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The Fortune Cookie

***The Fortune Cookie*** is a 1966 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder. It tells the story of a corrupt lawyer who convinces his brother-in-law to commit insurance fraud by feigning a serious injury.

## Appearances

* 7:17 p.m. Football player Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson (Ron Rich) exits an elevator, carrying a bouquet of flowers, and walks up to the receiving desk at St. Marks Hospital. He asks for Mr. Hinkle's room number, but the nun (Dodie Heath) working there tells him it isn't visiting hours. Standing in front of a wall clock, she asks him about odds for an upcoming game and tells him the room number.

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original film, this scene takes place at 7:17 a.m.
Spanish Fly

***Spanish Fly*** is a 1976 comedy film directed by Bob Kellett. It tells the story of a British expatriate who inadvertently turns low-quality wine into a potent aphrodisiac.

## Appearances

* 5:27 p.m. A clock on the Banco Balear building shows the time as Sir Percy de Courcy (Terry-Thomas) says goodbye to Antonio Prades. The two discuss their preferred names and how to pronounce them.
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

***Sherlock Holmes Faces Death*** is a 1943 American mystery film directed by Roy William Neill. It stars Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as a private detective and a physician who investigate a series of murders at a nursing home. Three other installments in the series—*Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon*, *Pursuit to Algiers*, and *Terror by Night*—also appear in *The Clock*. The film is based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, which were also the inspiration for the 2009 film *Sherlock Holmes*.

## Appearances

* 12:08 a.m. Dr. John Watson (Nigel Bruce) hears a clock chime midnight again. He looks at his pocketwatch.
* 2:09 a.m. A clock tower shows the time.
* 11:40 a.m. Big Ben shows the time.
* 12:20 p.m. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) stands next to a maid (Joan Blair) and looks at a clock.
* 10:39 p.m. A man notes that a clock tower chimed thirteen times, and Watson wonders why.

## Clocks

12:08 a.m.2:09 a.m.11:40 a.m.12:20 p.m.10:39 p.m.
The Cranes Are Flying

***The Cranes Are Flying*** is a 1957 Soviet war film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. It tells the story of a woman who moves in with her dead lover's family after he is killed in World War II.

## Appearances

* 12:30 p.m. Veronika (Tatiana Samoilova) runs to the top of a destroyed building, where a damaged clock displays the time.
Rope

***Rope*** is a 1948 American crime film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of two aesthetes who host a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to prove they committed the perfect crime.

## Appearances

* 8:56 p.m. Rupert Cadell (James Stewart) offers to stay and see Phillip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) off. He says the evening has been strange, upsetting Phillip.
The Next Best Thing

***The Next Best Thing*** is a 2000 American film directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Rupert Everett and Madonna as a gay man and a straight woman who have a one-night stand and decide to raise the resulting baby together.

## Appearances

* 1:28 p.m. Robert Whittaker (Rupert Everett) wakes up, gets dressed, and sees the time on a Linden clock. He tells Abbie Reynolds (Madonna) it's half past 1:00 and rushes to tidy up the apartment.
The Singing Detective

***The Singing Detective*** is a 1986 British miniseries directed by Jon Amiel. It tells the story of a bedridden mystery writer with psoriasis, who imagines a detective story and reflects on his troubled childhood.

## Appearances

### "Skin"

* 3:13 a.m. A clock shows the time as a night nurse (Sharon D. Clarke) dozes off in the hospital. Philip Marlow (Michael Gambon) lies in a hospital bed.
Time Without Pity

***Time Without Pity*** is a 1957 British film directed by Joseph Losey. It tells the story of an alcoholic father who has one day to prove the innocence of his son on death row.

## Appearances

* 2:30 a.m. A clock rings, and David Graham (Michael Redgrave) slams it down.
* 3:20 p.m. Mrs. Harker (Renée Houston) holds a musical clock and tells David about the joy of not having to be anywhere. She offers him a drink.
* 4:07 p.m. David says the execution of his son would be inhumane and indecent, insisting he won't let it happen. He looks at a wall clock behind him.
* 6:36 p.m. Honor Stanford (Ann Todd) and David look at a wall clock as it moves from 6:35 to 6:36.
* 6:37 p.m. David hands Honor her bag, and she looks up at the wall clock as it moves from 6:36 to 6:37.

## Clocks

2:30 a.m.3:20 p.m.4:07 p.m.6:36 p.m.6:37 p.m.
Time Out for Trouble

***Time Out for Trouble*** is a 1961 American public information short film directed by David S. Glidden. It depicts household accidents from the perspective of the malevolent spirit of a clock.

## Appearances

* 9:00 a.m. A mantle clock shatters, and its pendulum stops.
* 10:03 a.m. Jane Rawson (Bonnie Hammett) sends her children away. The mantle clock displays the time.
* 7:25 p.m. A wall clock shows the time. Martha (Marie Keeling) checks her watch while cooking in the kitchen.
The Pact of Silence

***The Pact of Silence*** is a 2003 French mystery film directed by Graham Guit. It tells the story of a priest whose career is jeopardized when he comes across an ailing nun with a mysterious link to her imprisoned twin sister.

## Appearances

* 12:34 p.m. Standing at a crosswalk, Joachim (Gérard Depardieu) checks his wristwatch.
East Is East

***East Is East*** is a 1999 British film directed by Damien O'Donnell. It stars Om Puri as a Pakistani immigrant who finds his authority challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.

## Appearances

* 2:03 a.m. George (Om Puri) and Ella Khan (Linda Bassett) lie in bed, with a clock on their nightstand. With shocked expressions on their faces, they watch their young son Sajid (Jordan Routledge) pee into a bucket.
* 11:31 a.m. George gives his son Nazir (Ian Aspinall) a wristwatch as a wedding gift. He shows Nazir's name on the watch.
* 1:48 p.m. George shops for a watch.
* 4:15 p.m. Tariq Khan (Jimi Mistry) drops two watches on the floor and stomps on them. His siblings tell him to stop, and Sajid looks out the window.
The King of Comedy

***The King of Comedy*** is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese. It stars Robert De Niro as an aspiring comic who stalks and kidnaps his idol, a talk show host.

