When a man enters a hospital claiming to have journeyed back in time from the year 2025 to stop a killer virus from exterminating mankind, a beautiful psychologist decides he might be more than delusional. Terry Gilliam populates this labyrinthine, apocalyptic film with twisted characters and eerie revelations. The film was shot primarily in Philadelphia; Gilliam uses the more dilapidated area of the city to the film's apocalyptic advantage. The film is based on the 1962 French short film LA JETEE. The Signature Laserdisc includes a feature on the film's making.
cast
Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines Bruce Willis as James Cole Christopher Plummer as Dr. Leland Goines David Morse as Dr. Peters Madeleine Stowe as Kathryn Railly
quote
Jeffrey Goines: ...and if you forget one thing i will have you shaved, sterilized, and destroyed!
I've always been a great admirer of Terry Gilliam's films. His dark, often humorous, always edgy vision of the world has had me enthralled since Time Bandits(one of my favorite films--favorite as opposed to those films which I acknowledge as great; it just has that certain magic which grabs me).