Dead on Time
1983·United Kingdom·33 min.
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It tells the story of Bernard Fripp (Rowan Atkinson) a man who, on attending a routine check-up, is diagnosed by his doctor (Nigel Hawthorne) as having a rare disease leaving him only 30 minutes to live. By the time he leaves the surgery, he only has 24 minutes left, in which he attempts to live life to the full; taking out his life savings, trying to make peace with God (via Vicar (Jim Broadbent), attempting to learn about the significance of the Mona Lisa, reading the back cover of War and Peace to find out what happens in it, listening to Albinioni's Adagio in G minor and looking for true love.
DirectorLyndall Hobbs
MusicHoward Goodall
CinematographyJohn Metcalfe
CastRowan Atkinson·Peter Bull·Jo Kendall·Nigel Hawthorne·Nell Campbell·Joshua White·Hugh Thomas·Alex Norton·Christopher Biggins·Rupert Everett·Ade Edmondson·Robin Bailey·Perry Benson·Onoene Williams·Jo Lloyd·Philip Sayer·Simon Cutter·Tim McInnerny·Jim Broadbent·Greta Scacchi·Nigel Planer·Gorden Kaye·Leslie Ash·Joyce Grant·Richard Curtis·David Lycett-Green·Jane BertishShow all
Original titleDead on Time