## Appearances

* 5:49 p.m. A guard (Whitey Ryan) refuses author Clarence McCabe (Bill Minkin) entry to a television studio because his name isn't on the list. McCabe complains that he was told to come at quarter to 6:00 and it's now 10 to 6:00.
* 10:54 p.m. Inspector Gerrity (Thomas M. Tolan) asks Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) why he's doing this. Rupert responds by asking the time. Looking at his wristwatch, Gerrity says it's 5 minutes to 11:00, and Rupert suggests that they go so his nothing happens to the hostage.
Scrooged

***Scrooged*** is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Richard Donner. It stars Bill Murray as a selfish television executive who is visited on Christmas Eve by three ghosts intent on teaching him lessons. Like *Scrooge*, *A Christmas Carol*, and *The Muppet Christmas Carol*, it is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella *A Christmas Carol.*

## Appearances

* 12:00 p.m. Frank Cross (Bill Murray) looks up at a clock and then checks his Audemars Piguet watch.
* 4:33 p.m. Frank talks to people at a homeless shelter, and Herman (Michael J. Pollard) displays a pocketwatch.
* 7:25 p.m. Frank talks to a frozen Herman, who is holding the pocketwatch. When Frank touches him, the watch slips down.
What About Bob?

***What About Bob?*** is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It tells the story of a self-involved psychiatrist stressed by an irritating patient.

## Appearances

* 12:52 a.m. Siggy Marvin (Charlie Korsmo) and Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) have a serious discussion: "Do you know how fast time goes? I was six like yesterday."
* 1:02 a.m. Fay Marvin (Julie Hagerty) says it's 1:00 in the morning and doesn't want to kick Bob out. Her husband Leo (Richard Dreyfuss) insists they get rid of him by 7:00.
* 5:58 a.m.–5:59 a.m. Leo shakes Bob vigorously, trying desperately to wake him up. Once the alarm rings, Bob wakes.
* 12:14 p.m. Bob leaves his apartment and says to his goldfish, "Wish me luck, Gill."
* 3:00 p.m. A wall clock displays the time.
* 6:26 p.m. Leo chokes by a wall clock in the kitchen.
The Spy in Black

***The Spy in Black*** is a 1939 British spy film directed by Michael Powell. It tells the story of a submarine commander who works with two triple agents.

## Appearances

* 3:47 a.m. Fräulein Tiel (Valerie Hobson) sleeps sitting up next to an alarm clock. A tapping on the window wakes her, and she opens the door for Captain Ernst Hardt (Conrad Veidt) and Ashington (Sebastian Shaw). Hardt confirms that they were able to send a message.
Trilogy of Terror

***Trilogy of Terror*** is a 1975 American anthology film directed by Dan Curtis. It consists of three short horror stories, each starring Karen Black.

## Appearances

### "Millicent and Therese"

* 12:46 p.m. Dr. Chester Ramsey (George Gaynes) rings a doorbell and checks his wristwatch. Standing in front of a grandfather clock, Millicent (Karen Black) answers the door and invites him inside.
Duck Soup

***Duck Soup*** is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. It tells the story of the newly installed dictator of a small nation, whose actions lead to war with a neighboring country.

## Appearances

* 10:01 a.m. A clock on the wall chimes, and two trumpeters play.
* 12:46 p.m. Pinky (Harpo Marx) picks up two phones before realizing that the ringing is coming from an alarm clock in his pocket. A secretary (Verna Hillie) brings Ambassador Trentino (Louis Calhern) a telegram. Pinky snatches it and crumples it up.
Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

***Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold*** is a 1971 Italian western film directed by Pasquale Squitieri. It stars Leonard Mann as a lone killer who reconsiders his ways after finding out who is actually responsible for his parents' deaths.

## Appearances

* 9:00 p.m. A clock displays the time. Prescott (Klaus Kinski) looks at his eyeglasses and remarks, "You surprise me. You're a very confusing person."
Suspicious River

***Suspicious River*** is a 2000 Canadian drama film directed by Lynne Stopkewich. It stars Molly Parker as a married desk clerk who offers sexual services to guests at the motel where she works.

## Appearances

* 1:27 a.m.–1:28 a.m. Lying next to her husband Rick Schmidt (Joel Bissonnette), Leila Murray (Molly Parker) stares at her alarm clock as it changes from 1:27 to 1:28.
* 2:39 a.m. Next to the alarm clock, Leila rolls over onto Rick.
* 3:12 p.m. Leila sits at her desk and looks up at a wall clock.
* 6:02 p.m. The wall clock shows the time.
What Lies Beneath

***What Lies Beneath*** is a 2000 American horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It tells the story of a housewife who believes her house is haunted by a spirit trying to contact her.

## Appearances

* 12:08 a.m. Claire Spencer (Michelle Pfeiffer) sits down next to her husband Norman (Harrison Ford) while he works on his laptop. He looks at his wristwatch, and she picks up a book.
* 7:42 a.m. Claire opens the curtains and wakes her daughter Caitlin (Katharine Towne). Claire says they need to get going so they can leave on time. Caitlin says she's ready, and Claire offers to make breakfast.
* 10:46 a.m. In the bathroom, a hairdryer shuts off while Caitlin is using it on the mirror. When she goes to reset the circuit breaker, she shocks herself and the hairdryer comes back on.
Three Brothers

***Three Brothers*** is a 1981 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It tells the story of three estranged brothers who return to their family home to mourn the death of their mother.

