Plummer: Dr. Goines
Jon Seda: Jose
David Morse: Dr. Peters

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Twelve Monkeys: TV Guide News

DVD Tuesday: La Jetée -- The Ultimate Sci-Fi Movie | Ask FlickChick | 6/19/2007
Could La Jetée -- the original Twelve Monkeys -- just be the most perfect science fiction film ever made?Send your movie questions to FlickChick.See Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this week's new flicks in Movie Talk!This is the shortest movie I'll ever feature in DVD Tuesday, and it's the ultimate vindication of the saying that good things come in small packages: Chris Marker's 28-minute, 1963 science-fiction jewel La Jetée, which Terry Gilliam reworked into the film many fans consider his masterpiece, Twelve Monkeys (1995). La Jetée is also the most unconventional film I've featured to date: It's composed almost entirely of black-and-white still images and has no sync sound, just a narrator. It's Marker's only fiction film. And it's mesmerizing, thought-provoking and utterly haunting; I like Twelve Monkeys, but I love La Jetée. It begins in Orly airport, where a boy on a family day-trip to watch planes take off instead sees a commotion on the ground.... read more
FlickChick | 8/29/2002
Question: At the beginning of Twelve Monkeys, it says that it was inspired by a short film titled La Jetee. Can you tell read more

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