Twelve Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys
“ The future is history. ”
CINEMA1995-12-29
DIGITAL2019-10-14
RegionUS
Runtime129 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 m...
DIRECTOR / Director
Terry Gilliam
KEYWORDS
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