The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1988 film by Dean Parisot

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

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

* September 7, 1988 (1988-09-07) (Boston Film Festival)

Running time

| 29 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

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]

## Plot

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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]

## Cast

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* 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

[3]

## 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.

## External links

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* Official website
* The Appointments of Dennis Jennings at IMDb
* The Appointments of Dennis Jennings on YouTube

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Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

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1931–1935|

| Comedy|

* The Music Box (1932)
* So This Is Harris (1933)
* La Cucaracha (1934)
* How to Sleep (1935)

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Novelty|

* Wrestling Swordfish (1932)
* Krakatoa (1933)
* City of Wax (1934)
* Wings Over Everest (1935)

Short subject
1936–1956|

| Color|

* Give Me Liberty (1936)
* Penny Wisdom (1937)

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One-reel|

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* Stairway to Light (1945)
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Two-reel|

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* Declaration of Independence (1938)
* Sons of Liberty (1939)
* Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
* Main Street on the March! (1941)
* Beyond the Line of Duty (1942)
* Heavenly Music (1943)
* I Won't Play (1944)
* Star in the Night (1945)
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* Climbing the Matterhorn (1947)
* Seal Island (1948)
* Van Gogh (1949)
* In Beaver Valley (1950)
* Nature's Half Acre (1951)
* Water Birds (1952)
* Bear Country (1953)
* A Time Out of War (1954)
* The Face of Lincoln (1955)
* The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)

Short subject
(live action)
1957–1973|

* The Wetback Hound (1957)
* Grand Canyon (1958)
* The Golden Fish (1959)
* Day of the Painter (1960)
* Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
* Heureux Anniversaire (1962)
* An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1963)
* Casals Conducts: 1964 (1964)
* The Chicken (1965)
* Wild Wings (1966)
* A Place to Stand (1967)
* Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
* The Magic Machines (1969)
* The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
* Sentinels of Silence (1971)
* Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
* The Bolero (1973)

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(live action)
1974–present|

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* I'll Find a Way (1977)
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* Board and Care (1979)
* The Dollar Bottom (1980)
* Violet (1981)
* A Shocking Accident (1982)
* Boys and Girls (1983)
* Up (1984)
* Molly's Pilgrim (1985)
* Precious Images (1986)
* Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
* The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
* Work Experience (1989)
* The Lunch Date (1990)
* Session Man (1991)
* Omnibus (1992)
* Schwarzfahrer (1993)
* Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life / Trevor (1994)
* Lieberman in Love (1995)
* Dear Diary (1996)
* Visas and Virtue (1997)
* Election Night (1998)
* My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1999)
* Quiero ser (I want to be...) (2000)
* The Accountant (2001)
* This Charming Man (2002)
* Two Soldiers (2003)
* Wasp (2004)
* Six Shooter (2005)
* West Bank Story (2006)
* Le Mozart des Pickpockets (2007)
* Toyland (2008)
* The New Tenants (2009)
* God of Love (2010)
* The Shore (2011)
* Curfew (2012)
* Helium (2013)
* The Phone Call (2014)
* Stutterer (2015)
* Sing (2016)
* The Silent Child (2017)
* Skin (2018)
* The Neighbors' Window (2019)
* Two Distant Strangers (2020)
* The Long Goodbye (2021)
* An Irish Goodbye (2022)
* The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

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