The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

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
Directed byDean Parisot
Written byMike Armstrong
Steven Wright
Produced byDean Parisot
Steven Wright
StarringSteven Wright
Rowan Atkinson
Laurie Metcalf
CinematographyFrank Prinzi
Edited byPeter Frank
Production
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Schooner Productions
Distributed byHBO
Release date
Running time
29 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ Short Film Winners: 1989 Oscars-YouTube
  2. ^ WorldCat
  3. ^ "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings". IMDb. Home Box Office (HBO), Schooner Productions. 7 September 1988. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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