The Eleven O'Clock

2016 Australian film

Josh Lawson
Damon Herriman

CinematographyMatt TollEdited byDrew ThompsonMusic byAdrian Sergovich

Production
company

FINCH

Release date

September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06) (Los Angeles Short Film Festival)

Running time

13 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglish

The Eleven O'Clock is a 2016 Australian live-action short film directed by Derin Seale. It was inspired by a sketch from the television series A Bit of Fry and Laurie.^[1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.^[2]

Plot

A session between a psychiatrist and his patient, delusively believing he is the psychiatrist, gets out of hand.^[3]

Cast

Josh Lawson as Terry Phillips
Damon Herriman as Nathan Klein
Jessica Donoghue as Linda
Gregory J. Thorsby as Security Guard
Eliza Logan as Daisy
Alyssa McClelland as Donna

Reception

Critical response

The Eleven O'Clock has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 8.80/10 among all critics. On IMDb, the short holds a review score of 7.6, with 960 votes.^[4]^[5]

Awards and nominations

Nominated: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Won: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Short Fiction Film

References

^ "Psychiatrists". A Bit of Fry & Laurie. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ Hipes, Patrick (23 January 2018). "Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ "The Eleven O'Clock". Screen Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ "The Eleven O'Clock". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ Seale, Derin (6 September 2016), The Eleven O'Clock (Short, Comedy), FINCH, retrieved 4 February 2022