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Film details
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Featuring
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Country
USA
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Year
1995
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Genre
Science Fiction
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- 12 Monkeys Alternative
Introduction
“Turning [Marker’s] perfect, rigorously constructed fable about memory and mortality into a big-budget futuristic action picture... is an inherently quixotic project, but the screenwriters, David and Janet Peoples, do a surprisingly skillful job.”
Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker, 1996
In making what he called “a European art movie within the Hollywood system”, Terry Gilliam cast Bruce Willis against type as James, a vulnerable convict dispatched back in time to harvest information about the virus that has driven the civilisation of the near future underground. Then again, James may merely be delusional: it’s up to a smitten psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) to find out. What’s certain is that the film works both as a thriller, with the final airport showdown especially tense, and a typically Gilliam-esque oddball fantasy.
Brad Pitt landed an Oscar nomination for playing a deranged animal-rights activist with a full complement of tics and twitches. Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s documentary, The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys, provides an untypically revealing glimpse into the film’s production.
David Peoples made his name co-scripting another dystopian fantasy, Blade Runner (1982). Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) is an important reference point in Twelve Monkeys, along with La Jetée (1962).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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James Cole
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Kathryn Railly
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Jeffrey Goines
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Dr Goines
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Dr Fletcher
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Jose
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engineer
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microbiologist
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zoologist
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geologist
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astrophysicist
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botanist
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young Cole
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Scarface
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Tiny
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poet
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Detective Franki
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policeman no.1
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policeman no.2
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Billings
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ward nurse
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L.J. Washington
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Dr Casey
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Dr Goodin
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harassed mother
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waltzing woman patient
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old man patient
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patient at gate
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x-ray doctor
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WWI captain
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WWI sergeant
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Dr Peters
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professor
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Marilou
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officer no.1
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anchorwoman
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evangelist
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Louie/raspy voice
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thug no.1
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thug no.2
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Teddy
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Fale
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Bee
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agent no.1
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agent no.2
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agent no.3
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anchorman
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pompous man
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Lt Halperin
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Detective Dalva
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Wayne
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Kweskin
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hotel clerk
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Wallace
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plain clothes cop
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store clerk
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Weller
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woman cabbie
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ticket agent
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airport detective
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plump businessman
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gift store clerk
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airport security no.1
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airport security no.2
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airport security no.3
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impatient traveler
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terrified traveler
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radio programmes performed by
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Directed by
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an Atlas Entertainment production
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Presents
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Presents
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Produced by
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Atlas Production Executive
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Assistant Production Manager
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2nd Unit Co-ordinator
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Assistant Location Manager
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Post-production Co-ordinator
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1st Assistant Director
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2nd Assistant Director
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2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director
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2nd 2nd Assistant Director
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Philadelphia Casting
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Casting Assistant
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Casting Assistant
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Casting Assistant
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Casting Assistant
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Extras Casting
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Extras Casting
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Screenplay by
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Screenplay by
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Insp'd by the film 'La jetee' written by
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Camera Operator (B)
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Camera Operator (B)
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1st Assistant Camera
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1st Assistant Camera (B)
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2nd Assistant Camera
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2nd Assistant Camera (B)
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Loader
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Chief Lighting Technician
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Rigging Gaffer
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Video Assist Operator
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Still Photographer
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Computer Graphics/Digital/Optical FX by
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PC (Visual Effects Supervisor)
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PC (Computer Graphics Supervisor)
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PC (Visual Effects Co-ordinator)
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PC (Digital Snow Effects)
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PC (Digital Snow Effects)
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PC (Digital Snow Effects)
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Special FX Mechanical/Pyrotechnic Eng'r
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Special Effects Project Manager
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Special Effects On-set Supervisor
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Special Effects Shop Foreman
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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On-set Special Effects Technician
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Pyrotechnic Foreman
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Graphic Artist
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Film Editor
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1st Assistant Editor
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1st Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor
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2nd Assistant Editor (Baltmore Unit)
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Video Assist (Baltmore Unit)
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Interrogation Room Ins'd by the Works of
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Art Department Co-ordinator
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Leadman
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Leadman (Philadelphia Unit)
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Leadman (Baltimore Unit)
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Set Dresser (Philadelphia Unit)
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Set Dresser (Philadelphia Unit)
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Set Dresser (Philadelphia Unit)
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Set Dresser (Philadelphia Unit)
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Set Dresser (Philadelphia Unit)
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Set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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Set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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Set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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Set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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Set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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Set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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On-set Dresser (Philadelphia Unit)
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On-set Dresser (Baltimore Unit)
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Property Master
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Assistant Property Master
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Prop Builder
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Assistant Props
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Set Buyer
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Set Buyer
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Construction Co-ordinator
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Construction Co-ordinator
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Wardrobe Supervisor
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Make-up/Hair Designer
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Make-up Artist
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Bruce Willis Hair/Make-up
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Key Hairstylist
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Hairstylist
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Title Design
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Processing by
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Negative Cutter
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Colour Timer
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Colour by
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Mitsubishi Robots by
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Camera/Lenses Supplied by
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Lighting/Grip Equipment Supplied by
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Music Composer and Conductor
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Orchestral Leader
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Orchestrator
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Orchestral Contractor
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Re-recorded Music Produced by
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Scoring Engineer
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Sound Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Digital Sound Adviser
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Digital Sound Editor
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Animal Co-ordinator
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Animal Co-ordinator (London)
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Unit Publicist
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Public Relations
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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