Twelve Monkeys - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[leo]

Despite the efforts to prevent Peters from releasing the virus he did so at the airport when the security agent (pre-TSA) demanded the container holding virus vial be opened. Peters opened the vial and waved it underneath the guards nose exposing the agent, himself, & everyone nearby.

[bessie]

There are many parallels between the future world and the present day asylum where Cole is locked: The obvious is that Cole is incarcerated in both times; in the future he is trapped in an underground jail and in the present he is locked in a mental clinic.In the future scenes there are 5 scientists behind a table trying to decide if Cole is the proper man for the mission. In the present day there are also 5 scientists behind a table to figure out if Cole is sane or not (essentially the scientists in the asylum are six if it takes into account Dr Kathryn Railly who is present during the interview. In the final future scenes there is a sixth scientist appearing who, according to the credits, is a mechanic).Right before he time travels, Cole is decontaminated in the showers. After he is apprehended in 1990 and taken into custody he is also forced to shower. In both circumstances he is supervised by two guards, one black and one white (in the future the white guard is thin and the black guard is obese whereas in the present it is vice versa). In 1990 Cole tries to escape from the asylum. As he is roaming in the corridors in a drugged and dizzy state of mind he accidentally enters a room where a cat scanning is conducted. The cat scanner is strongly reminiscent of the time traveling device in the future.

[kylie]

This movie borrows a couple of themes from director Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985):Characters Appearing in Front of a False Landscape. In Brazil the characters appear in front of footage of the false ending of the movie. In Twelve Monkeys the doctors appear in front of a painting that initially looks like the landscape Cole is in.Female Lead Revealing a Different Look Via a Wig: In Brazil Kim Greist's Jill wears another character's wig and astounds Jonathan Pryce's Sam as he enters the bedroom. In Twelve Monkeys Kathryn wears a wig to conceal her identity which astounds Cole as he exits the theatre.A Dubious Reality: In Brazil Sam is saved by a Harry Tuttle's underground militia and him and Jill escape to a pastoral life; in reality Sam's been captured and is suffering a delusion. In Twelve Monkeys Cole comes to believe that the future which he comes from is in fact a delusion; in reality that future is apparently very real.