Best Plot Twists movie month: “12 Monkeys”
Fri 04 Aug 2017, 7.30 pm
TPD
From TPD:
In the next month, TPD will screen a selection of movies with the best plot twists. Plot twist is a truly good and important factor. Movies will not be interesting if the audience can always predict the endings.
The below list of movies have symbolic endings or simply make you surprised.
List of movies: 12 Monkeys (1995), Primal Fear (1996), The Others (2001), The Usual Suspects (1995), Fight Club (1999), Seven (1995)
12 Monkeys will be the first movie to be introduced.
Film notes
TWELVE MONKEYS • US • 1995
R | 129′ | Mystery • Sci-Fi • Thriller
Directed by Terry Gilliam
12 Monkeys is a neo-noir science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 short film La Jetée, and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, with Christopher Plummer and David Morse in supporting roles. After Universal Studios acquired the rights to remake La Jetée as a full-length film, David and Janet Peoples were hired to write the script.
Under Gilliam’s direction, Universal granted the filmmakers a $29.5 million budget, and filming lasted from February to May 1995. The film was shot mostly in Philadelphia and Baltimore, where the story was set.
The film was released to critical praise and grossed $168 million worldwide. Pitt was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and won a Golden Globe for his performance. The film also won and was nominated for various categories at the Saturn Awards. [Wikipedia]
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
• The film screening is for educational purpose and fundraising for Young Cinema Fund of TPD.
• Donation (at the door): 20,000 VND/audience.
• Doors open at 7 pm and close when the screening room is full.
• Seats are assigned on the first-come-first-served basis.
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Watch the film’s trailer here:
Translated by Hanoi Grapevine
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