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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 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

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. He hunts the doctor, shoots him, and goes to jail afterwards.[2]

Cast

Actor	Character	Actor	Character
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

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References

External links

• Homepage
• The Appointments of Dennis Jennings at IMDb
• The Appointments of Dennis Jennings on YouTube

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