12:01

TV Movie
19931993
PG-13PG-13
1h 32min

12:01 (1993)

Everyone's talking about "Russian Doll"- is it a rip-off? An homage? Or is 'Groundhog Day' more than a movie, has it become a genre?

"Russian Doll": 'Groundhog Day' Riff or Rip-Off?

Comedy Sci-Fi Thriller

A man likes a woman at work. He sees her get murdered. He gets drunk and zapped at 12:01AM. Next morning she's back and everything is exactly like the day before. The time loops gives him chances to save her.A man likes a woman at work. He sees her get murdered. He gets drunk and zapped at 12:01AM. Next morning she's back and everything is exactly like the day before. The time loops gives him chances to save her.A man likes a woman at work. He sees her get murdered. He gets drunk and zapped at 12:01AM. Next morning she's back and everything is exactly like the day before. The time loops gives him chances to save her.A man likes a woman at work. He sees her get murdered. He gets drunk and zapped at 12:01AM. Next morning she's back and everything is exactly like the day before. The time loops gives him chances to save her.A man likes a woman at work. He sees her get murdered. He gets drunk and zapped at 12:01AM. Next morning she's back and everything is exactly like the day before. The time loops gives him chances to save her.

Director
- Jack Sholder
Writers
- Richard Lupoff(short story 12:01 P.M.)
- Jonathan Heap(television story)
- Philip Morton(teleplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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"Russian Doll": 'Groundhog Day' Riff or Rip-Off?

"Russian Doll": 'Groundhog Day' Riff or Rip-Off?

12:01 (1993)

12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater, Martin Landau, and Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater, Martin Landau, and Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater in 12:01 (1993)

Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Robin Bartlett and Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Jonathan Silverman and Jeremy Piven in 12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater and Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater and Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater and Jonathan Silverman in 12:01 (1993)

Helen Slater, Martin Landau, Jonathan Silverman, and Nicolas Surovy in 12:01 (1993)

Director
- Jack Sholder
Writers
- Richard Lupoff(short story 12:01 P.M.)
- Jonathan Heap(television story)
- Philip Morton(teleplay)
All cast & crew

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Barry Thomas is the average office worker. He becomes attracted to Lisa Fredericks who works in the same company. After work, Barry witnesses the murder of Lisa and goes to a bar to get drunk. Later that night, there is a storm and Barry gets a shock from a lamp's faulty power wire at exactly 12:01 am. The next morning, he realizes that everything is happening exactly as it did the previous day. The next morning the day is repeated again. It is now Barry's job--being the only person alive who is aware of this time loop--to stop the murder of Lisa, and stop the time loop or be caught in time forever. —Matt Houser <mhouser@io.org>

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Taglines
- Every day at a minute past midnight the sci-fi adventure begins... again.
Genres
Certificate
- PG-13
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

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
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
[Barry answers the phone in the midst of reading his notes about the forthcoming day's presumed events]
Barry Thomas: Mom, I'll call you back. The day's repeating.

Connections
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtracks
BABY DON'T LEAVE
Performed by William Peterkin
Written by Barbara L. Jordan, William Peterkin
Used by permission of Heavy Hitters & Wild About Music

Top review

8/10

12:01

Barry (Jonathan Silverman) gets caught in a time bounce through an experiment that goes wrong at the company he works for. He becomes the only one that has the power to change the fate of others around him.

Along the same lines as Groundhog Day. This movie was actually released before Groundhog Day from what I read. I really enjoyed this movie even though its quite a low budget movie. Jonathan Silverman and Helen Slater are great together. This movie is hard to get a hold off, I found a VHS copy at a video store for sale and snapped it up as its not for sale on DVD yet.

If you like sci-fi and time travel type movies, this is for you.

Happy Watching.

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thexfilez
Apr 25, 2005

Release date
- July 5, 1993 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Tid att dö...
Production companies
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Runtime
- 1h 32min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1

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