Summer Rewind: 1995
12 Monkeys
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This June, the Roxy pays tribute to a host of extraordinary films--from every genre imaginable--turning 30 this year with Summer Rewind: 1995!
June 4 & 8: Casino June 5: The Celluloid Closet (Queer West Film Fest)
June 6 - 8: Safe
June 7: Babe
June 11 & 15: Heat
June 13 - 15: Welcome to the Dollhouse
June 14: Batman Forever
June 17: La Haine (Cinema Abroad)
June 18 & 22: Seven
June 19: Devil in a Blue Dress (Essential Cinema)
June 20 - 22: To Die For
June 21: Jumanji
June 24: Ghost in the Shell (Persistence of Vision: Animated Masterworks)
June 25 & 29: 12 Monkeys June 26: GoldenEye (Knockout Cinema)
June 27 - 29: Dead Man
June 28: Tommy Boy
12 Monkeys: This science fiction classic was directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of the comedy troupe Monty Python. The film stars Bruce Willis as James Cole, a prisoner of the state in the year 2035 who can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. The virus has wiped out most of the Earth's population and the remainder live underground because the air is poisonous. Returning to the year 1990, six years before the start of the plague, Cole is soon imprisoned in a psychiatric facility because his warnings sound like mad ravings. There he meets a scientist named Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe) and Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), the mad son of an eminent virologist (Christopher Plummer). Cole is returned by the authorities to the year 2035, and finally ends up at his intended destination in 1996. He kidnaps Dr. Railly in order to enlist her help in his quest. Cole discovers graffiti by an apparent animal rights group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, but as he delves into the mystery, he hears voices, loses his bearings, and doubts his own sanity. He must figure out if Goines, who seems to be a raving lunatic, holds the key to the puzzle.
June 4 & 8: Casino June 5: The Celluloid Closet (Queer West Film Fest)
June 6 - 8: Safe
June 7: Babe
June 11 & 15: Heat
June 13 - 15: Welcome to the Dollhouse
June 14: Batman Forever
June 17: La Haine (Cinema Abroad)
June 18 & 22: Seven
June 19: Devil in a Blue Dress (Essential Cinema)
June 20 - 22: To Die For
June 21: Jumanji
June 24: Ghost in the Shell (Persistence of Vision: Animated Masterworks)
June 25 & 29: 12 Monkeys June 26: GoldenEye (Knockout Cinema)
June 27 - 29: Dead Man
June 28: Tommy Boy
12 Monkeys: This science fiction classic was directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of the comedy troupe Monty Python. The film stars Bruce Willis as James Cole, a prisoner of the state in the year 2035 who can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. The virus has wiped out most of the Earth's population and the remainder live underground because the air is poisonous. Returning to the year 1990, six years before the start of the plague, Cole is soon imprisoned in a psychiatric facility because his warnings sound like mad ravings. There he meets a scientist named Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe) and Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), the mad son of an eminent virologist (Christopher Plummer). Cole is returned by the authorities to the year 2035, and finally ends up at his intended destination in 1996. He kidnaps Dr. Railly in order to enlist her help in his quest. Cole discovers graffiti by an apparent animal rights group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, but as he delves into the mystery, he hears voices, loses his bearings, and doubts his own sanity. He must figure out if Goines, who seems to be a raving lunatic, holds the key to the puzzle.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, David Morse
Director: Terry Gilliam
Producer: David Peoples
Rated: R
Duration: 129 min
Released: 1995
Genre: Science Fiction