- Dead on Time (1983 film)
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Dead on Time is a 1983 British short film directed by Lyndall Hobbs and written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. The film is a comedy which 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.
The film features a large number of cameo parts for actors and actresses, often from the alternative comedy circuit, who would later star in their own comedy series, including Leslie Ash, Adrian Edmondson, Tim McInnerny and Nigel Planer. Richard Curtis makes a brief appearance as an angry cafe customer.
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson as Bernard Fripp
- Peter Bull as Old Man in Waiting Room
- Jo Kendall as Nurse
- Nigel Hawthorne as Doctor
- Nell Campbell as Female Teller
- Joshua White as Bank Customer
- Hugh Thomas as Teller
- Alex Norton as Foreigner
- Christopher Biggins as Bigot
- Rupert Everett as Bank Customer / Blind Man
- Adrian Edmondson as Fool
- Robin Bailey as Intelligent Man
References
Richard Curtis Screenplays The Tall Guy (1989) • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) • Bean (1997) • Notting Hill (1999) • Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) • Love Actually (2003) • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) • The Boat That Rocked (2009) • War Horse (2011)
Director Love Actually (2003) • The Boat That Rocked (2009)Producer Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) • Bean (1997) • Notting Hill (1999) • Sixty Six (2006) • Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) • The Boat That Rocked (2009)Television Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982) • The Black Adder (1983) • Spitting Image (1984–1985) • Blackadder II (1986) • Blackadder the Third (1987) • Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) • Mr. Bean (1990–1995) • Bernard and the Genie (1991) • The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007) • Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) • Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) • The Girl in the Café (2005) • Casualty (2007) • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) • Doctor Who: "Vincent and the Doctor" (2010)Other works Categories:- 1983 films
- English-language films
- British films
- 1980s comedy films
- British comedy films
- 1980s comedy film stubs
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