## Appearances

* 1:06 a.m. Marta (Marta Zoffoli) turns off a lamp next to an alarm clock. She lies in bed next to her grandfather Donato Giuranna (Charles Vanel), who turns off his light as well.
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

***Thirteen Conversations About One Thing*** is a 2001 American drama film directed by Jill Sprecher. It depicts the interconnected lives of five New York residents.

## Appearances

* 2:02 p.m. A client tells house cleaner Beatrice (Clea DuVall) that his watch disappeared the last time she was there. She tells him she put it away so it wouldn't get wet and finds the wristwatch in a dresser, where a clock shows the time.
The Sand Pebbles

***The Sand Pebbles***‏‎ is a 1966 American war film directed by Robert Wise. It stars Steve McQueen as a naval engineer on a rescue mission in China.

## Appearances

* 6:35 a.m. Po-han (Mako) wakes Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) and offers him coffee.
* 10:46 p.m. Holman, in his uniform, looks at a clock and some gauges below deck.
Time Regained

***Time Regained*** is a 1999 drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It depicts an author recalling his life while lying on his deathbed.

## Appearances

* 3:25 a.m. In bed, Marcel (Marcello Mazzarella) reaches for a service bell. His hand is blocked by the ghost of Albertine (Chiara Mastroianni), whose shadow moves across a grandfather clock, and Marcel is startled.
The United States of Leland

***The United States of Leland*** is a 2003 American drama film directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge. It stars Ryan Gosling as a teenager imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy.

## Appearances

* 12:30 a.m. Pearl Madison (Don Cheadle) and Ayesha (Kerry Washington) lie in bed. Pearl puts out his cigarette in an ashtray next to an alarm clock. Ayesha asks him about his writing, and he tells her that he wants to write a book about a boy who killed someone.
* 7:09 a.m. Ayesha wakes up and turns off the alarm clock. She makes a call and explains that she hadn't heard the phone ring.
The Towering Inferno

***The Towering Inferno*** is a 1974 American film directed by John Guillermin. It depicts a massive fire that breaks out in a skyscraper, on the night of its grand opening.

## Appearances

* 7:30 p.m. Lisolette Mueller (Jennifer Jones) opens the door for Harlee Claiborne (Fred Astaire), who gestures to his wristwatch and says that he's there at 7:30 sharp. Lisolette jokes that she only cares that he's there at all.
The Untouchables

***The Untouchables*** is a 1987 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma. It depicts the Bureau of Prohibition's investigation of gangster Al Capone.

## Appearances

* 12:00 a.m. A close-up of a clock at Union Station is shown.
* 9:21 p.m. Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) gives his daughter (Kaitlin Montgomery) a kiss goodnight, and his wife Catherine (Patricia Clarkson) tucks her into bed. He says he's going to do some work, and she suggests that he brush her hair.
* 11:55 p.m. Ness looks around at Union Station.
* 11:57 p.m. Ness checks the clock at Union Station and looks down. A man looks at his wristwatch.
The Office

***The Office*** is a British sitcom television series that aired from 2001 to 2003.

## Appearances

### "New Girl"

* 12:37 p.m. Donna (Sally Bretton) arrives to work late. Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) looks at his wristwatch and notes that she's arriving midday. General manager David Brent (Ricky Gervais) walks up and, checking his wristwatch, says "evening, all" in the style of George Dixon from *Dixon of Dock Green*.
Three Colors: White

***Three Colors: Blue*** is a 1994 drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. It tells the story of a hairdresser who plots revenge after his wife divorces him because of his impotency. *Three Colors: Blue*, the previous installment in the trilogy, also appears in *The Clock*.

## Appearances

* 6:43 a.m.–6:44 a.m. In a hotel room, Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) checks his wristwatch and makes a phone call while his ex-wife Dominique Vidal (Julie Delpy) sleeps. He looks out the window and checks his watch again. Dominique wakes up and looks around.
The Lives of Others

***The Lives of Others*** is a 2006 German drama film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It tells the story of a Stasi captain tasked with conducting surveillance on a playwright and his lover.

## Appearances

* 10:50 a.m. Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck) leaves a building. Across the street, an agent observes her from his car and checks his wristwatch.
The Plague of the Zombies

***The Plague of the Zombies*** is a 1966 British horror film directed by John Gilling. It tells the story of a medical professor who comes to a remote village to investigate a mysterious epidemic.

## Appearances

* 5:17 a.m.–5:18 a.m. While Alice (Jacqueline Pearce) and Peter Tompson (Brook Williams) are asleep, Alice mutters, "Kada nostra. Kada estra." She bleeds through a bandage wrapped around her wrist.
* 5:41 a.m. Alice sleeps.
Whirlpool

***Whirlpool*** is an American film noir directed by Otto Preminger. It tells the story of a psychoanalyst's wife found at the scene of a murder after falling prey to a devious hypnotist.

## Appearances

* 11:00 p.m. A clock chimes as Ann Sutton (Gene Tierney) sits at a desk. After checking her wristwatch, she closes her pen and gets up.
Shadow of a Doubt

***Shadow of a Doubt*** is a 1943 American film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of a young woman who discovers her visiting uncle may not be the man he seems to be.

## Appearances

* 8:57 p.m. Charlie Newton (Teresa Wright) walks into a street and is nearly hit by a car. When the crossing guard Mr. Morton (Earle S. Dewey) sends her back to the sidewalk, she looks up at a clock tower.
Shanghai Knights

***Shanghai Knights*** is a 2003 film directed by David Dobkin. It stars Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson as a sheriff and a former train robber who pursue a group of bandits to London.

