12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys, also known as Twelve Monkeys, is a 1995 American neonoir science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, inspired by Chris Markers 1962 short film La Jete, and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, with Christopher Plummer and David Morse in supporting roles. After Universal Studios acquired the rights to remake La Jete as a fulllength film, David and Janet Peoples were hired to write the script.

A deadly virus wipes out almost all of humanity in 1996, forcing remaining survivors to live underground. In 2035, James Cole Willis is a prisoner living in a subterranean shelter beneath the ruins of Philadelphia. Cole is selected for a mission, where he is trained and sent back in time to collect information on the virus in order to help scientists develop a cure. Meanwhile, Cole is troubled by recurring dreams involving a foot chase and an airport shooting.Cole arrives in Baltimore in 1990, not 1996 as planned. He is arrested, then hospitalized in a mental institution on the diagnosis of Dr. Kathryn Railly Stowe. There he encounters Jeffrey Goines Pitt, a fellow mental patient with fanatical views. After an escape attempt, Cole is locked in a cell, but soon disappears, returning to the future. Back in his own time, Cole is interviewed by the scientists, who play a distorted voicemail message which discloses the location of the Army of the Twelve Monkeys and asserts their association with the virus. He is also shown photos of numerous people suspected of being involved, including Goines. ........

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