Twelve Monkeys Page #5

Synopsis: An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who he's told was spread by a mysterious "Army of the Twelve Monkeys") and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert.
Director(s): Terry Gilliam
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1995
129 min
1,547 Views


- Never cry wolf.

- What?

My father said that to me.

He said, "Never cry wolf."

'Cause then people won't believe you

if something really happens.

If something really happens

like what, James?

Something bad. Can we have some more

music? I don't wanna hear this stuff.

Can we hear more music?

- I see trees of green

- Oh, that's good!

Red roses too

I've seen them bloom

For me and you

- And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Hello, Dr. Railly? Yeah, this is

Wikke from Psyche Admitting.

Do you remember James Cole?

The paranoid who pulled

the Houdini back in '90?

- Well, he's back and-

Sorry about that. He's looking for you.

I thought you ought to know.

- All right, take care.

- It's like I told you.

Me and my husband went ahead

and she never showed.

That is totally unlike her.

- Do you know the make of her car?

- Um...

Cherokee.

'94 Cherokee, silver.

I have "doed-it!"

I have "done doed-it"!

Ja!

I, Professor Grossenfibber, have

invented the time tunnel! Oh, boy!

- Oh, excuse me, mister.

Excuse me, mister. Have a cigar.

No!

Now my time machine

is ready for experiments.

Ah, the woodpecker! Ja!

Yo-hoo, Woodpecker!

You were in my dream just now.

Your hair's different.

Different color.

I'm sure it was you.

What was the dream about?

About an airport...

before everything happened.

It's the same dream

I always have.

When I was a kid.

And I was in it?

What did I do?

You were very upset.

You're always very upset

in the dream.

- Just never knew it was you.

- It wasn't me before, James.

It's become me now because of

what's happening.

Could you please untie me?

No, I think it was always you.

Very strange.

You're flushed, and you were moaning.

I think you're running a fever.

What are you doing?

In Fresno, California,

crews continue to attempt

to rescue nine-year-old Ricky Neuman.

And closer to home,

in Baltimore, Kathryn Railly,

prominent psychiatrist and the author

of a newly released book on insanity,

disappeared mysteriously last night

after a lecture at the university.

Former mental patient, James Cole,

is wanted for questioning...

regarding Dr. Railly's disappearance.

Authorities warn that Cole

has a history of violence...

and advise anyone spotting him

to notify authorities at once.

[ Rock ]

[ Rock ]

Love this music.

We don't have this.

We don't have anything like this.

- What are all those?

- These?

My notes. Clues.

- What kind of clues?

- It's about the secret army.

The Army of the Twelve Monkeys.

They're the ones that spread the virus.

That's why I'm here.

I have to find them. That's my mission.

I just have to locate them

because they have the virus in

its pure form before it mutates.

When I locate them,

they'll send a scientist here.

That scientist

will study the virus.

Then when he goes back to the present,

he and the scientists will make a cure.

...police officers

from three jurisdictions,

including special

tactical unit personnel,

have now been mobilized to control

the growing thousands of onlookers...

- in Fresno, California-

- Does that disturb you?

No. I thought it was about us.

I thought maybe they'd captured us

and arrested me.

Just a joke.

Hmm.

I remember being very afraid

for that little boy.

All alone, down that well, not knowing

if anybody's gonna get him out.

The first time I was ever

really afraid when I was a kid.

What do you mean,

when you were a kid?

Never mind.

Just a prank, a hoax.

That boy's hiding in a barn.

Well, the Earth died screaming

Well, the Earth died screaming

"There are omens and divinations.

One of the four beasts

gave unto the seven angels...

seven golden vials

full of the wrath of God,

who liveth forever and ever."

You won't think I'm crazy

when people start dying next month.

First they'll think

it's just some weird fever.

Then they'll find out.

They'll catch on.

Wait!

Stop here! Stop the car!

Stop right here!

I was right!

They're here!

You see? Twelve Monkeys.

Twelve Monkeys.

Do you believe me now?

Come on!

Come on!

They're here!

You see?

Twelve Monkeys!

Twelve Monkeys.

Come on!

Twelve Monkeys.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, here.

Here. Do you see it?

Do you see?

I see some red paint, some marks.

- Marks? Marks?

Do you think that-

- Oh, this is ridicu-

- Hey! Hey!

- What?

Don't you do anything crazy...

or I'll hurt somebody!

I am not gonna do anything crazy, but

none of this is what you think it is.

You can't hide from them, Bob.

I said,

you can't hide from them.

No, sir, ol' Bob.

Don't even try.

They hear everything.

They got that tracking device on ya.

They can find you anywhere,

anytime!

It's in the tooth.

Right, Bob?

But I fooled 'em, old buddy.

They don't have to spy on me.

I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

You see?

Here it is again.

Here, follow this paint trail.

Here. It's here.

See?

- It's so awful! l-

- No, no, no! Come with me!

- Damn it!

- The paint trail goes here.

Let go! Let go of my arm.

James, we shouldn't be here.

Goddamn it.

Leave me alone!

Let's get outta here.

James, we shouldn't be here.

- Hey!

Please, don't kill me!

Don't kill me. Please!

Don't kill me. Don't kill me.

Stick around, b*tch.

- Are you all right?

Is he alive?

Come on.

We're runnin' out of time.

- You can't help him.

- Oh, Jesus! James, you killed him!

All I see are dead people.

Come on.

- Come on.

- You never had a gun before.

I have one now.

Come on. Come on!

"...dragons in

their pleasant palaces.

The seventh angel poured out

his vial into the air, and there came-"

You! You!

You're one of us!

This is it.

Come on.

Um... can we help you?

[ Lion Roaring ]

It's just a tape.

I'm looking for

the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.

We don't know anything about

any Army of the Twelve Monkeys.

- So you and your friend just disappear.

- I just want some information.

- Didn't you hear me? I sa-

- Don't hurt her.

Please, I'm a psychiatrist.

J-Just do whatever he tells you to do.

He's disturbed.

He's dangerous.

Please, just cooperate.

- What do you want, money?

We only got a few bucks.

- I told you what I want.

- Get down. Lock that door.

- James, don't-

Lock it now!

- I told you f***ing Goines

would get us-

- Shut up!

Goines?

Jeffrey Goines?

Then Jeffrey becomes this big star,

and the media latch onto him because...

he's picketing his own father,

a famous Nobel prize-winning virologist.

- You must've seen all that on TV.

- I don't watch TV.

Is this him?

Yeah, that's him. That's him.

What are you gonna do to us?

Tell me more about Jeffrey.

Jeffrey started getting bored

with the sh*t we do.

Picketing, leafletting,

letter-writing stuff.

He said we were ineffectual,

liberal jerk-offs.

He wanted to do guerrilla actions

in order to educate the public.

- Like this?

- Yeah. That's when he let

But we weren't

into that kind of stuff.

- It's counterproductive. We told him.

- So he and 11 guys,

they split off and formed

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