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Canceled
If you think this looks like the plot for Groundhog Day, so did Jonathan Heap the director who tried to sue Columbia Pictures.
One of the all time best science fiction movies of all time and really difficult to find.
"12:01 PM" is a short story by American writer Richard A. Lupoff, which was published in the December 1973 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The story was twice adapted by Hollywood, first in 1990 as a short film, and again in 1993 as a television movie. Lupoff appeared in both films as an extra.[1]
The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce, and bears great similarity to that of 1993's Groundhog Day. Lupoff and Jonathan Heap, director of the 1990 film, were "outraged" by the apparent theft of the idea, but after six months of lawyers' conferences, they decided to drop the case against Columbia Pictures.
"12:01 PM" was first adapted into an Academy Award-nominated [2] 1990 short film starring Kurtwood Smith. Directed by Jonathan Heap, it originally aired on the cable television network Showtime in 1990 as part of the Showtime 30-Minute Movie anthology series.
In this version, Kurtwood Smith plays Myron Castleman, an everyman-type who keeps repeating the same hour of his life, from 12:01pm to 1:00pm. The character is fully aware that the time loop is occurring, and nobody else appears to be aware of it. Each time the hour resets, Myron retains his memory (or as the film puts it, his consciousness)
Directed by Jonathan Heap
Produced by Teresa E. Kounin
Written by Richard A. Lupoff
Stephen Tolkin
Jonathan Heap
Starring Jane Alden
Kurtwood Smith
Don Amendolia
John Bachelder
Music by Stephen Melillo
Cinematography Charlie Lieberman
Editing by Hubert de la Bouillerie
One of the all time best science fiction movies of all time and really difficult to find.
"12:01 PM" is a short story by American writer Richard A. Lupoff, which was published in the December 1973 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The story was twice adapted by Hollywood, first in 1990 as a short film, and again in 1993 as a television movie. Lupoff appeared in both films as an extra.[1]
The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce, and bears great similarity to that of 1993's Groundhog Day. Lupoff and Jonathan Heap, director of the 1990 film, were "outraged" by the apparent theft of the idea, but after six months of lawyers' conferences, they decided to drop the case against Columbia Pictures.
"12:01 PM" was first adapted into an Academy Award-nominated [2] 1990 short film starring Kurtwood Smith. Directed by Jonathan Heap, it originally aired on the cable television network Showtime in 1990 as part of the Showtime 30-Minute Movie anthology series.
In this version, Kurtwood Smith plays Myron Castleman, an everyman-type who keeps repeating the same hour of his life, from 12:01pm to 1:00pm. The character is fully aware that the time loop is occurring, and nobody else appears to be aware of it. Each time the hour resets, Myron retains his memory (or as the film puts it, his consciousness)
Directed by Jonathan Heap
Produced by Teresa E. Kounin
Written by Richard A. Lupoff
Stephen Tolkin
Jonathan Heap
Starring Jane Alden
Kurtwood Smith
Don Amendolia
John Bachelder
Music by Stephen Melillo
Cinematography Charlie Lieberman
Editing by Hubert de la Bouillerie
