Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys is a 1995 time travel movie co-written by David Webb Peoples and directed by Terry Gilliam. The film deals with problems of time and memory, inspired by the short film La Jetée. The film stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt. It also features Jon Seda, Simon Jones, Carol Florence, Frank Gorshin, David Morse, and Joseph Melito. Twelve Monkeys - Synopsis. Bruce Willis stars as James Cole, a convicted petty criminal of about a generation in the future, when a r ...

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• Twelve Monkeys - Synopsis
• Twelve Monkeys - Criticism of institutional psychiatry
• Twelve Monkeys - Coincidences with Fight Club
• Twelve Monkeys - Trivia

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Bruce Willis stars as James Cole, a convicted petty criminal of about a generation in the future, when a remnant of the human race lives in a sealed underground environment due to contamination of the surface world with a disease that killed off most of the human race in 1996-7. The movie takes its title from the fact that the disease is believed to have arisen as an act of bioterrorism by a mysterious group calli ...

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Twelve Monkeys, Twelve Monkeys - Synopsis, Twelve Monkeys - Criticism of institutional psychiatry, Twelve Monkeys - Coincidences with Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys - Trivia

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William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American film actor. He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma to strict, Southern Baptist parents of mainly English and Irish descent and was raised in Springfield, Missouri. In high school, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government, and school musicals. He attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was two credits shy of graduating with a journalism degree before trying his luck in Hollywood.Including:

• Brad Pitt - Career
• Brad Pitt - Personal life
• Brad Pitt - Trivia
• Brad Pitt - Filmography

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Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany) is a German-American actor and musician. Born at a military base to an American father and a German Lutheran mother, he was raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey and moved to New York to become an actor. He first found fame with his starring role in the hit TV series Moonlighting (1985–89) before starring in the Die Hard films. Bruce Willis - Life. Willis was married to actress Demi Moore from November 21, 1987 to October 18 ...

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• Bruce Willis - Life
• Bruce Willis - Filmography
• Bruce Willis - Discography
• Bruce Willis - Trivia

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Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) generally include nuclear, biological, chemical and, increasingly, radiological weapons. The term first arose in 1937 in reference to the mass destruction of Guernica, Spain, by aerial bombardment. Following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and progressing through the Cold War, the term came to refer more to non-conventional weapons. The terms ABC, NBC, and CBRN have been used synonymously with WMD, although nuclear weapons have the greatest capacity to cause mass destruction. The phrase entered popular usage in rel ...

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• Weapons of mass destruction - Historic use of the term WMD
• Weapons of mass destruction - Current definitions
• Weapons of mass destruction - Differences among WMD types
• Weapons of mass destruction - WMD use and control
• Weapons of mass destruction - Countries suspected of having Nuclear Weapons
• Weapons of mass destruction - National politics
• Weapons of mass destruction - Media coverage of WMD
• Weapons of mass destruction - Public perceptions of WMD
• Weapons of mass destruction - WMD in film music and humor

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Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic science fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten or mythologized. The fall of civiliz ...

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• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Cultural views on apocalyptic fiction
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Criticism
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Examples listed by nature of the catastrophe
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - World War III nuclear
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Pandemic
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Astronomic impact meteorites
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Alien invasion
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Ecological catastrophe
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Cybernetic revolt
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - The decline and fall of the human race
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - After the fall of space-based civilization
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - The Sun's expansion
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Religious and supernatural apocalypse Eschatological fiction
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Various
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - To be categorized

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In Greek mythology, Cassandra ("she who entangles men") (also known as Alexandra) was a daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba, who captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future. In an alternate version, she spent a night at Apollo's temple with her twin brother, at which time the temple snakes licked her ears clean so that she was able to see the future. This is a recurring theme in Greek mythology, though sometimes it brings an ability to understand the language of an ...

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World War III is the name given to a hypothetical world war that would be fought after World War II. Most usages of the term include the use of weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons. In the latter half of the 20th century, military confrontation between the superpowers was considered to pose an extreme threat to establishing world peace, when the Cold War saw the capitalist United States face the communist Soviet Union. If this confrontation had escalated into full-scale war, it was widely thought that the conflic ...

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• World War III - Historical close calls
• World War III - Preparations for war
• World War III - Use of the term
• World War III - Cold War
• World War III - Gulf War
• World War III - War on Terrorism
• World War III - Technological causes of WW3
• World War III - Artistic treatments
• World War III - Film and television
• World War III - Literature
• World War III - Computer games
• World War III - Music

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This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. Academy Award for Costume Design - 1940s. 1948 Black-and-White Roger K. Furse - Hamlet Irene Lentz - B.F.'s Daughter 1948 Color Dorothy Jeakins, Barbara Karinska - Joan of Arc Edith Head, Gile Steele - The Emperor Waltz 1949 Black-and-White Edith Head, Gile Steele - The H ...

