Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who can do anything about it, including saving the life of beautiful research assistant Lisa Fredericks.
Christine Anne Baur Al Jones Tim Gilbert Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack Mickey Gilbert Robert Keller Lance Gilbert Ric Roman Waugh
Pat Toma Marc Fishman Gregg Barbanell Vince Nicastro Ken Teaney Brian Geer Tony Sereno Harry Cohen Ricardo Broadus Scott Ganary Tim Gedemer
12.01, Mezzanotte e un minito, タイムアクセル 12:01, 12:01 - Un minuto dopo mezzanotte, 12 h 01, prisonnier du temps, 十二点零一分, Двенадцать ноль одна пополуночи, 12:01, testigo del tiempo, 12:01 - A kizökkent idő, Meia Noite e Um, 12시 01분, 12h01 - prisonnier du temps
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Another little sci-fi film I would've never heard of if it wasn’t for LB. It’s an adaptation of Richard Lupoff’s short film about a man who gets stuck in a time loop after being struck by lightning. Now he must find out how to get off all while saving the life of this workmate he’s in love with, who gets shot and killed every time.
Now, throughout the whole film, I kept thinking about how they did a good job tweaking and playing with the “Groundhog Day” premise, as often we tend to refer to movies dealing with time loops. However, the short story was actually written almost two decades prior. And not only that! Oh no, the plot actually…
A 1993 movie about a man who has a spectacularly bad day, makes a jackass of himself in front of a girl he likes, and then is stuck in a time loop reliving the same day over and over again until he gets things right.
- "Do you ever get Deja Vu?" "I'm not sure I can check the kitchen."
I had no idea that there was another movie with a similar plot to Groundhog Day made the same year. It may not be fair, because Groundhog Day is such a classic film and it's a real David vs. Goliath match, but I'm going to have to match these 2 films head to head due to the fact that there…
Office drone underachiever at a corporation that's designing a particle accelerator electrocutes himself one night and ends up repeating the same day over and over and yes this came out 5 months after "Groundhog Day" but that's close enough for it to be considered a partner in the birth of the time-loop genre, not a copycat. Besides, this aired on Fox TV, back when prime time network television made their own films. Can you imagine if Fox announced they were going to a show a brand new movie next Thursday evening? What a strange concept that seems now.
Anyway to summarize, this stars Jonathan Silverman, Helen Slater, Jeremy Piven and Martin Landau - what a roster of yesterday stars! All…
A time loop movie where a man repeats the same day over and over again that came out the same year as Groundhog Day. Actually based on an old short story that was adapted into an Oscar-nominated short film three years prior, which the original author claims Groundhog Day ripped off. I don’t know what’s true, but I do know this - Jonathan Silverman is no Bill Murray. Although this is different in how it’s more sci-fi-centric and there’s a bit of a mystery at its core, it only proves how much worse Groundhog Day would be without a charismatic star leading the way. Silverman isn’t even bad, he’s just not particularly engaging. But as always with these kinds of…
Even though I paid $1.99 for the vhs tape, watching 12:01 felt like finding money! So much added value: I got to learn a morsel of Hollywood history (guess what time loop movie ripped off 12:01’s source material), I got to give director Jack Sholder (The Hidden, Elm St. 2, Alone in the Dark) another gold star (you can keep Wishmaster 2), and this has the kind of memorable death Letterboxd should have special font or a sound effect for. 🚨🚨🚨
Too bad it’s cheapened by classic toxic time loop romcom premise where one man’s nonconsensual invasion into a woman’s life results in her having no choice but to fall for him. The look Supergirl has each time Jonathan Silverman tells…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I would have never known about the existence of this movie if not for this little list, so thank you.
This movie, incredulously, is a time loop movie that was released the same year that Groundhog Day was.
"Groundhog Day" was released on February 12, 1993 (makes sense) and "12:01" was released on July 5, 1993. However, to make matters even weirder, "12:01" was based on an Oscar-nominated short from 1990, and its creators accuse the creators of "Groundhog Day" of plagiarism! See the story here! And here.
