12:01 (1993) (TV)

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers (WGA):

Richard Lupoff (short story 12:01 P.M.)
Jonathan Heap (television story)
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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 | Alternative Timeline | Dying Repeatedly | Prank

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
Mary Hale	...	Anchorwoman
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Jack Spays
Will Leskin	...	Guard on Walkie Talkie
Eric Mansker	...	Heavy Assassin
Mark Phelan	...	Science Wing Guard
Hosea Sanders	...	Newscaster
Ann Shea	...	Annette
Lara Steinick	...	Woman on Street
Danny Trejo	...	Prisoner
Jim Turner	...	Unemployed Dad
Ray Victor	...	Renaldo, the Flower Vendor
F.X. Vitolo	...	Utility Worker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Brigham	...	Paper Boy

Directed by
Jack Sholder

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard Lupoff		(short story 12:01 P.M.)
Jonathan Heap		(television story)
Philip Morton		(teleplay)

Produced by
Bob Degus	....	producer
Sasha Emerson	....	executive producer
Jonathan Heap	....	producer
Cindy Lovelady	....	producer (as Cindy Hornickel)
Sergio Martinez	....	associate producer
Jana Sue Memel	....	executive producer
Aaron Meyerson	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Peter Rodgers Melnick

Cinematography by
Anghel Decca

Film Editing by
Michael N. Knue

Casting by
Leslee Dennis

Production Design by
Michael Novotny

Art Direction by
Kristian D. Bast

Set Decoration by
Anthony Stabley

Costume Design by
Cynthia Bergstrom

Makeup Department
Kerry Mendenhall	....	hair stylist
Anne P. Turk	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Evan Edelist	....	post-production supervisor
Joe Fineman	....	executive in charge of production
Bruce Golin	....	post-production supervisor
Rick Reynolds	....	post-production supervisor
Jonathan Sanger	....	unit production manager (as J. Sanger)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Druxman	....	additional second assistant director
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	first assistant director
John Wildermuth	....	second assistant director (as John Wildermuth Jr.)

Art Department
Sabina C. Alvarez	....	art department production assistant
Gene Bishop	....	lead person
David S. Bridson	....	on-set dresser (as D.S. Bridson)
Erik F. Brown	....	additional set dresser
Ashley Davies	....	assistant property master
Joseph W. Grafmuller	....	swing gang (as Joseph Grafmuller)
Jay Lang	....	swing gang art department
Ed Martin II	....	swing gang art department
Richard Paul Pond	....	swing gang art department
Steven Schalk	....	property master
Thom Schillinger	....	illustrator
Warren Sewell	....	swing gang
João M.F. Stefanon	....	assistant art director
Phil Tubach	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Ricardo Broadus	....	sound effects editor
Jim Brookshire	....	dialogue editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound effects editor
Marc Fishman	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Ganary	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Gedemer	....	sound effects editor
Brian Geer	....	foley mixer
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Linda Perry	....	boom operator
Paul Rodriguez	....	director of sound services
Tony Sereno	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cathie Speakman	....	dialogue editor
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pat Toma	....	sound mixer
Jeff Vaughn	....	adr mixer

Special Effects by
David Domeyer	....	special effects assistant
G. Bruno Stempel	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Christine Anne Baur	....	stunts (as Christine Baur)
Lance Gilbert	....	stunts
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts
Tim Gilbert	....	stunt coordinator
Heidi Ho	....	stunts
Chuck Hosack	....	stunts
Al Jones	....	stunts (as Alton Leo Jones)
Robert Keller	....	stunts (as Robert Alan Keller)
Ric Roman Waugh	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Nickolas Anderson	....	best boy
Jerry Antonetti	....	grip
Bonnie S. Blake	....	first assistant camera
G. Smokey Campbell	....	electrician
Roland Cañamar	....	electrician
Matthew J. Curry	....	additional camera operator
Jeffrey Douglas	....	grip
Jess Draper	....	second assistant camera
Dejon Ellis	....	electrician
David Emmerichs	....	Steadicam operator
Wayne I. Eulert	....	grip
Bob Gorelick	....	camera operator
Jeff Graham	....	second assistant camera
Keoki Ho	....	camera loader
Bob Ivanjack	....	dolly grip
David Luckenbach	....	additional camera operator
Andre Martinez	....	first assistant camera
Terence M. McGuire	....	video assistant
Jeffrey C. Mygatt	....	gaffer
John C. Nadeau	....	electrician
Mark 'Guns' Navarette	....	grip
Alan Parr	....	grip (as Al Parr)
Butch Pierson	....	first assistant camera
Marc Polanski	....	grip
Eugene Rivera	....	electrician
Robert A. Saliamonas	....	assistant camera
Brett Santucci	....	electrician
Edwin Schiernecker	....	grip
Scott E. Steele	....	additional camera operator
Bruce Swift	....	key grip
Andy Sydney	....	first assistant camera
J. Wesley Tillman	....	electrician
Konstantin von Krusenstiern	....	second assistant camera
Doug Weinmann	....	grip (as Douglas A. Weinmann)
James D. Wickman	....	best boy grip
Peter K. Wilson	....	assistant camera
Kimberly Wright	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Alyssa Weisberg	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lori DeLapp	....	costumer (as Lori McClellen)
Janet Sobel	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Edward R. Abroms	....	assistant editor
Lynn Hobson	....	post-production coordinator
Mato	....	color timer

