Nerd Alert Movie Club: 12 Monkeys (1995) | Time Travel, Madness, and Fate!

Welcome to Nerd Alert's Movie Club, our new monthly series where we pick one film, watch it with fresh eyes, and dive deep into what makes it tick. This month, we are tackle Terry Gilliam’s 1995 sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys, a mind-bending meditation on time travel, memory, and whether fate can ever truly be changed.

Inspired by Chris Marker’s La Jetée and written by David Webb Peoples and Janet Peoples. 12 Monkeys stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and a scene-stealing Brad Pitt in an Oscar-nominated performance, alongside David Morse, Christopher Meloni, and Christopher Plummer. We break down the film’s themes, performances, and Gilliam’s unmistakable visual style, and discuss why 12 Monkeys still feels eerily relevant decades later.

Is James Cole a reliable narrator? Is the future already written? And how much of this movie lives inside your head long after the credits roll?

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Drop your questions, theories, and hot takes in the comments, we’ll feature some of them in future episodes.

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