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	'''''Dead on Time''''' is a 1983 [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[short film]] directed by [[Lyndall Hobbs]] and written by [[Richard Curtis]] and [[Rowan Atkinson]].		'''''Dead on Time''''' is a 1983 [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[short film]] directed by [[Lyndall Hobbs]] and written by [[Richard Curtis]] and [[Rowan Atkinson]].

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{{More citations needed|date=June 2019}}{{Infobox film
| director = [[Lyndall Hobbs]]
| writer = [[Rowan Atkinson]]<br>[[Richard Curtis]]
| producer = Lyndall Hobbs
| starring = Rowan Atkinson<br>[[Peter Bull]]<br>[[Jo Kendall]]
| cinematography = John Metcalfe
| editing = Richard Bedford
| music = [[Howard Goodall]]
| studio = Michael White Productions
| released = February 1983
| runtime = 33 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

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'''''Dead on Time''''' is a 1983 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[short film]] directed by [[Lyndall Hobbs]] and written by [[Richard Curtis]] and [[Rowan Atkinson]].

==Plot==
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 a vicar played by ([[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 Albinoni's ''[[Adagio in G minor]]'' and looking for true love.

==Production==
The featurette was shot in early 1982, at the same time Atkinson wrapped up taping ''[[Not The Nine O'Clock News]]'' and began working on ''[[The Black Adder]]'', premièring later that year and getting a wide theatrical release in February 1983. The meek, socially awkward Bernard is a reworking of an earlier Atkinson character, Robert Box, who appeared on the 1979 special ''[[Canned Laughter (sitcom)|Canned Laughter]]'', which shares a gag regarding the main character tripping over a "Please Help the Blind" sign. Both Fripp and Box have been cited to be prototypes for ''[[Mr. Bean]]''.

==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 (actor)|Joshua White]] as Bank Customer
* [[Hugh Thomas (actor)|Hugh Thomas]] as Teller
* [[Alex Norton]] as Foreigner
* [[Christopher Biggins]] as Bigot
* [[Rupert Everett]] as Bank Customer / Blind Man
* [[Adrian Edmondson]] as Fool (credited as Ade Edmonton)
* [[Robin Bailey]] as Intelligent Man
* [[Tim McInnerny]] as Customer
* [[Jim Broadbent]] as Priest and God
* [[Greta Scacchi]] as Pretty Girl
* [[Nigel Planer]] as Boring Friend
* [[Gorden Kaye]] as Moonie
* [[Leslie Ash]] as Girl in Café
* [[Richard Curtis]] as Customer in Café

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 café customer.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0137457|title=Dead on Time}}

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[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:1983 comedy films]]
[[Category:1983 short films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Lyndall Hobbs]]
[[Category:British comedy short films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Rowan Atkinson]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Richard Curtis]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:1980s British films]]

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