12:01 Page #6

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


FRONT ENTRANCE IN A HALF-HOUR.

O.K.

BIG DADDY,

THAT WAS GREAT.

HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

BARRY, I WANT YOU

IN MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.

RELAX, ANN. I'M QUITTING.

SOMETHING I SHOULD'VE

DONE A LONG TIME AGO.

NO, NO, NO, BARRY.

DR. MOXLEY JUST CALLED.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

WELL, WHAT FOR?

FOR STEALING CLASSIFIED

COMPUTER INFORMATION.

COME THIS WAY,

PLEASE.

HEY. HOWARD--

MARITAL STATUS.

SINGLE.

AND OCCUPATION.

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

JUST PUT DOWN:

UNEMPLOYED.

AT LEAST IT'S NO MURDER THIS TIME, RIGHT?

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

REALLY, YOU SHOULD

LEARN TO TYPE.

WE MAY BE DOING THIS

FOR YEARS.

WELL, I COULD ALWAYS

START AGAIN IN SIX HOURS.

HELLO. HOW ARE YOU?

THOMAS. YOU MADE BAIL.

YOU GUYS GO NOTHING ON ME.

IT'S A BUM BEEF.

HEY. THERE ARE

SECOND CHANCES.

YES, SIR.

THAT'LL BE FINE.

HOW DID YOU GET THE BAIL?

DON'T EVEN ASK

WHY I'M DOING THIS.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER.

YOU'RE NOT KILLED TODAY!

THAT'S GREAT NEWS!

BARRY, UM...

LOOK, WE...

YOU REALLY LIKE ME A LOT.

YOU JUST CAN' REMEMBER IT.

I'D LOVE TO STICK AROUND,

BUT THAT WOULD BE

A LIE.

BARRY, CALL ME WHEN

YOUR INSANITY CLEARS UP.

CLOSE THE DOOR.

GET IN.

I DON'T MEAN TO BE REALISTIC

ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING,

BUT SHOULDN'T WE CALL

A PROFESSIONAL:

TO TAKE CARE OF THIS?

HOWARD...LOOK, WE GOT TO

THINK OF SOMETHING.

HE'S GOING TO FIRE

THAT THING TONIGHT.

THE POLICE KEP THE COMPUTER DISK.

THEN THE POLICE WILL

TAKE CARE OF IT.

IT'S OUT OF

THEIR JURISDICTION,

AND WE DON'T HAVE

PROOF.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET BACK

INTO THAT BUILDING?

YEAH, I THINK SO.

YEAH.

THE ACCELERATOR NEEDS

A TWO-HOUR WARM-UP PERIOD

BEFORE IT CAN FIRE.

THAT MEANS HE'D START IT,

UH, IN THREE HOURS.

IF WE HAVE SECURITY TAPE THE LAB

THROUGH THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS,

WE COULD GET THE PROOF

WE NEED TO STOP THEM.

PAY THE LADY.

I DON'T HAVE

ANY MONEY.

WE HAD A LOT MORE FUN

LAST NIGHT.

WE DID?

WE TOOK A WALK:

IN THE WOODS,

WE SAT BY A FIRE.

WE SAT BY A FIRE?

YEAH.

ARE YOU SAYING:

THAT YOU--THAT WE--

I MEAN,

DID YOU GET LUCKY?

OH, MY GOD,

YOU GOT LUCKY.

YOU GOT LUCKY, TOO.

IT WASN'T JUST ME.

THIS IS SO STRANGE.

I KNOW, BUT IT WAS

ALSO TREMENDOUS.

THE EARTH MOVED.

OHH!

WANT TO STEP:

IN THE ALLEY, PLEASE?

LET'S GO. YOU, TOO.

MOVE.

OVER THERE.

THESE ARE THE GUYS THA HAVE BEEN KILLING YOU.

WHERE ARE:

THE OTHER DISKS?

WHO ARE YOU?

SHUT UP.

WHY DON'T YOU

JUST LEAVE--

LISTEN:

TO THE QUESTION--

DID YOU MAKE:

ANY MORE DISKS?

I'M NOT REALLY

A PART OF THIS.

SHUT UP.

THERE'S NO REASON

TO HAVE ME HERE.

SHUT UP!

THERE ARE:

NO OTHER DISKS.

BARRY, TELL THEM I DON' HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

ANY INFORMATION I HAVE

WOULD BE USELESS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

OH, MY GOD!

HURRY UP!

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

HELP!

CHECK DOWN THERE.

I'm sorry about

your friend, Barry.

I know

you cared about him.

That's funny.

He said the same thing to me

when you were killed.

NOTHING.

WHAT?

I DIDN'T LEAVE

A LIGHT ON.

LISA...

THADIUS IS:

IN THAT HOUSE.

WHAT?

SORRY I WASN'T ABLE

TO TELL YOU THIS BEFORE,

BUT SIX MONTHS AGO,

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ASKED ME

TO HELP THEM INVESTIGATE THADIUS.

WHY ARE YOU:

INVESTIGATING THADIUS?

THEY SUSPECTED HE'D

BROKEN SAFETY REGULATIONS

TRYING TO GET THE ACCELERATOR

UP AND RUNNING ON BUDGET.

