THE DISCREPANCY // 101
The remembered difference is a number: some reports attach thirteen—or a thirteenth monkey—to the familiar title. The film catalogues say twelve. For a story already tangled with time and memory, one extra number can feel unusually at home.
THE TITLE ON THE SHELF
Picture the spine of the copy you first saw. Was the number written out or printed as digits? Was it a film, a television season or something else on the same shelf? Give that first encounter its own outline before the plot begins supplying details.
A STORY ABOUT RETURNING
The BFI’s programme notes identify Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film as Twelve Monkeys. Its story makes a natural setting for questions about what a remembered image can carry across time. This file follows the title, keeping the film and the later television series as separate references.
THE EXTRA ENTRY
Imagine a shelf of time-travel films where one title contains a number you cannot find on the catalogue card. Everything else about the cover feels right. Could the number be the smallest piece of a version that stayed with you? Write it first, then open the film record.
Source trail & editions
BFI — Twelve Monkeys programme notes ↗
Film title, director and 1995 production identification.
Community report — the extra monkey ↗
An index of the thirteen/thirteenth-title memory.