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  1. 12 Monkeys

    12 Monkeys, also known as Twelve Monkeys, is a 1995 American 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 Award for his performance. The film also won and was nominated for various categories at the Saturn Awards.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of 12 monkeys in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of 12 monkeys in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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  1. Ken Campbell:

    The general hypothesis is that - first of all, these monkeys were very small, they’re about the size of a small squirrel with a long tail. So they’re very small and as a consequence their food and water requirements would be much less than if they were very large. So the general hypothesis is that there were monkeys on a river bank. During flood season, trees get swept into the river and carried out to the ocean. As vegetation rafts, [the trees are] carried across on the Atlantic based on wind and current directions. This remains a hypothesis- there’s no proof yet, although the similarities between the monkeys suggests that it did happen.

  2. The Universeum:

    We think it's the same one [monkey that left the zoo], but I guess there aren't that many monkeys out and about at the moment.

  3. Brij Bhushan:

    We found that monkeys get scared by just seeing us brandishing these slingshots.

  4. Rodolphe Debord:

    These are extremely rare, threatened monkeys.

  5. Robert Wilensky:

    We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

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