Released
Twelve Monkeys
December 29 1995 (almost 29 years ago)Rating
Based on
8347 reviews
The future is history.
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Writers: Janet Peoples, David Webb Peoples
- Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Runtime: 2 h 9 m
- Budget: $29,000,000
- Box office: $168,841,459
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico, Twelve Monkeys Productions
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.