12:01 (1993) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers (WGA):

Richard Lupoff (short story 12:01 P.M.)
Jonathan Heap (television story)

Release Date:

5 July 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Every day at a minute past midnight the sci-fi adventure begins... again.

Plot:

Barry Thomas is the average office worker. He becomes attracted to Lisa Fredericks who works in the same company...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Time Loop | Experiment Gone Wrong | Repeated Event | Repetition

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jonathan Silverman	...	Barry Thomas
Helen Slater	...	Lisa Fredericks
Nicolas Surovy	...	Robert Denk
Robin Bartlett	...	Anne Jackson
Jeremy Piven	...	Howard Richter
Constance Marie	...	Joan Zevo
Glenn Morshower	...	Detective Cryers
Martin Landau	...	Dr. Thadius Moxley
Paxton Whitehead	...	Dr. Tiberius Scott
Cheryl Anderson	...	Supervisor
Giuseppe Andrews	...	Kyle (as Joey Andrews)
Frank Collison	...	Thin Assassin
Ed Crick	...	Detective
Jonathan Emerson	...	Ted Fallow
Drew Gehl	...	Night Guard

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Iceland:12 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | USA:PG-13 | UK:15

Company:

Chanticleer Films

Trivia:

When Barry checks the department directory to find Lisa's office number, three of the first four names listed are members of the film's Art Department crew: lead person Gene Bishop, on-set dresser David S. Bridson, and assistant property master Ashley Davies.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: About 27 minutes into the movie, we see a shot of a newspaper article bearing the headline "TIME BOUNCE THEORY POSSIBLE THREAT", sub-headed "Scientists Predict Experiment Could Cause Time to Repeat". The shot is clear enough that we can clearly read the main article text, which has nothing whatsoever to do with the headers or with anything happening in the movie. The article text simply consists of the following bit of text repeated over and over again: "For a new practice complete a documentary on Los Angeles dance pioneer Lester Horton, one of his former company members is searching for archival footage as well as presenting a dance performance as a fund-raising benefit. As the new times"

Quotes:

[Lisa and Barry hide from the gunmen after one of them shot Howard.]
Lisa Fredericks: I'm sorry about your friend, Barry. I know you cared about him.
Barry Thomas: That's funny. He said the same thing to me when you were killed.

Movie Connections:

Remake of 12:01 PM (1990)

Soundtrack:

FAMILY

Unbelievable!

Many years ago I watched this film and it is absolutely true - to this day I have never forgotten it. It was one late night sat up with my older brother, I must have been about 11 yrs old!!I can't believe that I'm not the only one who feels this way, but why the film has always stayed with me I just don't know. I forgot the title for a while and asked my brother one day a few years ago if he remembered the film- he did and I have always tried to find it! Now like-minded people have helped in me remembering the film clearly. I will continue my search now to own a copy as I now know it is available on DVD. I have seen Groundog Day also but don't ask me if I remember it- because I don't!