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Summary Between sanity and madness, fantasy and reality, the past and the future, comes an adventure beyond imagination from Terry Gilliam, the acclaimed director of "The Fisher King." Penal colony prisoner James Cole (Willis) must travel back in time from the year 2035 to find the cause of a virus that killed five billion people in 1997. (Unive...

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75
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 539 User Ratings
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Summary Between sanity and madness, fantasy and reality, the past and the future, comes an adventure beyond imagination from Terry Gilliam, the acclaimed director of "The Fisher King." Penal colony prisoner James Cole (Willis) must travel back in time from the year 2035 to find the cause of a virus that killed five billion people in 1997. (Unive...

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Production Company Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico
Release Date Jan 5, 1996
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating R
Tagline The future is history.
Academy Awards, USA
2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Awards Circuit Community Awards
9 Nominations