Twelve Monkeys poster

Movie · 1995

Twelve Monkeys

“The future is history.”

Released 29 December 1995 129 min Science Fiction / Thriller / Mystery More from 1995 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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 the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
5.8×$29m budget became $169m at the box office
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Christopher Plummer — oldest on the call sheet
25Matt Ross — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast
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