## Appearances

* 12:00 a.m. Big Ben strikes 12:00.
* 12:12 a.m. Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) climbs down the hour hand of Big Ben and across the minute hand. He tells himself, "You're about to die. You're on the minute hand of a clock." On the other side of the clock face, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is busy fighting off Lord Nelson Rathbone (Aidan Gillen) inside the clockworks.
* 11:24 p.m. A clock by Sherlock Watchmakers in Holmes County shows the time.
* 11:41 p.m. At a party, Rathbone looks at his pocketwatch and excuses himself.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

***The Man Who Knew Too Much*** is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of a couple whose daughter is kidnapped after they are tipped off about an assassination plot.

## Appearances

* 12:29 a.m. Dentist George Barbor (Henry Oscar) inspects Bob Lawrence's (Leslie Banks) teeth during an exam. Someone enters, and Bob eyes their pocketwatch.
* 8:08 p.m. At Piccadilly Circus, the Guinness Clock displays the time.
Turner & Hooch

***Turner & Hooch*** is a 1989 American film directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It stars Tom Hanks as a detective who adopts an unruly dog to find a murderer.

## Appearances

* 6:11 a.m. Detective Scott Turner (Tom Hanks) sits in his bed with his slobbering dog Hooch (Beasley the Dog). A digital alarm clock next to the bed shows the time.
* 10:02 a.m. Hooch barks and Turner gets out of bed, with the digital clock on his nightstand.
* 10:04 a.m. Turner gets back in bed, with the digital clock on his nightstand, and Hooch starts barking.
The Paper

***The Paper*** is a 1994 American film directed by Ron Howard. It stars Michael Keaton as a tabloid editor managing professional and personal challenges over the course of a day.

## Appearances

* 12:04 a.m. An Electric Time clock outside displays the time.
* 7:00 a.m. An alarm clock goes off.
* 1:47 p.m. In a hotel room, Alicia Clark (Glenn Close) pinches the skin next to her Bvlgari watch. Carl (Bruce Altman) tells her that he loves her skin.
* 2:04 p.m. A Time Movers truck drives by.
* 3:53 p.m. A clock in the busy newsroom shows the time.
* 6:13 p.m. The clock in the newsroom shows the time.
* 7:00 p.m. Carmen (Roma Maffia) and Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) discuss a piece he wants for that night. They look up at a Seth Thomas wall clock.
* 7:27 p.m. A clock in a capitol building shows the time as Bernie White (Robert Duvall) looks around.
* 8:25 p.m. A clock in the newsroom shows the time as Alicia brushes her hair.
* 8:56 p.m. Martha Hackett (Marisa Tomei) sees her husband Henry check his Breitling watch.
* 10:15 p.m. A car turns the corner, passing a street clock, and stops.
* 10:17 p.m. In the newsroom, Henry walks past a clock as he gives orders.

## Clocks

12:04 a.m.7:00 a.m.1:47 p.m.3:53 p.m.6:13 p.m.7:00 p.m.7:27 p.m.8:25 p.m.8:56 p.m.10:15 p.m.10:17 p.m.
The Natural

***The Natural*** is a 1984 American drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Robert Redford as an unknown middle-aged man who becomes a legendary baseball player.

## Appearances

* 4:41 p.m. Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is at bat and misses the ball twice. After seeing Iris Gaines (Glenn Close) in the crowd, he hits a home run that shatters a clock on the stadium sign. Hobbs circles the bases.
Timebomb

***Timebomb*** is a 1991 American film directed by Avi Nesher. It stars Michael Biehn as an amnesiac watchmaker who discovers after being targeted by assassins that he was involved in a secret CIA operation.

## Appearances

* 3:20 a.m. In a hospital, an assassin dressed as a police officer checks his Citizen watch. Dr. Anna Nolmar (Patsy Kensit) sleeps in a chair next to Eddy Kaye's (Michael Biehn) bed.
* 3:22 a.m. The assassin checks his watch again, and two of them flee down a hallway in the hospital.
* 5:46 a.m. Eddy wakes up and turns off his alarm clock. He gets out of bed and feeds his fish.
* 6:00 p.m. Antique clocks display the time.
* 6:07 p.m. An Elgin clock outside a watch shop shows the time as Eddy locks up.

## Clocks

3:20 a.m.3:22 a.m.5:46 a.m.6:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.6:07 p.m.
Sid and Nancy

***Sid and Nancy*** is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox. It stars Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

## Appearances

* 11:05 a.m. Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) gets out of bed. Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) asks what day it is, unsure if they're visiting her grandparents.
* 11:58 p.m. Standing near a wall clock, Nancy watches Sid perform "Something Else".
Scarface (1932)

***Scarface*** is a 1932 American crime film directed by Howard Hawks. The film stars Paul Muni as an ambitious gangster whose reckless violence helps him rise to the top of the mobs. Its 1983 remake also appears in *The Clock*.

## Appearances

* 12:53 a.m. Johnny Lovo (Osgood Perkins) hangs up a phone.
* 2:09 a.m. A wristwatch displays the time.

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original film, this scene is set after 2:09 a.m.
Trouble in Paradise

***Trouble in Paradise*** is a 1932 American romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It tells the story of a pair of jewel thieves who partner up to con a perfume company executive.

## Appearances

* 2:00 a.m. Madame Mariette Colet (Kay Francis) and Gaston Lavalle (Herbert Marshall) say goodnight. There is a large clock in the hallway.
* 5:00 p.m. A clock is shown.
* 5:12 p.m. A clock is shown.
* 8:05 p.m. The clock in the hallway is shown.
* 8:49 p.m. As they eat dinner, Lily Vautier (Miriam Hopkins) reveals that she has taken Gaston's watch. She gives it back to him.
* 10:46 p.m. Next to the clock in the hallway, Gaston goes to open a door but turns around.
* 10:47 p.m. Gaston walks up a staircase, passing by the clock in the hallway.
* 10:50 p.m. A clock is shown as Gaston and Mariette talk offscreen.
* 11:00 p.m. A clock chimes.