I was curious about what the earliest time loop movie was and I figured there had to be some before 1993. Wikipedia lists 3 of them.
Anyway, this movie. It is clearly…
I'm a fan of time loop media, and this was one of the few well known films in that genre that I hadn't seen. This feature version of 12:01 came out the same year as Groundhog Day, and was based on a short story by Richard A. Lupoff, which was also adapted into an Oscar-nominated short film from Jonathan Heap in 1990.
While I do prefer both Groundhog Day and the 12:01 short film (as the time loop situation felt more immediate/pressing for Kurtwood Smith's main character), this is decently well crafted in spite of all of the expected limitations of its 1990s TV movie format. I appreciate that the ending doesn't fully tie everything up with a bow, as the characters still have a situation with the police to deal with.
I wonder if the character of Lisa Fredericks was an inspiration for Makise Kurisu in Steins;Gate, as there are at least some surface level similarities there.
Utilizing limited resources (after all,it's a TV movie),portrayed the looping concept in an engaging way,with no any innovative stuff,but with solidity,besides a charismatic lead role.
“If today was really today, I would have quit by now.”
This remains a brilliant, happy discovery within the 1980s explosion of Time Travel tales – big screen or small. On second viewing, I feel certain the originators really did have a case against the Groundhog Day makers, but that’s now all in the past…
The main thing that I found myself marvelling at is how charismatic a lead Jonathan Silverman is. Was it a case of he only ever played himself (Weekend at Bernie’s came before)? Was that why he didn’t bump up a Grade in the starlight? He works the comedy as proficiently as Jeremy Piven. He more than holds how own on alongside Martin Landau. On the…
An average shmoe is thrown into a time loop by Mad Science. Making out with Supergirl ensues!
Jack Sholder directed some fun genre movies including The Hidden, I'm surprised this effort is so obscure. It's cheap but it doesn't really need a budget, has a touch of being made for 90s TV.
Well paced with appealing characters and snappy dialogue, this isn't hurt a bit by the goofy plot. It all hangs together well enough.
Johnathan Silverman has great energy and pluck. Super Helen Slater ends up being beautifully adequate and Martin Landau shows up for a cheque. Spot Danny Trejo as his usual thug character.
I dig time loop films and found this entertaining.
Film #352 of 2023.
TV-Film mit einer murmeltier-esken Handlung (also Timeloop), der ein paar Monate nach Harold Ramis' Komödie herausgekommen ist. Interessant ist, dass 12:01 auf einem Roman basiert und auf einem Kurzfilm (namens 12:01 PM), einem Stoff also, der deutlich vor Groundhog Day veröffentlicht wurde. Folglich ist es dann mitnichten so, dass 12:01 bei seinem "großen Bruder" abgeschaut hat, sondern im Gegenteil: die originalen Autoren sollen nicht amused gewesen sein, als Bill Murray immer wieder gestorben ist.
Egal, für sich genommen ist 12:01 eben ein richtig guter 90's-TV-Film. Einer, der mit einer namhaften Besetzung (Helen Slater, Jonathan Silverman, Martin Landau, Jeremy Piven) und einem Regisseur mit Genre-erfahrung (Jack Sholder) auftrumpfen kann. Und das Ergebnis ist manchmal ein bisschen hemdsärmelig, aber (für einen TV-Film…
I pinned this one awhile ago because it was one of the time loop movies that I always enjoy and the cast of Silverman, Slater and Landau was enough to give even a made-for-TV movie a shot. I’m so glad I did. This turned out to be one of the better movies in the genre and certainly one of the best TV movies I’ve ever seen.
What often happens in these things is the story gets over complicated (I love you but I’m looking at you, Primer) or loaded with loose ends, or just plain silly. 12:01 manages to keep the story simple and Silverman’s repeating journey through a single day is significantly different on each day as he tries…
