The Ten Spot 1/2 - Phone Calls

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by: Jim Law Nov. 30, 2009

10 Awesome Movie Phone Calls

I tried coming up with my own top ten list of personal phone calls while writing this list just for shits and giggles. Other than the time my wife called me at the bar to tell me it was a boy, I got nothing. How sad is that? There's not one memorable phone call made to or from me in my entire life. No phone sex, no prize notifications, not even a death threat. Somebody give me a call and make the magic happen.

Honorable mention: A Glass Case of Emotion - ANCHORMAN

I could probably include a scene from this movie in every Ten Spot I've ever done if I tried hard enough. It's the mustache, without it this scene (entire movie) is 25% less funny. Fact.

10. Dinner Plans - SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

What if this conversation took place using Skype video chat? Does Clarice get just as creeped out when she see's Lecter's gay-bowler disguise? I smell a remake.

9. I'm In - THE MATRIX

There are a ton of quality phone moments in this film seeing how it's their main source of transportation from the real world into the black-leather-coolness of the Matrix. My favorite being when Joey Pants starts unplugging all the unknowns and thinning out the cast.

8. Are You Dead Yet, Honey? - DIAL M FOR MURDER

I once was talking to my wife when my son was using the potty and was nervous for all those involved. Imagine you had to listen to the dude you hired try and kill her and not know what's happening.

7. Best Crank Call Ever - PHONE BOOTH

I never thought an entire film set in a phone booth would entertain me but was pleasantly surprised by the time this film wrapped up. Has any one ever answered a public phone since this came out.

6. In Da House - BLACK CHRISTMAS & WHEN A STRANGER CALLS

The first time you hear this line, "The call is coming from inside the house!", and you didn't expect it, you want to peel your skin off. It still gets my vote for creepiest moment ever. Especially when you watch at five-years-old.

See you in a bit with 5-1

Source: JoBlo

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PuffCity
2:48AM on 12/01/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
great list!
Definetly Mikey calling Nicky in Swingers.

Also, as mentionned, the Bourne Supremacy phone call with Joan Allen and the judge/cell phone incident in Law Abiding Citizen are also great 'phone' moments.
Definetly Mikey calling Nicky in Swingers.

Also, as mentionned, the Bourne Supremacy phone call with Joan Allen and the judge/cell phone incident in Law Abiding Citizen are also great 'phone' moments.
 
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landoguss
1:25AM on 12/01/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Number one better be Lost Highway!!!!!
Number one better be Lost Highway!!!!!
 
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SuperMarcey
8:37PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Awesome pics Jim, I love the Anchorman one too glad you gave that a mention. Bring on Part 2!
Awesome pics Jim, I love the Anchorman one too glad you gave that a mention. Bring on Part 2!
 
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anomaly7
8:09PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
You have to include that scene from the end of the Bourne Supremacy, when Joan Allen figures out Bourne is watching her.

And maybe that scene where Rhodes calls iron man while he's flying around, that was pretty funny.
You have to include that scene from the end of the Bourne Supremacy, when Joan Allen figures out Bourne is watching her.

And maybe that scene where Rhodes calls iron man while he's flying around, that was pretty funny.
 
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Double-Oh-Zero
6:38PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fight Club
"...have you ever heard a death rattle before?" My vote would go to that one, or Bateman's panicked confession to his lawyer's answering machine in American Psycho.
"...have you ever heard a death rattle before?" My vote would go to that one, or Bateman's panicked confession to his lawyer's answering machine in American Psycho.
 
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DaForce
4:40PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
My all time cringe-inducing favorite is when Mikey calls Nicky in the movie 'Swingers'. You really just want to scream at him to hang up the damn phone.

My second favorite actually came from a recent movie, 'Law Abiding Citizen' which involves a judge and a cell phone.

Terminator 2, the 'Wolfie's fine' telephone conversation.
My all time cringe-inducing favorite is when Mikey calls Nicky in the movie 'Swingers'. You really just want to scream at him to hang up the damn phone.

My second favorite actually came from a recent movie, 'Law Abiding Citizen' which involves a judge and a cell phone.

Terminator 2, the 'Wolfie's fine' telephone conversation.
 
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Resurrected
4:07PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Will the "No Country For Old Men" Chigur phone convo make the list?
Will the "No Country For Old Men" Chigur phone convo make the list?
 
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solidsnake58
2:49PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Predictions
E.T. "phone home". Poltergeist 2 "they're back". Goodfellas "it's for you". Scream "what's your favorite scary movie?" Munich / Payback "kaboom"
E.T. "phone home". Poltergeist 2 "they're back". Goodfellas "it's for you". Scream "what's your favorite scary movie?" Munich / Payback "kaboom"
 
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solidsnake58
2:39PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Heat
I know it won't make the list but I always loved Deniro threating William Fichtner. "I'm talking into an empty telephone because there is a dead man on the other end."
I know it won't make the list but I always loved Deniro threating William Fichtner. "I'm talking into an empty telephone because there is a dead man on the other end."
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Jim Law
6:18PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Shit, totally forgot about this scene. I love that whole exchange and the set-up.
Shit, totally forgot about this scene. I love that whole exchange and the set-up.
 
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ozzoserious
1:33PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
In my opinion, not really a phone call but a message at the recording machine, at Garden State when Largemanīs father tells him heīs mom just drowned, it is just sad and wtf...
In my opinion, not really a phone call but a message at the recording machine, at Garden State when Largemanīs father tells him heīs mom just drowned, it is just sad and wtf...
 
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Smiert Spionam
12:17PM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Pulp Fiction
"Wait.....are you calling me on a cellular phone?"
"Wait.....are you calling me on a cellular phone?"
 
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Staying Frosty
11:06AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Star Wars
I would say Vader, in Empire, talking on the holophone thingy, then he uses the force to strangle whoever on the other end....
I would say Vader, in Empire, talking on the holophone thingy, then he uses the force to strangle whoever on the other end....
 
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Josh Tequila
10:55AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Laugh
My favourite call is from Dumb and Dumber where the impatient guy waiting to use the phone gets punched through the glass. The guy waiting is hilarious.
My favourite call is from Dumb and Dumber where the impatient guy waiting to use the phone gets punched through the glass. The guy waiting is hilarious.
 
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Shaggy89
10:39AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Taken
I don't know if it will be on the list, but the whole trailer for Taken, with Liam Neeson telling the baddie about his special set of skills was badass enough to make me go see the movie.
I don't know if it will be on the list, but the whole trailer for Taken, with Liam Neeson telling the baddie about his special set of skills was badass enough to make me go see the movie.
 
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kidkre0le
10:21AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I sure hope the phone call to Drew Barrymore in the first Scream movie makes this list.
I sure hope the phone call to Drew Barrymore in the first Scream movie makes this list.
 
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McameronM
9:47AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm not going to bitch about the tie but I was hoping Black Christmas was higher on the list... Oh well hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised with the remaining 5


By the way I think Black X-mas was a WAY better movie than When a Stranger Calls(my opinion anyways)
I'm not going to bitch about the tie but I was hoping Black Christmas was higher on the list... Oh well hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised with the remaining 5


By the way I think Black X-mas was a WAY better movie than When a Stranger Calls(my opinion anyways)
 
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SuperSTUD
8:21AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Stop the TIE!
6 doesn't count, therefore your whole list has lost credibility.
6 doesn't count, therefore your whole list has lost credibility.
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Jim Law
8:46AM on 11/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
So says SuperSTUD.
So says SuperSTUD.