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12:01 pm (1990)

12:01 pm poster
Original title
12:01 PM
Directed by
Jonathan Heap
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
25 min
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man experiences the same hour repeating over and over. He is the only one who remembers the loop and must figure out how to break it.

tenseplayfulsci-fimind-bendingsuspensefultightfrustratedgroundhog-day-like

What happens

12:01 PM is a 1990 short film directed by Jonathan Heap and starring Kurtwood Smith. It aired on cable television in 1990 as part of the Showtime 30-Minute Movie anthology series. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. It is the first film adaptation of the short story "12:01 P.M." by Richard A. Lupoff, which was published in the December 1973 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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