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The 10:46 p.m. and 10:47 p.m. scenes reuse some footage.

## Clocks

2:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.5:12 p.m.8:05 p.m.8:49 p.m.10:46/10:47 p.m.10:50 p.m.11:00 p.m.
The Lookout

***The Lookout*** is a 2007 American crime film directed by Scott Frank. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a bank employee with anterograde amnesia, who becomes involved with a heist planned on the bank.

## Appearances

* 9:42 a.m. Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) writes about his daily routine.
* 11:00 a.m. Chris turns over in bed.
* 1:39 p.m. Kelly (Laura Vandervoort) takes an elevator up. Chris's digital watch beeps and he checks his notepad.

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original film, this scene is set at 11:04 a.m.
2. ↑ In the original film, this scene is set shortly before 4:00 p.m.
The Soft Skin

***The Soft Skin*** is a 1964 film directed by François Truffaut. It tells the story of a married literary magazine editor who has an affair with an airline stewardess.

## Appearances

* 9:25 a.m. Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) walks up stairs and looks at a countdown timer before crossing the street. He goes into a building.
* 3:52 p.m. At Paris-Orly Airport, Pierre waits for an attendant to find out if he can still make his flight to Lisbon. He looks up at a clock as it flips from 15:51 to 15:52, and an escort comes to take him to the plane.
The House on Sorority Row

***The House on Sorority Row*** is a 1982 American horror film directed by Mark Rosman. It depicts a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and murdered after covering up a fatal prank on their house mother.

## Appearances

* 1:43 a.m. A police officer (Ed Heath) wonders why Vicki (Eileen Davidson) and Liz (Janis Ward) are taking out the trash at 1:43 in the morning. He asks what's in the garbage can, and hoping he won't look inside, Vicki explains they had a large party that night. The officer receives a message to return to the station.
The Man Who Loved Women

***The Man Who Loved Women*** is a 1977 French comedy film directed by François Truffaut. It stars Charles Denneer as a scientist writing an autobiography about his romantic escapades.

## Appearances

* 3:52 p.m.–3:53 p.m. A plane taxis at an airport. Inside, Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner) stares at the legs of many women sitting in front of him. Wearing a wristwatch, he covers his face before looking at the suitcases of a group of men.
The Postman Always Rings Twice

***The Postman Always Rings Twice*** is a 1946 American film noir directed by Tay Garnett. It tells the story of a drifter who is hired to work at a diner and conspires with the owner's wife to murder him.

## Appearances

* 10:13 p.m. Frank Chambers (John Garfield) and Cora Smith (Lana Turner) dance, until she pushes him away.
The Rebel

***The Rebel*** is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Robert Day. It stars Tony Hancock as a clerk who quits his office job to become an abstract artist.

## Appearances

* 8:47 a.m.–8:48 a.m. Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock) walks onto an empty train platform, across from a crowded one. He checks his wristwatch. When a train arrives, Tony hurries to board before the crowd on the other platform does.
* 9:29 a.m. In an office, Tony does his work in unison with the other employees.
* 9:30 a.m. The office manager (John Le Mesurier) arrives to work and enters his office, passing beneath a wall clock.
* 11:26 a.m. The wall clock displays the time. The office manager leaves his office while Tony sits at his desk, drawing a coworker.
The Lavender Hill Mob

***The Lavender Hill Mob*** is a 1951 British film directed by Charles Crichton. It stars Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway as an unassuming bank clerk and an eccentric artist who join up to steal gold bullion.

## Appearances

* 9:17 a.m. As he leaves a London Underground station, Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) checks his wristwatch.
The Family Way

***The Family Way*** is a 1966 British film directed by the Boulting brothers. It stars Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett as newlyweds who have not consummated their marriage.

## Appearances

* 4:34 a.m. Arthur Fitton (Hywel Bennett) stares out the window.
* 4:35 a.m. Arthur's wife Jenny (Hayley Mills) tells him to come back to bed, but he says can't sleep. She offers to make him a cup of tea, but he doesn't want to wake anyone. Jenny gets out of bed and asks him to stop worrying.
* 11:14 p.m.–11:15 p.m. As Jenny and Arthur cross the street, she tells him she's glad they came. A clock chimes.
The Ring Two

***The Ring Two*** is a 2005 American horror film directed by Hideo Nakata. It stars Naomi Watts as a journalist trying to stop a ghost from taking her son's soul. The film is a sequel to a remake of the 1998 *Ringu*.

## Appearances

* 10:59 p.m. Jake Pierce (Ryan Merriman) watches the digital clock on a microwave change from 10:58 p.m. to 10:59 p.m. He yells to play a tape.
The Stunt Man

***The Stunt Man*** is a 1980 American action film directed by Richard Rush. It stars Steve Railsback as a veteran who pretends to be a stunt man and falls in love with an actress on the production.

## Appearances

* 1:35 a.m. A clock on the nightstand buzzes as Nina Franklin (Barbara Hershey) and Cameron (Steve Railsback) have sex. She says she can't while the clock is ringing, but he challenges her to.
* 1:39 a.m. Cameron and Nina finish having sex, and she says it is her second time that day. Nina's alarm clock goes off, and she tells him she set it in case they fell asleep.

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original film, this scene is set later and the clock has been moved back a few minutes.
The Palm Beach Story

***The Palm Beach Story*** is a 1942 American romantic comedy film directed by Preston Sturges. It tells the story of a wife who leaves her inventor husband in order to marry a millionaire who could fund his projects.

## Appearances

* 11:53 a.m. At a train station, an announcement is made that a train will be departing in 5 minutes. Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) looks at a clock.
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***The Traveler*** is a 1974 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It stars Hassan Darabi as a boy trying to see his favorite soccer team play.

The film appears several times during the morning in *The Clock*, in scenes showing Darabi's character waiting to sneak out of his bedroom.

