12:01

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Jack Sholder
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
1993
92 min
175 Views


[BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP]

[BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP]

THE TIME IS 7:
35.

PLEASE WAKE UP.

[BEEP BEEP BEEP]

WAKE UP. WAKE UP.

[BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ]

LAZY BOY,

PLEASE WAKE UP.

PLEASE WAKE UP.

[BEEP BEEP]

UNH!

LAZY BOY.

LAZY BOY.

LAZY BOY.

[CLICK]

...CUTTING EDGE PROJEC

BY RESEARCHERS:

IN PARTICLE PHYSICS

HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY

GOVERNMENT ORDER. HOSEA?

MARY, BIG NEWS

AT UTREL CORPORATION.

RESEARCHERS HERE WORKING

ON PARTICLE PHYSICS

BELIEVE THEY'VE

DISCOVERED A WAY

TO ACCELERATE:

A SUBATOMIC PARTICLE

FASTER THAN:

THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

THEY'RE USING

A GROUNDBREAKING DEVICE

CALLED A SUPERACCELERATOR.

BUT PUBLIC OUTCRY

HAS BEEN SO GREAT,

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY FINALLY

ORDERED A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN

OF THE PROJECT.

THIS TOOL WILL HELP US

TO FINALLY DEFINE THE

NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE

AND HARNESS ITS ENERGY.

IMAGINE A FACILITY

THIS SIZE:

POWERING HALF THE STATE

OF CALIFOR--

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HELLO!

HI...MOM. I'M LATE.

HOW ARE YOU?

YEAH, I--I KNOW.

I KNOW WE HAVEN' TALKED IN A WHILE...

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING

TO ASK ME IF I'M DATING.

YES, MOM. I'M DATING.

A LOT OF:

REALLY NICE GIRLS.

I CAN'T EVEN KEEP TRACK

OF THEIR NAMES.

YOU WANT TO KNOW

ONE OF THEIR NAMES?

UH...

BRIL...

LETTE.

BRILLETTE. YES.

SHE'S FRENCH.

SHE'S SMALL,

BUT SHE'S WIRY.

SHE LOVES TO CLEAN UP

AROUND THE KITCHEN.

MOM...LOOK.

I'M REALLY L--

BUT, MOM, MOM,

MOM, MOM...

I WILL CALL YOU LATER.

I PROMISE. GOODBYE.

PATHETIC. THAT'S NO HOW YOU THROW THE BALL.

WHAT'S WRONG

WITH YOU?

GOOD MORNING, KYLE.

HOW YOU DOING?

ANY WORK?

WHAT DO YOU SAY WE ALL

CLEAN UP THE PLANET TOGETHER?

CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF.

[TIRES SCREECH]

WHOA!

BE CAREFUL. I DON'T WAN TO SEE YOU GET RUN OVER.

UP YOURS, MY MAN.

NICE.

NICE.

THAT MAY VERY WELL BE

OUR PRESIDENT SOMEDAY.

OH, MAN.

[HORN HONKS]

[TIRES SCREECH]

[CRASH]

WHERE ARE:

THE QUARTERLIES?

JACKSON'S READY TO CUT YOUR THROAT.

GOOD, THANKS.

HOW ARE YOU?

TED, DO YOU REALIZE YOUR HAIR

SPRAY MAY BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE OZONE HOLE?

JACK.

HOW'S IT GO?

YOU KNOW...IT'S

BEEN A BAD MORNING--

OH! OH! JACK!

OH, JACK,

I'M SO SORRY.

THANKS:

FOR THE COFFEE.

ROOK TO QUEEN'S BISHOP.

WELL, LOOK WHO DECIDED TO SHOW UP.

ANN, I'M SORRY

I'M LATE.

I'M DOING YOU A FAVOR,

KEEPING YOU ON:

WITH A WORK PERFORMANCE

LIKE YOURS.

