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Joseph Melito is an actor of mixed Italian and Irish descent who was born in a snowstorm. He played young Cole in Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys and Billy in M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake.
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Joseph Melito. Actor: 12 Monkeys. Joseph was born in the middle of a snowstorm to Joseph and Linda Melito. Joseph is of mixed Italian, and Irish background. He never wanted to act but fell into it almost accidentally. When he was ten casting director Mike Lemon picked him out of thousands of Philadelphia actors during an open call to play the ...
Joseph Melito as young James Cole; Madeleine Stowe as Dr. Kathryn Railly; Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines; Christopher Plummer as Dr. Leland Goines; David Morse as Dr. Peters; Jon Seda as Jose; Christopher Meloni as Lt. Halperin; Frank Gorshin as Dr. Fletcher; Vernon Campbell as Tiny; Lisa Gay Hamilton as Teddy; Bob Adrian as Geologist; Simon Jones ...
- Terry Gilliam cast the young Cole through open call auditions. Young Cole, though his appearances are brief, was reportedly cast through extensive open call auditions in Philadelphia.
- The giant television ball was a nightmare to operate. Early on in the movie, prisoner James Cole is interrogated by scientists for an “advanced program… an opportunity to reduce [his] sentence considerably.”
- 12 Monkeys is based on a short French film – which Gilliam had never seen. The bizarre tale of 12 Monkeys was originally created by executive producer Robert Kosberg, who had recently enjoyed watching a short 1962 French film entitled La Jetée (The Jetty).
- The movie’s title comes from a Frank L Baum novel. According to the book Terry Gilliam by Peter Marks, the title 12 Monkeys comes from the Frank L Baum novel The Magic of Oz.
Twelve Monkeys. A convict from the future goes back to the late twentieth century to discover the source of a deadly plague that has claimed millions of lives. 6,939 IMDb 8.0 2 h 9 min 1996. X-Ray R. Science Fiction · Suspense · Cerebral · Dark. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $4.19. Buy movie. HD $14.69 $4.99. More purchase. options.
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