# Memory Jogging Movie Help Needed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-jogging-movie-help-needed/459065 "2008-08-06T19:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-jogging-movie-help-needed/459065/1 "2008-08-06T19:09:04Z")
Can any of the Dope’s legions of movie aficionados help me out? Does anyone remember a film, something similar to Groundhog Day, in which an office worker has some sort of mishap with lightning, and keeps waking up on the same day, and has to save some woman who is working at a physicists lab? I’ve a feeling the title might involve the time on a digital clock, but as you can imagine, there are a lot of options. Does this ring any bells with anyone? p.s. I’m sorry, but I can’t even remember any of the main actors in it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-jogging-movie-help-needed/459065/2 "2008-08-06T19:23:19Z")
I think it could be _12.01_ you’re looking for. "Barry Thomas is the average office worker. He becomes attracted to Lisa Fredericks who works in the same company. After work, Barry witnesses the murder of Lisa and goes to a bar to get drunk. Later that night, there is a storm and Barry gets a shock from a lamp’s faulty power wire at exactly 12:01 am. The next morning, he realizes that everything is happening exactly as it did the previous day. The next morning the day is repeated again. It is now Barry’s job–being the only person alive who is aware of this time loop–to stop the murder of Lisa, and stop the time loop or be caught in time forever. " > **[12:01 (TV Movie 1993) ⭐ 6.8 | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/)** > > 1h 32m | PG-13 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-jogging-movie-help-needed/459065/3 "2008-08-06T21:21:57Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] I think it could be _12.01_ you’re looking for. "Barry Thomas is the average office worker. He becomes attracted to Lisa Fredericks who works in the same company. After work, Barry witnesses the murder of Lisa and goes to a bar to get drunk. Later that night, there is a storm and Barry gets a shock from a lamp’s faulty power wire at exactly 12:01 am. The next morning, he realizes that everything is happening exactly as it did the previous day. The next morning the day is repeated again. It is now Barry’s job–being the only person alive who is aware of this time loop–to stop the murder of Lisa, and stop the time loop or be caught in time forever. " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/) [/QUOTE] I prostrate myself at your feet. That is indeed the one! Thank you, thank you, you wonderful cyber creature. I was watching Smoking Aces yesterday, and knew that Jeremy Piven was familiar, but it just didn’t click. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-jogging-movie-help-needed/459065/4 "2008-08-06T22:23:00Z")
I thought the original short with Kurtwood Smith was better, actually.