SO FINISH THE PERSONNEL REPORTS,

COMPLETE THE MONTHLY BILLING,

AND CLEAN UP THE DESK

BY QUITTING TIME.

YOU KNOW,

I WAS WORKING ON--

IF YOU WANTED TO SHOW UP

ON TIME, YOU WOULD, RIGHT?

THERE WAS:

A CAR ACCIDENT.

BARRY, BARRY, BARRY, I

DON'T WANT TO FIGHT WITH YOU

OR BE YOUR FRIEND EITHER,

SO DO THE WORK, HMM?

I'D HATE

TO KICK YOU OUT.

YOU'RE ONE

OF THE CUTE ONES.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAD SEX ONCE IN 1983,

BUT SHE DIDN' LIKE IT.

WHAT DID WE DO:

LAST NIGHT?

I WOKE UP TASTING

PAVEMENT IN MY MOUTH.

WELL, WE DRANK,

AND YOU LEFT.

THEN I PICKED UP

THE BLONDE.

NO, YOU DID NOT. SHE

WASN'T INTERESTED IN YOU.

YOU LEFT, SHE GOT INTERESTED, O.K.?

YOU OWE ME 20 BUCKS

FOR YOUR DRINKS.

HERE. FILING

SYSTEM UPDATE.

AAH!

IT'S A SHOCKING

COMPUTER DISK.

PRESS THAT, AND WITHIN

THREE SECONDS IT SHOCKS YOU.

CURE FOR THE COMMON

HANGOVER. IS IT WORKING?

ARE YOUR PARENTS

RELATED?

NO.

NO? WELL,

I THINK THEY...

ARE.

MORNING, LISA.

MORNING.

OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE, MAN.

DID YOU READ THE PROFILE?

Ph.D. AT 25. THE CHICK'S

GOT NO SOCIAL LIFE.

LOOK AT THAT. SHE DOESN' EVEN SMOKE. HE KNOWS THAT.

HE'S OFFERED HER A CIGARETTE

BEFORE. WHAT A JERK.

LOOK. WHENEVER

SHE'S NERVOUS,

SHE BRUSHES HER HAIR

BACK OVER HER RIGHT EAR.

YOU SEE THAT? RIGHT OVER THE RIGHT EAR.

THIS HAS GONE ON FOR SIX

MONTHS. GO TALK TO HER.

WHAT, AND SPOIL

OUR RELATIONSHIP? NO.

RIGHT. YOUR PEEPING TOM THING

IS REALLY MUCH HEALTHIER.

TIME TO LEAVE:

MY CUBICLE.

IF I HAD A DOOR,

I'D OPEN IT.

EXCUSE ME.

BARRY THOMAS?

YES, BUT YOU PROBABLY

WANT TO SPEAK TO MY BOSS.

I'M JUS A SMALL GNAT--

YOU SIGNED THIS.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

DR. MOXLEY,

YOU LOOK GREAT ON TV.

ANN JACKSON,

HEAD OF PERSONNEL.

TWO OF MY ASSISTANTS

HAVE BEEN REMOVED

BY SOME PAPERWORK

MR. THOMAS SIGNED.

I'VE ALREADY SENT TWO MEMOS

TO HIM REGARDING THE SUBJEC

AND GOTTEN NO RESPONSE.

I DIDN' GET THOSE.

LET ME HELP YOU:

PERSONALLY, DOCTOR.

COME INTO MY OFFICE--

THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY, MISS JACKSON.

JUST PUT THEM BACK

IN THE SYSTEM.

LOIS HOPE,

THOMAS PLUME.

DONE.

MISS JACKSON,

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.

JUST CORRECT IT.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

GOOD DAY.

GOOD DAY.

ANN, WE--

YOU MADE ME LOOK

LIKE AN IDIOT!

YOU'RE OFF OF

TECHNICAL STAFF. OFF.

YOU'LL TAKE AND FILE

RSUMS, AND THAT'S IT.

HOWARD IS NOW IN CHARGE

OF TECHNICAL STAFF!

