The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Directed by	Dean Parisot
Written by	Mike Armstrong Steven Wright
Starring	Steven Wright Rowan Atkinson
Release date(s)	1988
Running time	29 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings is a short film (30 min) directed by Dean Parisot, co-written by Mike Armstrong and Steven Wright and starring Steven Wright and Rowan Atkinson. It won an Academy Award in 1989 for Best Short Subject. ^[1]

[edit] Plot

Dennis Jennings (Steven Wright) is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist (Rowan Atkinson), only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. After finding his doctor sharing his 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 down in the woods and shoots him, ending up in jail with an equally uncaring prison shrink.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Appointments of Dennis Jennings at the Internet Movie Database

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