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• Academy Award for Costume Design - 1940s
• Academy Award for Costume Design - 1950s
• Academy Award for Costume Design - 1960s
• Academy Award for Costume Design - 1970s
• Academy Award for Costume Design - 1980s
• Academy Award for Costume Design - 1990s
• Academy Award for Costume Design - 2000s

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David Morse (born October 11, 1953 in Beverly, Massachusetts) is an American stage, television, and cinema actor. Morse began his acting career in the theatre as a player for the Boston Repertory Company in the early 1970s. He spent some time in New York's theatre community in the early 1980s before moving into television and film. Morse's big break came in 1982 when he was cast in the television medical drama St. Elsewhere. Morse played Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison, a young physician who is forced to deal with the death of his wife ...

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Gnosticism is a blanket term for various mystical initiatory religions, sects and knowledge schools, which were most prominent in the first few centuries AD. It is also applied to modern revivals of these groups and, sometimes, by analogy to all religious movements based on secret knowledge gnosis, thus can lead to confusion. The occult nature of gnostic teaching (as seen from a modern viewpoint) and the fact that much of the material relating to the schools comprising Gnosticism has traditionally come from critiques by orthodo ...

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• Gnosticism - Etymology
• Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism
• Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology
• Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth
• Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth
• Gnosticism - Matter
• Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity
• Gnosticism - Lifestyle
• Gnosticism - Gnostic sects
• Gnosticism - Sources
• Gnosticism - Gnostic texts
• Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics
• Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times
• Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture

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Monty Python - Michael Palin. The youngest Python by a matter of weeks, Palin is often labelled 'the nice one'. He attended Oxford, where he met his Python writing partner Terry Jones. The two also wrote the series Ripping Yarns together. Palin and Jones originally wrote together, but soon found it was more productive to write apart and then come together and review what the other had written. Therefore, Jones and Palin's sketches tended to be more focused than that of the other four, taking one bizarre, hilariou ...

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Monty Python, Monty Python - History pre-Python, Monty Python - Flying Circus and the Python style, Monty Python - Life after Python, Monty Python - Python Monty Pictures, Monty Python - Going solo, Monty Python - The End?, Monty Python - The Pythons, Monty Python - Michael Palin, Monty Python - Terry Jones, Monty Python - Eric Idle, Monty Python - John Cleese, Monty Python - Graham Chapman, Monty Python - Terry Gilliam, Monty Python - The 7th Python, Monty Python - Python media, Monty Python - Television, Monty Python - Films, Monty Python - Albums, Monty Python - Theatre, Monty Python - Trivia, Monty Python - Sources

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Many fictional works have dealt with various circumstances that can logically arise from time travel, usually dealing with paradoxes. The predestination paradox is a common literary device in such fiction. Prior to the use of time travel as a plot device, the self-fulfilling prophecy variant was more common, with one of the earliest and most famous examples being the ancient Greek legend of Oedipus. There, Laius's attempt to circumvent the prophecy that his son Oedipus would one day kill him by abandoning the baby as well as Oedipus's ...

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Predestination paradox, Predestination paradox - Examples, Predestination paradox - Fictional examples, Predestination paradox - Literature, Predestination paradox - Film, Predestination paradox - Television, Predestination paradox - Video games, Predestination paradox - Machinima, Predestination paradox - Miscelaneous, Predestination paradox - Ontological paradox

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List of fictional military people - Enlisted. Pvt. Beetle Bailey - Beetle Bailey Pvt. S. Baldrick - Blackadder Goes Forth Pvt. Judy Benjamin - Private Benjamin Pvt. Blips - Beetle Bailey Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue - Forrest Gump Pvt. Friday Clark - From Here to Eternity Pvt. Cleveland - Forrest Gump Pvt. Cowboy - Full Metal Jacket Pvt. Dallas - Forrest Gump P ...

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List of fictional military people, List of fictional military people - Army, List of fictional military people - Enlisted, List of fictional military people - Officers, List of fictional military people - Navy, List of fictional military people - Enlisted, List of fictional military people - Officers, List of fictional military people - Marines, List of fictional military people - Enlisted, List of fictional military people - Officers, List of fictional military people - Air Force, List of fictional military people - Enlisted, List of fictional military people - Officers, List of fictional military people - Rank unknown or holding several ranks, List of fictional military people - Former military personnel whose role is predominantly post-military, List of fictional military people - Historical fiction setting, List of fictional military people - Futuristic setting, List of fictional military people - Army, List of fictional military people - Marine, List of fictional military people - Naval, List of fictional military people - Fantasy fiction setting, List of fictional military people - Enlisted, List of fictional military people - Officers, List of fictional military people - Former military personnel in fantasy settings

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List of cyberpunk works - List of novels. The Artificial Kid (1980) by Bruce Sterling City Come A-Walkin' (1980) by John Shirley The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker Software (1982) by Rudy Rucker Wetware (1988) by Rudy Rucker Freeware (1997) by Rudy Rucker Realware (2000) by Rudy Rucker Neuromancer (1984) by William Gibson (Sprawl Trilogy) Count Zero (1986) by William Gib ...