Music Department
Carol Sue Humphrey	....	music editor
Michael Stone	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
J. Wesley Adams	....	driver (as Wes Adams)
Rod Bearden	....	driver
Charley Bob Burnham	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Dargie	....	driver
Max Delgado	....	driver
Frank Gallardo	....	driver
Donald B. Martin	....	driver: honeywagon
Charles Montgomery	....	driver
Nelson O. Noguera	....	driver
Corey Pickerill	....	driver
Genaro Rodriguez	....	driver
Kurt Schmiederer	....	driver
William Mark Spencer	....	driver
Steve Vaughn	....	driver
Daniel R. Suhart	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Harriotte H. Aaron	....	script supervisor
Jeremy Arnold	....	assistant: Jack Sholder
Holly Balbinder	....	assistant: Robert Degus
John V. Barrile	....	office production assistant
Joseph Bauer	....	studio teacher
Joseph L. Beck	....	LAPD motor officer
Don Brewton	....	police motor officer
Mary Carol Bulger	....	production coordinator
Cheryl Cain	....	assistant production coordinator
Bradley A. Carlson	....	production assistant
Nancy Carradine	....	craft service
Jon Davidson	....	production accountant
Heather Griffith	....	assistant location manager
Heather M. Hart	....	contract administrator
John W. Hyde Jr.	....	production assistant
Steve Katleman	....	production attorney
Guy T. Koepp	....	production assistant
Will Leskin	....	assistant: Jana Memel
Kelly McCarthy	....	production assistant
Michael Mejia	....	production assistant
Nelson O. Noguera	....	chef
Olivia Patton	....	production assistant
Rachel E. Prentiss	....	assistant production accountant
Paul Prokop	....	production controller
Gary Robinson	....	set production assistant
Genaro Rodriguez	....	chef
Vicki Rogers	....	location manager
Phillip L. Rosen	....	production attorney
Tom Sartori	....	video mastering
Nina Seligman	....	production assistant (as Nina Reneé Seligman)
Charles Simmers	....	production assistant
Sonya Thompsen	....	contract administrator
Anne Yard	....	assistant: Sasha Emerson

Production Companies

• Chanticleer Films
• Fox West Pictures
• New Line Television

Distributors

• Connexion Film (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (1993) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Fox Video (USA) (VHS)
• New Line Cinema
• New Line Home Video (video)
• VMP (1994) (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Post Group, The

Other Companies

• Albert G. Ruben and Company  insurance
• Design Setters  set design/construction
• EFX Systems  post-production sound
• Foto-Tronics  video mastering
• Immediate Inc.  payroll services
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Pacific Title  film opticals
• The Keylite P.S.I. Group  grip equipment (as Keylite, PSI)
• Title House  titles

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Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

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

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:

Continuity: When the workers come to the facility in the morning (some when after 8am as he the main character was woken up at 7:35am) the sun is shining and their shadows are to the right. When they leave, and a clock shows it's past 6pm their shadows are still on the right.

Quotes:

[Lisa and Barry are just meeting, and he is badly fumbling the conversation]
Lisa Fredericks:[amused] Where are you usually locked up?
Barry Thomas:Oh, I'm just an experiment gone horribly awry in the Personnel Department.
Lisa Fredericks:I see. I'm Lisa Fredericks.
Barry Thomas:I'm Barry Thomas.
Lisa Fredericks:[not sure how to take him] What is it that you do?
Barry Thomas:Oh, nothing. I just sort of boost morale in between threats of being fired.
Lisa Fredericks:Ah. Well, you seem to have a mind. That doesn't usually fit in this system. Nice to meet you.
[She turns away dismissively]

Movie Connections:

Remake of 12:01 PM (1990)

Soundtrack:

BABY DON'T LEAVE

excellent!

Excellent film - better than groundhog day and other similar time loop stories. Well acted and easy to follow. Sometimes the TV films are the best ones as they don't have to pander to the masses. The writer managed to get inside the heads of the two main characters illustrating their good points and flaws, and showing how both changed in the process. Also lives out people's aspirations of trying to get things right given a 2nd or 3rd or 4th chance. Whereas films like The Butterfly Effect and Groundhog Day are very watchable, it seems much easier to identify with the more realistic characters in 1201. The time loops seem to be just right in length - their variability keeps the watcher interested. The ending was excellent and although predictable - it rounded off the story nicely.