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#2 2003-08-27 7:13 pm
- fortysixandtwo
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Re: 753-555-1074....
I have no idea what you are talking about...unless that is the number for God from Bruce Almighty...(but i havnt seen it so i dont know)
care to elaborate?
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#3 2003-08-27 7:37 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
I think he's talking about the 555 business. I for one agree with this man, but isn't it ironic? Ranting about realism in a movie, well, more of an oxymoron. 867-5309
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#4 2003-08-27 7:52 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
I don't think Jenny appreciates you giving out her number... 
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#5 2003-08-27 8:06 pm
- Tallgeese
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Re: 753-555-1074....
I don't think Jenny appreciates you giving out her number...
Eh, it was on the wall.
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#6 2003-08-27 8:07 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
movie makers don't want to pass out real numbers for f33r of the people whos number that really is.
Wouldnt you be pissed if your number was featured in gigly and people kept calling you to complain how much the movie sucked?
Just like back in Saigon! Eh, slick?
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#8 2003-08-27 8:28 pm
- JackSkellington
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Re: 753-555-1074....
Your sitting in a darkened room next to strangers watching a projected image. Get a life.
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#9 2003-08-27 9:31 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
well isn't that the bare bones stripped down version of a movie theatre
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#10 2003-08-27 9:38 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
Don't forget that you paid $10 for this event.
But I guess it's worth it for all the extras...
*people talking on their phone
*others bringing their 4 children under 10
*a sticky floor
*a $4 soda and $3 box of candy
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#11 2003-08-27 9:44 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
Ah yes, I love how they can charge ludicrous amounts of money for food and drink and people will still pay for it.
riddle me that
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#12 2003-08-27 9:50 pm
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I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
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#13 2003-08-27 10:33 pm
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Being one who works in the movie industry I know why they do this. For legal reasons. They don't want what happened with BRUCE ALMIGHTY to happen all the time. The 555 number protects the studio from legal issues, and BRUCE ALMIGHTY's using a real number was a reminder why they do.
I too hate that we have to use the 555 number, because it does awaken you to the fact that you are watching a movie. We also need to use fictional addresses, such as a real street in Chicago, but a number that doesn't occur on that street, because there are some morons who will either go there or send mail there.
Just letting you know the reasons. but I too hate the practice.
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#14 2003-08-27 11:08 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
Being one who works in the movie industry I know why they do this. For legal reasons. They don't want what happened with BRUCE ALMIGHTY to happen all the time. The 555 number protects the studio from legal issues, and BRUCE ALMIGHTY's using a real number was a reminder why they do.
I too hate that we have to use the 555 number, because it does awaken you to the fact that you are watching a movie. We also need to use fictional addresses, such as a real street in Chicago, but a number that doesn't occur on that street, because there are some morons who will either go there or send mail there.
Just letting you know the reasons. but I too hate the practice.
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I know the reasons... it's just smurfing annoying...
Why is it not relevant for music? There was a very popular song that had a real phone number in it?
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#15 2003-08-27 11:26 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
you must not own a phone
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#16 2003-08-27 11:39 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
you must not own a phone
Err... do mobile phones count?
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#17 2003-08-27 11:43 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
you must not own a phone
Err... do mobile phones count?
no, because you probably dont get calls you dont want on it, or any calls at all 
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#18 2003-08-27 11:49 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
you must not own a phone
Err... do mobile phones count?
no, because you probably dont get calls you dont want on it, or any calls at all
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#19 2003-08-27 11:52 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
you must not own a phone
Err... do mobile phones count?
no, because you probably dont get calls you dont want on it, or any calls at all
Wahhkj
Now I have to call myself to make myself feel loved...
or you could get your number featured in a USA made-for-TV movie
Just like back in Saigon! Eh, slick?
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#20 2003-08-27 11:53 pm
Re: 753-555-1074....
I'm sure some losers would love to have their numbers used in the movie, though.... why not just have a contest... have your number used in movie (with some sort of verification that it was actually their number)
you must not own a phone
Err... do mobile phones count?
no, because you probably dont get calls you dont want on it, or any calls at all
Wahhkj
Now I have to call myself to make myself feel loved...or you could get your number featured in a USA made-for-TV movie
Or I could post it here, but I won't.
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#21 2003-08-28 2:00 am
- benightedbastard
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Re: 753-555-1074....
There was a 555 number in a Far Side comic, and while you guys have no 555 numbers, we have some. When that comic emerged here, the owner of the number was inundated with calls. Putting in anything other than a fake number is heinously stupid.
I don't see what the big deal is. Hearing a 555 number in a movie doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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#22 2003-08-28 1:39 pm
- Kurto2021
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Re: 753-555-1074....
movie makers don't want to pass out real numbers for f33r of the people whos number that really is.
Wouldnt you be pissed if your number was featured in gigly and people kept calling you to complain how much the movie sucked?
You would be safe it was in Gigli because after the three or four people who saw the movie called you would be fine. If it were in a movie that was seen by about 500 times more people, like Dumb and Dumberer you would get a lot more calls.
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#23 2003-08-28 1:47 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
I saw a 555 number on the side of a truck. Yea--that's all I have to say.
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#25 2003-08-28 4:17 pm
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Re: 753-555-1074....
I know the reasons... it's just washing annoying...
Why is it not relevant for music? There was a very popular song that had a real phone number in it?
There was a song by Squeeze with a real number in it, I think it was even titled ###-#### (I don't remember the number). My dad says that when it came out they were saying on the local news that the person got a lot of calls, I expect it was like that for most places that had that number in service.
I never understood why the producers or whoever just don't buy a real number and use it? Maybe put some sort of ad on the answering machine, it could pay for itself.
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