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12:01

12:01

Every day at a minute past midnight the sci-fi adventure begins... again.

19936.21h 32m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jack Sholder
Written by Richard Lupoff, Jonathan Heap, Philip Morton
Produced by Jonathan Heap, Cindy Hornickel, Bob Degus
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Top Cast

Jonathan Silverman

Jonathan Silverman

Barry Thomas

Helen Slater

Helen Slater

Lisa Fredericks

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Dr. Thadius Moxley

Nicolas Surovy

Nicolas Surovy

Robert Denk

Robin Bartlett

Robin Bartlett

Anne Jackson

Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven

Howard Richter

Constance Marie

Constance Marie

Joan Zevo

Glenn Morshower

Glenn Morshower

Detective Cryers

Paxton Whitehead

Paxton Whitehead

Dr. Tiberius Scott

Cheryl Anderson

Cheryl Anderson

Supervisor

Themes & Keywords

time traveltime loop

About 12:01

12:01 is a science fiction, thriller, tv movie film released in 1993 exploring themes of time travel, time loop. Directed by Jack Sholder, it stars Jonathan Silverman, Helen Slater, Martin Landau. 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.

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