Starting DVD Player automatically at a specified time?

Hi, strange question:
Is it possible to have my MBP start playing a DVD from a specific point (or continue where I've left it) at a certain time of day?
I have a DVD movie where the character calls out someone's name repeatedly, and I thought it'd be a fun prank to hide my computer in their closet and have it go off around midnight, hehe.
Any automaton scripts I could run or something? The DVD itself need only start at 34 minutes in... or I could have the DVD player open and paused at that point.

Java Application, or method within a running Java application?
To run Java you would have to use the OS native tools.
Windows Scheduled Tasks
Newbie: Intro to cron.
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