YOU--YOU BOUNCED THE HEAD

OF THE PROGRAM' ASSISTANTS!

I--I--ONE MORE.

ONE MORE SLIP-UP,

AND YOU'RE BOUNCED,

YOU GOT IT?

YEAH.

GOOD DAY.

RATTLED!

THE WHOLE OFFICE,

RATTLED!

YOU SLOW DOWN THE WORK, AND

WE ALL SUFFER YOU KNOW THAT.

LET'S HUG.

JUST ONCE.

IT'LL BREAK

THE TENSION.

JUST SLOP ME ON:

SOME OF THAT MACARONI.

YES, SIR.

OH...

THAT IS JUS TERRIFYING.

EXCUSE ME?

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YOU DON'T SMOKE.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

I'D OFFER YOU A CIGARETTE,

BUT YOU DON'T SMOKE,

SO WHY BOTHER EVEN?

RICO, SOME STRING BEANS,

PLEASE.

I DON'T SMOKE

EITHER.

AND SOME RICE, TOO.

SO EVEN IF:

YOU DID SMOKE,

I COULDN'T OFFER YOU A

CIGARETTE. I JUST DON'T SMOKE,

SO SORRY:

TO BOTHER YOU.

WHERE ARE YOU:

USUALLY LOCKED UP?

OH, I'M JUST AN EXPERIMEN GONE HORRIBLY AWRY

IN THE PERSONNEL

DEPARTMENT.

I SEE.

I'M LISA FREDERICKS.

I'M BARRY THOMAS.

WHAT IS I THAT YOU DO?

OH...NOTHING. I JUS SORT OF BOOST MORALE

IN BETWEEN THREATS

OF BEING FIRED.

AH. WELL, YOU SEEM

TO HAVE A MIND.

THAT DOESN'T USUALLY

FIT IN THE SYSTEM.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

NICE MEETING:

YOU, TOO.

BYE-BYE.

GOODBYE.

AND GOOD LUCK.

I'M NOT SHIPPING

OFF THE CONTINENT.

I'M JUS HAVING LUNCH.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

OHHH...

SO, UH, SHE LIKES ME...

A LOT.

WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?

I'D SAY YOU AND AN ICE CREAM

HEADACHE ARE NECK AND NECK.

DO I ALWAYS SOUND

LIKE SUCH AN IDIOT,

OR DO I SAVE IT FOR

THOSE I WANT TO IMPRESS?

YOU'RE THINKING WRONG. WHAT IF

THE ICE QUEEN THING'S AN ACT,

A DEFENSE?

O.K.

WHAT IF SHE'S

THE LONELY ONE?

HUH? SHE'D BE THANKFUL

TO THE FIRST GUY THAT CAME

OVER TO HER AND SAID ANYTHING.

[BEEP BEEP]

I KNOW THESE THINGS,

MAN.

I PICKED UP A BLONDE

LAST NIGHT, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

UM, RIGHT.

SHE'S DYING

TO BE TALKED TO.

I GOT AN AIR CONDITIONING

REPAIR FOR...DR. SPECTER?

SURE.

UH...AHEM.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

YES?

BARRY THOMAS. I'M HERE

TO SEE DR. FREDERICKS.

THERE'S A SLIGHT PROBLEM

IN PERSONNEL.

YOU GOING TO ERASE HER

FROM THE COMPUTER, TOO?

IT'S REGARDING

HER PAYCHECK.

WE'RE UPDATING

OUR FILING SYSTEM,

AND I HAVE TO VERIFY SOME PERSONAL

INFORMATION, MISS..."ZEBO."

OTHERWISE, HER CHECK

MAY BE DELAYED.

WELL, THAT'S THE TYPE OF CONFUSION

WE ALWAYS EXPEC FROM PERSONNEL.

THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU DON'T SEEM TO

BE DOING VERY WELL TODAY!

[INDISTINCT]

GET OU OF MY OFFICE!

NOW!

GOODBYE.

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