DVD Features
* Widescreen Only Format
* Director's Commentary
* 'Making Of' Featurette
* Production Notes/Bios
* Theatrical Trailer
* Scene Selection
* Interactive Menu
* Languages: English, French
* Subtitles: English, Spanish
TWELVE MONKEYS
Rated R for language and violence
Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt & Christopher Plummer
CineSight Rating *** 1/2
James Cole (Willis) lives in the post-apocalyptic world of 2035. He's sent back in time to find the cause of a terrible plague which broke out in the 1990's. The catastrophe wiped out much of the earth's population and sent the survivors underground.
Arriving in 1997, Cole discovers the difficulties of being a visitor from the future. He soon lands in a mental hospital where he meets a patient (Pitt) who babbles about the Army of the Twelve Monkeys. Cole's beautiful psychiatrist (Stowe) finally believes his story about being from 2035, and helps him escape.
Cole discovers the Twelve Monkeys are somehow connected to the outbreak of the diabolical disease, and the other patient is his link to them. But time travel causes a number of complications for Cole as he attempts to prevent the global virus from taking over.
DVD Features
* Widescreen Only Format
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Another masterpiece by auteur director Terry Gilliam (BRAZIL). Based on the French short film LA JETEE, TWELVE MONKEYS is on the surface a complex and serious drama. However, Gilliam can't help but give it his own offbeat spin of dry humor and wild visual style. The disk is also packed with other goodies, most notably the 'Making Of' featurette, which explores the tempestuous production process. I must confess, I wasn't much of a Willis fan until I saw this movie, but TWELVE MONKEYS proved that he really can act.
* Cole's watch reads 9:30. Then he turns a corner and it suddenly reads 8:55.
* There are numerous continuity errors involving wounds and bandages which mysteriously disappear and reappear (maybe this happens when you start messing with time travel).
* The film contains several references to Alfred Hitchcock movies, including the title sequence, clips from VERTIGO and THE BIRDS, VERTIGO's background music and even blonde wigs (a Hitchcock favorite).
