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12:01 PM

  • 1990
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.6K
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12:01 PM (1990)
Sci-FiShortThriller

Myron Castleman is stuck reliving the same 59 minutes of his lunch break.Myron Castleman is stuck reliving the same 59 minutes of his lunch break.Myron Castleman is stuck reliving the same 59 minutes of his lunch break.

  • Director
    • Jonathan Heap
  • Writers
    • Stephen Tolkin
    • Jonathan Heap
    • Richard Lupoff
  • Stars
    • Jane Alden
    • Don Amendolia
    • John Bachelder
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jonathan Heap
    • Writers
      • Stephen Tolkin
      • Jonathan Heap
      • Richard Lupoff
    • Stars
      • Jane Alden
      • Don Amendolia
      • John Bachelder
    • 26User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Jane Alden
    • Stephanie
    Don Amendolia
    Don Amendolia
    • Professor Nathan Rosenbluth
    John Bachelder
    • Blazer Driver
    Laura Harrington
    Laura Harrington
    • Dolores Park
    Philip Morton
    • Walking Man #1
    Mark Neely
    Mark Neely
    • Bum
    Tom Reed
    • Walking Man #2
    Kurtwood Smith
    Kurtwood Smith
    • Myron Castleman
    Bill Squier
    • Man in Hat
    Ric Stoneback
    Ric Stoneback
    • Man on Bench
    • (as a different name)
    Robert M. Taub
    • Jr. Executive #1
    Rick Ford
    Rick Ford
    • Jr. Executive #2
    • (as F. Richards Ford)
    Kirk R. Thatcher
    Kirk R. Thatcher
    • Newstand Man
    • (as Kirk Thatcher)
    Caroline Sposto
    • Newstand Woman
    • (as Carol Zarlengo)
    Joe Casino
    • Man in Park
    • (uncredited)
    Helen Kelly
    • Woman Reading Magazine
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Lupoff
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    • Director
      • Jonathan Heap
    • Writers
      • Stephen Tolkin
      • Jonathan Heap
      • Richard Lupoff
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    Infofreak

    Superb science fiction short.

    The little-seen '12.01' is a real gem, and displays the beauty of short films. Just the right length to explore the intriguing premise without over staying its welcome. I wish more feature length movies showed the subtlety and invention of this one!

    Kurtwood Smith (Verhoeven's classic 'Robocop', and Jennifer Lynch's absolute stinker 'Boxing Helena') has never been better as a meek office worker who finds that the world is caught in a time loop, and that he is the only person conscious of the fact. Smith is utterly believable as the bewildered and desperate man who frantically searches for some kind of explanation/solution for his extraordinary situation.

    A classic of its kind. Try and see it!
    mhargreaves

    A fantastic time loop movie

    Following the main character through his trials and investigations you really get a feeling of the horror and turmoil the simple every man is going through.

    I also came away from this film with the quote "Consciousness is an independent variable".

    Of the two 12:01 movies I consider this the more impressive. As other reviewers have mentioned the film focuses on a 59 minute loop, and shows that if you only have one hour to live over and over again then you can't achieve very much.

    If you've seen Groundhog day and seriously got into the time loop, wanting to know more about why the main character was stuck then this movie might appeal as you here some science.
    gialscmc

    A true tragedy

    This is a thirty minute film I saw years ago on Showtime. It was part of some kind of short film series hosted by Rob Reiner. This was the best of the three. It involved a man who is doomed to inhabit the same hour over and over. When we first see Myron Castleman he's standing in an intersection. He goes to the park to eat his lunch. He goes back to the office. Then Bam! He's standing in the intersection again. He tries to change things within the hour. But an hour isn't enough time; so he always ends up at that intersection. At some point he realizes that he may be able to do something. At this point everything takes on a frenzied urgency. Myron must race against the clock to find a way out. Kurtwood Smith plays Myron with so much depth and emotion. I can't imagine any one doing a better job. I'm glad I taped this; I've seen it several times. It is a haunting film; a minor classic.
    simonstudios

    A Real Corker

    This was a corker of a short SF film - highly intelligent writing, and loads better than Heap's full length remake a few years later - which had an unnecessary happy ending - and tons better than the (undeservedly) better known Groundhog Day.

    Last seen on Channel 4 in the UK about 12 years ago, and never commercially released, as far as I can tell ... if anyone's got this on video please get in touch - maybe we can trade. Cheers
    8ackstasis

    Like a needle on a record player

    Imagine that, for some inexplicable reason, the entire Universe has been set to a continuous time loop. As soon as the specified time is over, everything in the Universe is reversed back to where it was, the loop restarts, and nobody even realises that this is happening over and over and over again… except for you. If, in your mind's eye, you've already formulated a mental image of a frustrated-looking Bill Murray and a cute little groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil, then you can be forgiven for the oversight. I am not referring to the hit 1993 film 'Groundhog Day,' but to a fascinating short film from three years earlier entitled '12:01 PM.'

    '12:01 PM' is based on a short story of the same name, written by Richard A. Lupoff and published in the December 1973 edition of 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.' The film stars Kurtwood Smith as Myron Castleman, a meek office worker who finds himself stuck in the aforementioned predicament. However, unlike Bill Murray, Myron is only afforded 59 minutes at a time before the inevitable loop repeats itself. Desperate to uncover an explanation for the maddening phenomenon, he eventually seeks the help of a physicist, Prof. Nathan Rosenbluth (Don Amendolia), who had predicted the "time bounce."

    Stunningly acted by Smith, and astoundingly clever and original in its execution, '12:01 PM' is an intriguing science-fiction short, sometimes funny and sometimes terrifying. In 1993, it was remade as a feature-length television movie (called '12:01'), starring Jonathan Silverman and Jeremy Piven. 'Groundhog Day' was also released that same year, and it could be argued that Harold Ramis and his team stole the film's general concept, but Jonathon Heap and Richard A. Lupoff ultimately decided not to pursue legal action.

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    • Trivia
      The firm that Myron Castleman works for is Glamdring and Glamdring. "Glamdring" is the name of the sword that Gandalf used in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."
    • Goofs
      The main character was walking around and carrying his briefcase by its handle, so everything should fall to the bottom (the hinged side). But when he sits down and opens the briefcase on his lap, everything inside (like his sandwich and juice box and calculator) is neatly arranged without anything holding each item in place.
    • Connections
      Remade as 12h01 - prisonnier du temps (1993)

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    • Release date
      • August 19, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 12:01 дня
    • Production company
      • Chanticleer Films
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      • 25m
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