Summary
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings is a 1988 American short comedy film, starring, co-written and co-produced by Steven Wright, which won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 61st Academy Awards in 1988.[1]
| The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | |
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| Directed by | Dean Parisot |
| Written by | Mike Armstrong Steven Wright |
| Produced by | Dean Parisot Steven Wright |
| Starring | Steven Wright Rowan Atkinson Laurie Metcalf |
| Cinematography | Frank Prinzi |
| Edited by | Peter Frank |
Production company | Schooner Productions |
| Distributed by | HBO |
Release date |
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Running time | 29 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
Dennis Jennings (Steven Wright) is an introvert, showing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, paranoia, and a troubled youth. He works as a waiter and has an indifferent girlfriend, Emma, who only seems to patronize him. The "appointments" are with his psychiatrist (Rowan Atkinson), who is annoyed with him and uninterested in what he has to say. After finding his doctor sharing Dennis's intimate secrets with a group of fellow psychiatrists at a bar, and then finding that his girlfriend is cheating on him with the doctor, Dennis decides he has had enough. He hunts the doctor, shoots him, and goes to jail afterwards.[2]
Cast edit
- Steven Wright as Dennis Jennings
- Rowan Atkinson as Dr. Schooner
- Laurie Metcalf as Emma
- Peter Maloney as Dr. Wilson
- Martha Gehman as Lisa
- David Hyde Pierce (credited as David Pierce)
as Businessman - Christopher Durang as Laughing Psychiatrist
- Dana Ivey as Newscaster
- Joe Grifasi as Bartender
- Mike Starr as Doorman
- Bill McCutcheon as Man on TV
- Rochelle Oliver as Woman on TV
References edit
External links edit
- Official website
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings at IMDb
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings on YouTube
