12:01 PM (short film)

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Movie
Original title 12:01 PM
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1990
length 25 minutes
Rod
Director Jonathan Heap
script Stephen Tolkin
Jonathan Heap
production Teresa E. Kounin
music Stephen Melillo
camera Charlie Lieberman
cut Hubert de La Bouillerie
occupation

12:01 PM is an American short film directed by Jonathan Heap in 1990.

action

Myron Castleman has been trapped in a time warp for 40 days during his lunch break between 12:01 and 1 p.m. The lesson begins every time on a traffic island in midday traffic. He has spent the last few weeks going to the park and eating his lunch break and watching a young woman who paints. Every day he sees the man whose purchases fall out of the paper bag, observes businessmen who keep telling a joke and insult a beggar, and see a pigeon deface a newspaper reader's shirt. Now, for the first time, he dares to sit down next to the painter he does not know. He uses the lesson for small talk , she tells him that her name is Dolores and that she is a secretary, and shortly before the lesson is over he tells her about his time loop, which she only understands when he predicts some events around her. He hugs her desperately - the hour is over and he finds himself back on the traffic island.

Because Dolores doesn't recognize him, he leaves the park. At a newspaper stand he noticed an article in which Nobel Prize winner Professor Nathan Rosenbluth predicted a time warp. Myron rushes to work and asks the secretary Stephanie to call Prof. Rosenbluth. Her sluggish manner prevents Myron from talking to the scientist for longer. After another jump in time, Myron rushes to work, but he begins the conversation with Prof. Rosenbluth awkwardly, so that he hangs up. Myron spends the following leaps in time in the park and preventing all the awkwardness that happens to others. Yet his situation does not change, and with desperation his anger rises. Finally he lets Stephanie Prof. Rosenbluth call and ask for a personal meeting. Myron rushes over to him and explains that his theory of the time jump is correct, only his assumption that no one will notice the repetition is wrong. He can weave in some research aspects of Prof. Rosenbluth, through which the scientist realizes that Myron actually has to live in a time warp. To Myron's desperation, however, he cannot give him a way out of the time loop. Myron collapses, but then realizes that he is the only one who can consciously act and influence people within an hour, i.e. is god-like. He takes a guard's pistol and shoots himself mad. The time jump begins and Myron finds himself on the traffic island. He's depressed.

production

12:01 PM is based on the short story 12:01 PM by Richard Lupoff . Susan Camusi created the costumes and Alex Hajdu created the film . Lupoff himself has a cameo in the film . The film was released in 1990; in 1993, the film was remake called 12:01 . Lupoffs story was also less than Groundhog Day filmed. Lupoff sued the makers for plagiarism, but broke off the lawsuit after six months.

Awards

12:01 PM was nominated for an Oscar in 1991 for Best Short Film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b SF Recollections by Richard Lupoff . In: fanac.org/timebinders ( SF Recollections by Richard Lupoff ( Memento November 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )).