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Cellular
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Cellular is a 2004 American and German crime, action, and thriller film directed by David R. Ellis. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, Larry Cohen, and Scott Silver, with Dean Devlin serving as producer. The cast includes Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, and William H. Macy. The narrative is set in Los Angeles, and filming took place in Santa Monica, Westwood, Downtown Los Angeles, and West Los Angeles. The film was produced by Electric Entertainment and distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The movie has a runtime of 94 minutes and was released on September 6, 2004, and September 10, 2004, with a subsequent release date of February 3, 2005. John Ottman composed the music. The film’s tagline is "If the signal dies so does she." It has a budget of 25,000,000 and generated revenue of 57,678,321. A derivative work titled Connected was produced. Review scores include 5.8/10, 56%, 60/100, and 6.5, with vote counts of 2,082 and 109,375.
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6.4A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Cast
- Kim Basinger as Jessica Martin
- Chris Evans as Ryan Hewitt
- Jason Statham as Ethan
- William H. Macy as Sgt. Bob Mooney
- Noah Emmerich as Jack Tanner
- Valerie Cruz as Dana Bayback
Themes
- police
- psychopath
- bank
- telephone
- los angeles, california
- home invasion
- cell phone
- duringcreditsstinger
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David R. Ellis
- Screenplay by
- Chris Morgan
- Story by
- Larry Cohen
- Produced by
- Dean Devlin Lauren Lloyd
- Starring
- Kim Basinger Chris Evans Jason Statham Eric Christian Olsen Noah Emmerich William H. Macy
- Cinematography
- Gary Capo
- Edited by
- Eric Sears
- Music by
- John Ottman
- Production company
- Electric Entertainment
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- September 10, 2004 ( 2004-09-10 )
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $57.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Cellular is a 2004 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis. The film stars Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy with Noah Emmerich, Richard Burgi, Valerie Cruz and Jessica Biel. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, based on a story by Larry Cohen.
The film follows a female science teacher who is kidnapped by home invaders, but manages to randomly phone a young man and call for help. The man must maintain the call for the long time, before realizing that the kidnappers are dirty cops, working for the Los Angeles Police Department. The film then follows a struggle for survival between several desperate characters.
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