12:01 Page #2

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
163 Views


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.

WHO ARE YOU?

ARE YOU AUTHORIZED

TO BE BACK HERE?

IT'S O.K. COME IN AND SHUT THE DOOR.

I'LL JUST COME IN

AND SHUT THE DOOR.

I WAS JUST TAKING CARE

OF DR. MOXLEY,

HELPING OU WITH ONE OF--HEY!

I HAVE A GERANIUM

PLANT AT HOME.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

NOTHING. I WAS JUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

SO I THOUGH I'D SAY HELLO.

HELLO.

YOU CAME BACK IN THE

MIDDLE OF A RESTRICTED AREA

TO FLIRT WITH ME?

IS THIS...A BAD TIME?

WE SPOKE FOR 10 SECONDS

ON A FOOD LINE.

THAT GIVES YOU THE

RIGHT TO COME HIT ON ME?

NO. NO. NO--

I DON'T CONSIDER PLAYFUL BANTER

OVER STEAMING STRING BEANS

GROUNDS FOR ROMANTIC

TRYSTS, SEXUAL ADVANCES,

OR EVEN--CAN YOU GET OU FROM BEHIND THERE?

EVEN A LONG-DISTANCE

FRIENDSHIP.

IT WAS GREA SEEING YOU, TOO.

I'M SORRY. TIMING'S EVERYTHING,

AND THIS JUST ISN'T THE TIME.

IT'S NOT THE TIME,

RIGHT? IT'S NOT THE TIME.

[DOOR SLAMS]

HOW'D IT GO?

OH, GOOD, THANKS. I'LL BE

ALONE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

THANKS, PAL.

DRINKS TONIGHT?

YES, HOWARD. LET'S JUS DRINK OUR LIVES AWAY,

SHALL WE?

O.K.

OHHH...

BARRY, WHAT'S UP?

YOU WITH ME? LET'S DO IT!

COMING.

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