12:01 PM (1990 film)

12:01 PM
Directed byJonathan Heap
Written byStephen Tolkin
Jonathan Heap
Based on"12:01 P.M." by Richard A. Lupoff
Produced byTeresa E. Kounin
StarringKurtwood Smith
Laura Harrington
Don Amendolia
Jane Alden
CinematographyCharlie Lieberman
Edited byHubert de la Bouillerie
Music byStephen Melillo
Production
company
Chanticleer Films
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
25 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2]

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.