The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Directed by Dean Parisot
Produced by Dean Parisot
Steven Wright
Written by Mike Armstrong
Steven Wright
Starring Steven Wright
Rowan Atkinson
Laurie Metcalf
Release date
 1988
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 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film at the 61st Academy Awards in 1988.[1]

Plot

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 his (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.

Cast[2]

Steven Wright --- Dennis Jennings Peter Maloney --- Dr. Wilson
Rowan Atkinson --- Dr. Schooner Michael Mantell --- Businessman
Laurie Metcalf --- Emma Bill McCutcheon --- Man on TV
Carrotte --- Laughing Psychiatrist Mick Muldoon --- Repairman
Christopher Durang --- Laughing Psychiatrist Rochelle Oliver --- Woman on TV
Martha Gehman --- Lisa David Hyde Pierce (credited as David Pierce) --- Businessman
Joe Grifasi --- Bartender Mike Starr --- Doorman
Thomas Ikeda --- Laughing Psychiatrist John Tillinger --- Psychiatrist Drawing
Dana Ivey --- Newscaster Damian Young --- Businessman

References

  1. ↑ "New York Times: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  2. ↑ "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings - Cast". imdb. Retrieved 1st February 2017


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