WHAT?

HE BROKE THOSE SEALS

TO STOP THE DISMANTLING.

MOXLEY BROKE:

THOSE SEALS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE HE MIGHT DO.

WE BETTER:

TALK TO HIM.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I'M GOING TO NEED YOU

AS MATERIAL WITNESSES.

SHALL WE?

O.K.

[DOOR OPENS]

THADIUS,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M SORRY, THADIUS.

IT'S OVER.

THANK GOD, LISA,

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

THADIUS.

ROBERT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

FIRE THAT ACCELERATOR TONIGHT.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

YOUR NAME IS:

IN THE COMPUTERS

AUTHORIZING THE FIRING

SEQUENCE FOR TONIGHT.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

DR. MOXLEY,

WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE?

I'D HOPED TO FIND

ANOTHER DISK:

WITH THE PROOF:

AGAINST HIM.

HE CRASHED:

THE MAINFRAME COMPUTER

BEFORE I COULD:

RETRIEVE ANYTHING.

HE'S LYING.

WHO WERE YOU WAITING FOR?

WHO WERE THOSE TWO MEN

IN THE TRUCK?

HELLO, TED?

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOUR MEN?

WHO ARE YOU:

TALKING TO?

DON'T MOVE!

I'M JUST, UH, TAKING OFF

MY COAT, O.K.?

[GUNSHOT]

THANK GOD YOU MADE

THE RIGHT CHOICE.

HE SET ME UP.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

THE ACCELERATOR IS GOING TO

BE A $50 BILLION INDUSTRY

IN FIVE YEARS.

HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU!

THADIUS, YOU SAID--

I SAID WHAT I HAD TO.

SOMETIMES YOU DO WHAT'S

WRONG TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

NO!

OH!

I TRULY AM SORRY.

THE TIME IS 7:
35.

PLEASE WAKE UP.

YOU BASTARD.

WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU?

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

YOU SHOT HER AND HIM--

AND ME IN COLD BLOOD!

THAT'S IT, PAL.

YOU'RE FINISHED.

NO MORE HAMSTER WHEEL

FOR ME, YOU SLIMY...

[HONKING]

OHH!

THE TIME IS 7:
35.

PLEASE WAKE UP.

[BEEP BEEP]

PLEASE WAKE--

THIS 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--

[RING]

[RING]

HI, MOM.

NO, WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN

IN A WHILE.

YES, I HAVE MET A GIRL.

I JUST DON'T THINK

IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.

TELL ME, MOM. WHAT?

WHAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS?

YEAH? ALL THAT MATTERS

IS HOW IT FEELS?

IT DOES.

IT...IT FEELS RIGHT.

YEAH, YOU SAID IT.

NOTHING GOOD COMES EASY.

MOM, I'M--I'M RUNNING LATE,

BUT I PROMISE:

I'LL CALL YOU LATER, O.K.?

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

BYE, MOM.

YOU'RE PATHETIC.

THAT'S NOT HOW

YOU THROW THE BALL.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT.

THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

NOT SUCH A BAD GUY

WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW YOU.

WHAT THE HELL:

ARE YOU DOING?

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

YOU'RE HELPING THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT CATCH MOXLEY.

I WANT TO BLOW HIM

OUT OF THE WATER.

YOU WANT TO HELP?

MORNING.

MORNING.

COME IN.

ROBERT, WHAT IS THIS?

I'VE GOT A REPORT.

YOU, UH...

YOU BETTER SIT DOWN.

BARRY HERE HAS:

SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.

THE TIME BOUNCE:

HAS HAPPENED.

EXCUSE ME?

THE TIME BOUNCE.

WE'RE IN IT.

THE EARTH HAS STOPPED

AS WE KNOW IT.

CHILDREN DON'T GROW UP,

PEOPLE DON'T STAY DEAD,

WE'LL NEVER HAVE

ANOTHER HOLIDAY,

AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE

ANOTHER FLOWER BLOOM.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

AND I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE

WITH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY,

AND, SO FAR, I COULD ONLY

SEE HER FOR A FEW HOURS,

AND IT BREAKS MY HEAR

TO MEET HER EVERY MORNING

A STRANGER.

SEE, I WANT HER EVERY DAY.

I WANT HER:

TO GROW OLD WITH ME.

THAT'S WHY LIFE

IS SO PRECIOUS--

BECAUSE TIME PASSES.

WHO IS THIS...

WHO'S THIS GIRL?

OYSTERS.

GREEN.

THE CARPENTERS...

FLY TO HEAVEN.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

WE PLAY THE DAY:

AS NORMAL.

WHEN HE GOES TO WARM UP

THE ACCELERATOR TONIGHT,

I'LL CALL FOR BACKUP,

YOU TWO WILL BE OUT.

IF I WAKE UP TOMORROW, AND

IT'S TODAY, I'LL KILL MYSELF.

LOOK WHO DECIDED

TO SHOW UP.

I AM ROBERT DENK.

THIS IS DR. FREDERICKS.

I KNEW THAT.

WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS--

WE NEED MORE MEN

LIKE BARRY.

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