12 Monkeys/Mercury Rising/The Jackal [3 Discs]

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 3
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope), 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
• Encoding: NTSC
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: English, Spanish, French

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Costume Design - 1995 (Julie Weiss)
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 1995 (Brad Pitt)

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pictu - 1995 (Brad Pitt)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Bruce Willis - Art Jeffries
       Bruce Willis - The Jackal
       Bruce Willis - James Cole
       Alec Baldwin - Nicholas Kudrow
       Richard Gere - Declan Mulqueen
       Madeleine Stowe - Dr. Kathryn Railly
       Miko Hughes - Simon
       Brad Pitt - Jeffrey Goines
       Sidney Poitier - Cater Preston
       Chi McBride - Tommy B. Jordan
       Christopher Plummer - Dr. Goines
       Diane Venora - Valentina Koslova
       Kim Dickens - Stacey
       Tess Harper - The First Lady
       David Morse - Dr. Peters

• Director:

  Harold Becker, Michael Caton-Jones, Terry Gilliam

• Producer:

  Michael Caton-Jones, Sean Daniel, Brian Grazer, James Jacks, Kevin Jarre, Karen Kehela, Charles Roven

• Book Author:

  Ryne Douglas Pearson

• Play Author:

  Kenneth Ross

• Screenwriter:

  Lawrence Konner, David Peoples, Janet Peoples, Chuck Pfarrer, Mark Rosenthal

• Cinematographer:

  Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Roger Pratt, Michael Seresin, Michael Sersen

• Composer (Music Score):

  John Barry, Paul Buckmaster, Carter Burwell

• Songwriter:

  Tom Waits

• Editor:

  Mick Audsley, Jim Clark, Peter Honess

• Production Designer:

  Jeffrey Beecroft, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Michael White

• Art Director:

  Ricky Eyres, John Fenner, Steve Saklad, William Ladd Skinner, James F. Truesdale

• Co-producer:

  Paul Neesan, Maureen Peyrot, Lloyd Phillips

• Associate Producer:

  Mark Egerton, Tom Mack, Kelley Smith-Wait

REVIEWS:

• Inspired by Chris Marker's benchmark 1962 short film La Jetee, director Terry Gilliam continues his examination of the real versus the surreal in this mind-bending piece of science fiction. In a vein typical of Gilliam's oeuvre, the film leaps through time almost at will, which produces uneven results. Obviously a play on genre conventions, 12 Monkeys succeeds at creating its various worlds (all with various degrees of grunge and gloom). However, the film spirals off in so many directions it's sometimes a trial to keep track -- but it's also this very quality that keeps it interesting and engaging. Very much a visceral film above all else, Gilliam extracts solid turns from his actors, including a nicely understated Bruce Willis and a cheerfully (and entertainingly) manic Brad Pitt, a surprise Oscar nominee for his supporting role. Almost ten years after the highly publicized director vs. studio debacle with the director's acclaimed 1985 film Brazil, Gilliam and Universal had obviously patched things up, as they distributed this film to great financial success and a place as one of the leading cult favorites of the 1990s. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide
• Despite its star power and bulging budget, this is not your typical Hollywood action suspense thriller. Instead, it's a shade darker with a well-written script rife with conspiracy conjecture. Bruce Willis' pairing with a child prodigy actor was perhaps a foreshadowing of 1999's immensely successful The Sixth Sense. The young Miko Hughes gives a remarkable performance as Simon, Willis' autistic charge, and he and the Hollywood star work well together. While the story is not without holes, the film's bullet train pace offers little time to ponder them and the plot culminates cohesively. Alec Baldwin wades deep into his hard-boiled character and does particularly unforgettable work in a priceless tete-a-tete scene he shares with Willis. Harold Becker's keen adaptation of Ryne Douglas Peterson's Simon Says is also of great help to the film, as is Becker's use of the murky streets of Chicago, which underscores the shadowy content of the narrative. When all is said and done, Mercury Rising is a thoroughly plausible suspense thriller in which the stars don't outshine the story. ~ Mike DiBella, All Movie Guide
• Inspired by {$Chris Marker}'s benchmark 1962 short film {#La Jetee}, director {$Terry Gilliam} continues his examination of the real versus the surreal in this mind-bending piece of science fiction. In a vein typical of {$Gilliam}'s oeuvre, the film leaps through time almost at will, which produces uneven results. Obviously a play on genre conventions, {#12 Monkeys} succeeds at creating its various worlds (all with various degrees of grunge and gloom). However, the film spirals off in so many directions it's sometimes a trial to keep track -- but it's also this very quality that keeps it interesting and engaging. Very much a visceral film above all else, {$Gilliam} extracts solid turns from his actors, including a nicely understated {$Bruce Willis} and a cheerfully (and entertainingly) manic {$Brad Pitt}, a surprise Oscar nominee for his supporting role. Almost ten years after the highly publicized director vs. studio debacle with the director's acclaimed 1985 film {#Brazil}, {$Gilliam} and {@Universal} had obviously patched things up, as they distributed this film to great financial success and a place as one of the leading cult favorites of the 1990s. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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