12 Monkeys [Blu-ray]

Director: Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam

Overview

Based on the landmark 1962 short La Jetee, this sci-fi mystery begins in Philidelphia in the year 2035. A catastrophic virus deliberately spread by 12 monkeys has wiped out most of the population, prompting scientists to send a "volunteer" prisoner back in time to 1996 to prevent the devastation.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/30/2018
UPC:	0760137184485
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	Arrow Video
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:09:00
Sales rank:	3,315

Special Features

Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Terry Gilliam; 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, recorded at the London Film Festival; Brand-new appreciation by Ian Christie, author of Gilliam on Gilliam; The Twelve Monkeys archives; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bruce Willis	James Cole
Madeleine Stowe	Dr. Kathryn Railly
Brad Pitt	Jeffrey Goines
Christopher Plummer	Dr. Goines
Jon Seda	Jose
Joseph Melito	Jonge Cole
David Morse	Dr. Peters
Frank Gorshin	Dr. Fletcher
Irma St. Paule	Dichter
Joey Perillo	Detective Franki
Michael Chance	Scarface
Vernon Campbell	Tiny
Paul Meshejian	Detective Dalva
Christopher Meloni	Lt. Halperin
Rozwill Young	Billings
Robert O'Neill	Wayne
Fred Strother	L.J. Washington,L.J. Washington
Joseph McKenna	Wallace,Wallace
Rick Warner	Dr. Casey
Anthony 'Chip' Brienza	Dr. Goodin
Chuck Jeffreys	Thug
Kevin Thigpen	Kweskin
LisaGay Hamilton	Teddy
Michael Ryan Segal	Weller
Charles Techman	Professor
Jann Ellis	Marilou
H. Michael Walls	Botanist
Lee Golden	Hotel Clerk,Woman Cabbie
Bob Adrian	Geologist
Simon Jones	Zoololgist
Carol Florence	Astrophysicist
Bill Raymond	Microbiologist
Stephen Bridgewater	Airport Detective
Ernest Abuba	Engineer
Jack Dougherty	Airport Security
Bruce Kirkpatrick	Policeman No. 1
Carolyn Walker	Terrified Traveler
Wilfred Williams	Policeman No. 2
Matt Ross	Bee
Nell Johnson	Ward Nurse
Joilet Harris	Harassed Mother
Drucie McDaniel	Waltzing Woman Patient
Jamie N. Frey	Office PA
John Blaisse	Old Man Patient
Louis Lippa	Patient at Gate
Stan Kang	X-ray Doctor
Pat Dias	WWI Captain
Aaron Michael Lacey	WWI Sergeant
Johnnie Hobbs Jr.	Officer No. 1
Janet L. Zappala	Anchorwoman
Thomas Roy	Evangelist
Paul Buckmaster	Composer,Conductor
Jeff Tanner	Plain Clothes Cop

Technical Credits

David Webb Peoples

Chris Marker

Terry Gilliam	Director
David Webb Peoples	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Robert Cavallo	Executive Producer,Producer
Kent Houston	Special Effects
Robert Kosberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Gary Levinsohn	Executive Producer,Producer
Vincent Montefusco	Special Effects
Phil Neilson	Stunts
Susi Roper	Special Effects
Charles Roven	Producer
Margery Simkin	Casting
Anthony Simonaitas	Special Effects
Lloyd Phillips	Producer
Simon Cozens	Sound Effects
Jennie Evans	Sound Effects
Chris Marker	Screenwriter
Mark Egerton	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Inspired by Chris Marker's benchmark 1962 short film La Jetee, director Terry Gilliam continues his examination of the real versus the surreal in this mind-bending piece of science fiction. In a vein typical of Gilliam's oeuvre, the film leaps through time almost at will, which produces uneven results. Obviously a play on genre conventions, 12 Monkeys succeeds at creating its various worlds (all with various degrees of grunge and gloom). However, the film spirals off in so many directions it's sometimes a trial to keep track -- but it's also this very quality that keeps it interesting and engaging. Very much a visceral film above all else, Gilliam extracts solid turns from his actors, including a nicely understated Bruce Willis and a cheerfully (and entertainingly) manic Brad Pitt, a surprise Oscar nominee for his supporting role. Almost ten years after the highly publicized director vs. studio debacle with the director's acclaimed 1985 film Brazil, Gilliam and Universal had obviously patched things up, as they distributed this film to great financial success and a place as one of the leading cult favorites of the 1990s.