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List of cyberpunk works, List of cyberpunk works - Notable precursors to the genre, List of cyberpunk works - Print media, List of cyberpunk works - List of novels, List of cyberpunk works - List of short story anthologies, List of cyberpunk works - List of poetry, List of cyberpunk works - List of graphic novels / comics, List of cyberpunk works - List of non-fiction / critical studies, List of cyberpunk works - Audiovisual media, List of cyberpunk works - Notable film precursors, List of cyberpunk works - List of cyberpunk films, List of cyberpunk works - List of films borrowing some cyberpunk elements, List of cyberpunk works - List of TV series, List of cyberpunk works - List of bands, List of cyberpunk works - List of computer and video games

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Gilliam refers to this film as the second of a trilogy of movies, starting with Time Bandits (1981) and ending with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989). He notes that the three films share a related theme of the struggle for imagination and free thinking in a world constantly suppressing such ideas. The story incorporates references to the final episode of The Prisoner, a UK TV series from 1967. The plot has some awkward points, the most notable being the instant hate-to-love transition made by the female le ...

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Brazil film, Brazil film - Synopsis, Brazil film - Analysis, Brazil film - Music, Brazil film - Controversy over the ending, Brazil film - Production and release history, Brazil film - Trivia, Brazil film - Footnotes

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Meloni worked as a construction worker prior to getting his acting break. He earned a degree in history at the University of Colorado. Meloni started his acting career at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he did his undergraduate studies. He has also worked as a bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer. Meloni is best known for his role as Detective Elliot Stabler in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Meloni worked his way up the acting ladder with short-lived TV series and bit parts in a number of ...

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Christopher Meloni, Christopher Meloni - Biography, Christopher Meloni - Work Life, Christopher Meloni - Filmography

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The Karate Kid (1984) - Noriyuki Morita Kentucky (1938) - Walter Brennan The Killing Fields (1984) - Haing S. Ngor Kiss of Death (1947) - Richard Widmark Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Justin Henry ...

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List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - 0-9, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - A, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - B, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - C, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - D, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - E, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - F, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - G, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - H, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - I, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - J, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - K, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - L, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - M, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - N, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - O, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - P, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - Q, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - R, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - S, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - T, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - U, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - V, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - W, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - X, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - Y, List of Best Supporting Actor nominees films - Z

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Gnosticism - Heresiologists and gnostic detractors. Prior to the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library in 1945 (arguably until its translation and eventual publication in 1977), gnosticism was known primarily only through the works of heresiologists, Church Fathers who worked to chronicle those movements perceived to be deviating from the developing orthodox church, and to refute their teachings as they did so, with the ultimate aim of demonstrating their moral inferiority. The problems with such sources are immed ...

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Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Overview, Gnosticism - Etymology and philosophical context, Gnosticism - The meaning of 'gnosis', Gnosticism - The Platonist and Aristotelian traditions, Gnosticism - Neoplatonism and Plotinus' 'Address to the Gnostics', Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Heresiologists and gnostic detractors, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts preserved before 1945, Gnosticism - The Nag Hammadi library, Gnosticism - History, Gnosticism - The development of the Syrian-Egyptian school, Gnosticism - The development of the Persian school, Gnosticism - Nature and Structure of Gnosticism, Gnosticism - A typological model: the main features of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Dualism and monism, Gnosticism - Moral and ritual practise, Gnosticism - Major gnostic schools and their texts, Gnosticism - 'Gnosticism' as a potentially flawed category, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Scholars of gnosticism and those influenced by it, Gnosticism - Modern gnostic 'revivals', Gnosticism - Gnosticism in pop culture, Gnosticism - Literature, Gnosticism - Film and television, Gnosticism - Music, Gnosticism - Art, Gnosticism - Computer console and 'tabletop' games

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1902 A Trip to the Moon (original title Le voyage dans la lune) 1916 Verdens Undergang Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 1917 Himmelskibet 1919 First Men in the Moon 1924 Aelita 1925 The Lost World 1927 Metropolis 1929< ...

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List of science fiction films, List of science fiction films - Before 1930, List of science fiction films - 1930s, List of science fiction films - 1940s, List of science fiction films - 1950s, List of science fiction films - 1960s, List of science fiction films - 1970s, List of science fiction films - 1980s, List of science fiction films - 1990s, List of science fiction films - 2000s, List of science fiction films - Forthcoming

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