Prime Time
Prime Time
1997, English. Directed by Dave Monahan.
An avant garde prison power struggle as witnessed through the point of view of the inmates’ only television set with the biggest troublemaker and sweetest seducer on the cellblock. The Knicks have just taken the Bulls to overtime, but it’s time for Star Trek. The film took two days to shoot, one week to edit, and one year to create the special effects. With it being Shot on 16mm film and transferred to video and then edited on a computer - the first student film at Columbia to be edited digitally.
- Runtime
- 0h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1997
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Dave Monahan
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Prime Time runs 16 minutes (0h 16m).
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Which OTT platform is Prime Time on?
Prime Time isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1997. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Prime Time?
If you liked Prime Time, try Thunderstruck, Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer, John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City.
Who directed Prime Time?
Prime Time (1997) was directed by Dave Monahan and stars Johnny Garcia, Elvis Nolasco, A. Russell Andrews.