Latest Screening

The latest screening of *The Clock* was at Le Plaza Cinema in Geneva, Switzerland through July 18, 2021.

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The Odessa File

***The Odessa File*** is a 1974 thriller film directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Jon Voight as a German journalist who obtains the diary of an elderly Jewish man and begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS captain who oversaw a concentration camp.

## Appearances

* 3:24 a.m. A Krups clock displays the time as Peter Miller (Jon Voight) sits in bed and reads the diary.
Topaz

***Topaz*** is a 1969 spy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It stars Frederick Stafford as a French intelligence agent.

## Appearances

* 11:20 p.m. Juanita de Cordoba (Karin Dor) and André Devereaux (Frederick Stafford) are in a hotel room. A clock sets off his Geiger counter, and he points out it must be the radium inside the clock.
Weird Science

***Weird Science*** is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by John Hughes. It tells the story of two nerdy high school students who use a computer to create their ideal woman.

## Appearances

* 2:54 p.m. In a parking lot, Gary Wallace (Anthony Michael Hall) pulls up onto the sidewalk.
* 4:24 p.m. Wearing a wristwatch, Gary leans against the car as he tells his date they're running late.
The World's Fastest Indian

***The World's Fastest Indian*** is a 2005 New Zealand biographical film directed by Roger Donaldson. It stars Anthony Hopkins as racer Burt Munro, who rebuilt an rebuilt an Indian motorcycle that he used to set a new world record for speed.

## Appearances

* 5:25 a.m. A lightbulb turns on.
* 5:30 a.m. An alarm clock goes off, waking Burt Munro (Anthony Hopkins). He turns on the light.

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The 5:25 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. scenes reuse some footage.
Video Quartet

***Video Quartet*** is a 2002 video installation by Christian Marclay. It consists of a four-channel video of found footage focusing on music and sound.

## Production

*Video Quartet* was originally commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Using Final Cut Pro, Marclay edited together over 700 clips, primarily taken from Hollywood feature films.

## Exhibition

Five copies of *Video Quartet* were made, in addition to two artist prints. It premiered at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in April 2002, where it was part of a solo exhibition of Marclay's work. The two artist's proofs were acquired by the Tate and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The installation consists of four video channels projected onto a gallery wall or four contiguous screens, each 10' × 8'. Each video has its own soundtrack, played on speakers above and below the corresponding projection.
The Picture of Dorian Gray

***The Picture of Dorian Gray*** is a 1945 American film directed by Albert Lewin. It stars Hurd Hatfield as an innocent young man whose portrait shows his inner ugliness as he remains eternally youthful. After using the film for *The Clock*, Christian Marclay also included it in his 2016 video *Made to Be Destroyed*.

## Appearances

* 12:18 p.m. At a party, Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) stands by a sundial that reads, "Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be."
Twelve O'Clock High

***Twelve O'Clock High*** is a 1949 American war film directed by Henry King. It stars Gregory Peck as an Air Force general who takes over a bomber unit with low morale.

## Appearances

* 10:51 a.m. A clock shows the time as General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) sits catatonic. A phone rings, and Colonel Keith Davenport (Gary Merrill) answers it.
* 12:54 p.m. A sector clock in an Air Force building shows the time.
* 1:10 p.m. Savage looks around. A clock shows the time as he sits silently.
* 2:27 p.m. Savage looks up at a sector clock before checking his wristwatch.
Secret Window

***Secret Window*** is a 2004 American thriller film directed by David Koepp. It stars Johnny Depp as a recently divorced writer who is stalked by a stranger claiming his work was plagiarized.

## Appearances

* 10:15 a.m. A clock on a bookshelf displays the time. Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) wakes up on a couch and hurries to get up after checking his wristwatch.
* 10:26 a.m.–10:27 a.m. A clock sits next to Mort's computer, which has a nearly empty document open. "I'm open to suggestions," he comments to his dog.
Victim

***Victim*** is a 1961 British thriller film directed by Basil Dearden. It stars Dirk Bogarde as a married barrister who is blackmailed over his previous relationship with a gay man.

## Appearances

* 4:59 p.m. Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) checks his wristwatch before looking up at a clock tower.
* 5:58 p.m. Farr checks his wristwatch while on the phone.
U Turn

***U Turn*** is a 1997 American crime film directed by Oliver Stone. It tells the story of a gambler whose car breaks down in a desert town on his way to pay off a debt.

## Appearances

* 1:21 p.m. Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) looks at his empty wallet and tries to pay Darrell (Billy Bob Thornton) with his wristwatch, a Movado Museum which he says is worth $7,800. Darrell notes the lack of features on it and says that the digital watch he bought for $3.75 has more features.
* 2:00 p.m. Bobby hears a grandfather clock chime.
Love in the Afternoon

***Love in the Afternoon*** is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder. It tells the story of a conservatory student who saves the life of a playboy business magnate.

## Appearances

* 4:53 p.m. Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper) and Ariane Chavasse (Audrey Hepburn) walk along the platform for a 5:00 train.
* 9:20 p.m. Ariane leaves a phone booth and asks Michel (Van Doude) the time. He reads the time off his wristwatch and notes how odd she's acting. Ariane responds that anyone would if they knew someone was being shot. As she goes to call the police, Michel insists he has a right to know what's happening because of how he feels about her, not simply because he tells her the time or pays for her calls.
* 10:15 p.m. Flannagan's chauffeur (Filo) looks at his pocketwatch and tells Flannagan it's 10:15, prompting him to look at his wristwatch. Ariane says goodbye, and he gets into the car.
The Piano

***The Piano*** is a 1993 drama film directed by Jane Campion. It tells the story of a mute woman who travels from Scotland to New Zealand with her daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a rich landowner.

## Appearances

* 10:37 a.m. Flora McGrath (Anna Paquin) runs and plays along the shore as George Baines (Harvey Keitel) watches.
Two Lovers

***Two Lovers*** is a 2008 American romance film directed by James Gray. It tells the story of a bachelor torn between a family friend and a new neighbor.

## Appearances

* 6:33 a.m. Leonard Kraditor (Joaquin Phoenix) wakes up to the sound of his cell phone ringing. He answers, and Michelle Rausch (Gwyneth Paltrow) asks him to meet her. He asks the time, and she tells him it's early, around 6:30.
The Moon in the Gutter

***The Moon in the Gutter*** is a 1983 French drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. It tells the story of a revenge-obsessed dockworker who becomes the object of desire for two women.

## Appearances

* 4:30 a.m. Gérard Delmas (Gérard Depardieu) lies next to an alarm clock and looks over at Bella (Victoria Abril).
* 10:15 p.m. Catherine's (Katya Berger) bloody corpse has a Pluto wristwatch.
Went the Day Well?

***Went the Day Well?*** is a 1942 British war film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It depicts village residents who inadvertently welcome disguised Nazi paratroopers who plan to take over the town.

## Appearances

* 10:56 a.m. Oliver Wilsford (Leslie Banks) hangs up the phone and reassures Nora Ashton (Valerie Taylor). He checks his wristwatch, saying it's nearly 11:00, and gives Nora a flower for a wedding.
* 1:43 p.m. Kommandant Orlter (Basil Sydney) checks his wristwatch, asking when the newspaper boy comes. Oliver tells him between 1:00 and 2:00.
Three O'Clock High

***Three O'Clock High*** is a 1987 American teen film directed by Phil Joanou. It stars Casey Siemaszko as a high school student who is challenged to a 3:00 fight by a new student.

## Appearances

* 2:59 a.m. A minute hand moves from 58 to 59.
* 7:30 a.m. A Westclox Dialite alarm clock wakes Jerry Mitchell (Casey Seimaszko) up. When he turns it off, the clock's hands fall off.
* 7:52 a.m. Students arrive at school. The school sign has a large clock on it.
* 8:00 a.m. A Simplex wall clock displays the time.
* 8:16 a.m. Jerry's wristwatch shows the time.
* 9:53 a.m. In class, Karen Clark (Liza Morrow) smiles at Jerry, and Jerry looks at a wall clock.
* 9:59 a.m. Jerry says to his friend Vincent Costello (Jonathan Wise), "See the clock?". He pressures Vincent to open a locker before the 10:00 bell, as a clock moves from 9:59 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
* 12:07 p.m. A Simplex clock shows the time.
* 12:15 p.m. Jerry is in the school store, where a Simplex wall clock is visible.
* 12:48 p.m. Jerry tries to start a car.
* 12:50 p.m. Jerry exits the school bathroom, where a Simplex clock is visible.
* 1:05 p.m. A Simplex wall clock hangs in a classroom. Miss Farmer (Caitlin O'Heaney) asks for volunteers to give their book reports.
* 1:23 p.m. Jerry passes out in class. A wall clock is superimposed over his face.
* 1:58 p.m. In the hallway, Jerry stares at a Simplex clock.
* 1:59 p.m. A clock displays the time.
* 2:51 p.m. In the hallway, Jerry angrily punches a locker. He goes into a classroom and grabs his books. When the teacher tells him to take his seat, Jerry responds, "Flunk me."
* 2:53 p.m. Jerry walks down the hallway and looks up at a clock.
* 3:00 p.m. The clock strikes 3, and students leave class.
* 3:58 p.m. Jerry runs outside.

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original film, this scene is set at 2:59 p.m.
2. ↑ In the original film, this scene is set earlier in the day.

## Clocks

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When a Man Falls in the Forest

***When a Man Falls in the Forest*** is a 2007 American drama film directed by Ryan Eslinger. It depicts three men who deal with their problems in unique, self-destructive ways.

## Appearances

* 10:28 p.m. Night janitor Bill (Dylan Baker) accidentally wakes up Gary Fields (Timothy Hutton) in an office. Bill apologizes and lets Gary know it's around 10:30.
The Captain's Paradise

***The Captain's Paradise*** is a 1953 British film directed by Anthony Kimmins. It stars Alec Guinness as a ferryboat captain who has a wife in Gibraltar and a mistress in Morocco.

## Appearances

* 11:09 a.m. Standing beneath a clock on the ship, Captain Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) tells Carlos Ricco (Charles Goldner) that everything's okay.
Two for the Seesaw

***Two for the Seesaw*** is a 1962 American romance film directed by Robert Wise. It tells the story of a conservative lawyer who leaves his wife and becomes involved with a struggling dancer.

## Appearances

* 3:59 a.m. Jerry Ryan (Robert Mitchum) sees a taxi pull up. Gittel Mosca (Shirley MacLaine) climbs out with Jake, who asks her for a kiss.
Un Flic

***Un Flic*** is a 1972 French crime film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It tells the story of a police chief who has an affair with a woman whose boyfriend is a bank robber.

## Appearances

* 1:11 a.m. In an empty apartment, a clock displays the time as a telephone rings.
* 2:17 p.m. Louis Costa (Michael Conrad) rolls down a car window and looks at his wristwatch.
* 5:25 p.m. At a train station, Louis purchases three tickets. He and Paul Weber (Riccardo Cucciolla) help the injured Marc Albouis (André Pousse) make it to the train, passing a clock near the platform.
* 9:46 p.m. A board shows the schedule at a train station as an announcement is made.
The Wedding Date

***The Wedding Date*** is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Clare Kilner. It tells the story of a single woman who hires an escort to pose as her boyfriend at a wedding.

## Appearances

* 7:05 a.m. Trash collectors work outside, and Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney) wakes up next to Kat Ellis (Debra Messing).
* 7:06 a.m. Kat wakes up and looks around.
* 4:22 p.m. Kat wakes on an airplane. An announcement is made that the local time is 4:22 and the plane will be landing shortly. Kat looks at a smiling Nick, who sits in the row behind her. She looks at herself in a make-up mirror, seeing that she looks disheveled.
Umberto D.

***Umberto D.*** is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It stars Carlo Battisti as an elderly pensioner struggling to keep his rented room and make ends meet.

## Appearances

* 8:33 p.m. Umberto D. Ferrari (Carlo Battisti) is asleep. The servant Maria (Maria-Pia Casilio) sneaks over to the window and gives a signal. On her way out, she grabs a thermometer sitting next to Umberto's alarm clock.
The Others

***The Others*** is a 2001 Spanish horror film directed by Alejandro Amenábar. It stars Nicole Kidman as a religious woman living in a mansion that she begins to suspect is haunted.

## Appearances

* 5:39 a.m. Grace (Nicole Kidman) screams as she wakes up from a nightmare. She grabs her wristwatch off the nightstand and looks at it before putting it back.
The Red Shoes

***The Red Shoes*** is a 1948 British drama film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Moira Shearer as a fledgling ballerina torn between her domineering instructor and the idealistic composer she loves.

## Appearances

* 4:23 a.m.–4:24 a.m. Julian Craster (Marius Goring) and Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) are in their beds. Julian gets up and sneaks out.
* 8:03 a.m. At a train station, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) checks his wristwatch while approaching a train. A clock moves from 8:02 to 8:03.
* 9:39 p.m. Victoria looks up.
* 11:57 p.m. Victoria and Julian look off a balcony as a train passes. A clock on the building shows the time.
Tommy

***Tommy*** is a 1975 British film directed by Ken Russell. It stars Roger Daltrey as a psychosomatically deaf, dumb, and blind boy who becomes a pinball champion and cult leader.

## Appearances

* 3:28 p.m. Dr A. Quackson (Jack Nicholson) sings to Nora Walker (Ann-Margret) about her son. She faints, and he puts a pocketwatch away after taking her pulse.
Unfaithfully Yours

***Unfaithfully Yours*** is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Preston Sturges. It tells the story of an symphony conductor who suspects his wife of being unfaithful and imagines how he might take revenge.

## Appearances

* 1:17 a.m. Daphne (Linda Darnell) and Alfred de Carter (Rex Harrison) return home after a concert. Daphne compliments his conducting, and Alfred wonders if it felt like she was watching him conduct for the last time.
Suspiria

***Suspiria*** is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Jessica Harper as a new student at a prestigious ballet academy, who comes to realize that a coven of witches is killing people. Its thematic sequel *Inferno* also appears in *The Clock*.

## Appearances

* 10:36 p.m. From the back of a taxi, Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) asks the driver (Fulvio Mingozzi) if it has been raining long. He tells her half an hour.
The Big Lebowski

***The Big Lebowski*** is a 1998 film directed by the Coen brothers. It stars Jeff Bridges as a slacker seeking restitution after he is assaulted in a case of mistaken identity.

## Appearances

* 5:42 a.m. In a dream, the Dude (Jeff Bridges) flies through the air, and when a bowling ball appears in his hand, he plummets. Bowling pins fly around. Fireworks explode.
Nine Months

***Nine Months*** is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Chris Columbus. It tells the story of a child psychiatrist whose longtime girlfriend tells him she's pregnant.

## Appearances

* 7:39 a.m. Rebecca Taylor (Julianne Moore) wakes Samuel Faulkner (Hugh Grant) and tells him it's time to get up. She reminds him about a doctor's appointment. He doesn't remember, and Rebecca tells him with irritation that she told him about it 2 weeks ago, 1 week ago, 3 days ago, and twice yesterday.
The Quiet Earth

***The Quiet Earth*** is a 1985 New Zealand science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy. It depicts a cataclysmic disaster that leaves only a few people left in the world.

## Appearances

* 6:13 a.m. A clock flips from 6:12 to 6:13. Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) sits in bed dials the phone.
* 6:12 p.m. Zac throws a clock at a radio.
Vertigo

***Vertigo*** is a 1958 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It tells the story of a retired detective with acrophobia who becomes obsessed with old friend's wife. Before using the film for *The Clock*, Christian Marclay included it in his 1995 video *Telephones*.

## Appearances

* 5:18 a.m. A sequence shows Scottie Ferguson's (James Stewart) dream about Carlotta Valdes.
* 5:38 a.m. Scottie appears in a dream sequence.
* 11:05 a.m. Standing outside the Empire Hotel, Scottie sees Judy Barton (Kim Novak) open a window.
Vanishing Point

***Vanishing Point*** is a 1971 American film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. It stars Barry Newman as a car delivery driver who takes a bet to make a delivery in 15 hours.

## Appearances

* 7:00 a.m. At a radio station, DJ Super Soul (Cleavon Little), wearing a wristwatch, touches the hands of a clock. He goes on air, wishing his listeners a good morning.
Licence to Kill

***Licence to Kill*** is a 1989 spy film directed by John Glen. It stars Timothy Dalton as a renegade secret agent pursuing a notorious drug lord. Many other films from the James Bond series—*Dr. No*, *From Russia with Love*, *Goldfinger*, *Thunderball*, *Casino Royale* (1967), *On Her Majesty's Secret Service*, *Diamonds Are Forever*, *Live and Let Die*, *The Man with the Golden Gun*, *The Spy Who Loved Me*, *Moonraker*, *For Your Eyes Only*, *Octopussy*, *GoldenEye*, *The World Is Not Enough*, *Die Another Day*, and *Casino Royale* (2006)—also appear in *The Clock*.

## Appearances

* 2:56 p.m. Q (Desmond Llewelyn) shows off an exploding alarm clock.