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Overview
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Writers:
Harry Nilsson (screenplay) &
Terry Southern (screenplay)
Release Date:
22 January 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
She's on the line...and off the wall.
Plot:
A crazy out of work actress, Vashti Blue, spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Great movie. Hope to see it on DVD someday more (27 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Vashti Blue |
 | Severn Darden | ... | Max |
 | Elliott Gould | ... | Rodney |
 | John Heard | ... | Telephone Man |
| Ronald J. Stallings | ... | Saxophone Player |
| John Hattan | ... | Sidewalk Vendor |
| Lina Chu | ... | Sidewalk Vendor |
| James Victor | ... | Big Ray on Answering Machine (voice) |
| Robin Menken | ... | Voice on the Freeway (voice) |
| Danae Torn | ... | Midge on Answering Machine (voice) |
 | Hervé Villechaize | ... | Voice on the Freeway (voice) |
| Don Blakely | ... | Larry on Answering Machine / Voice on the Freeway (voice) |
| Amy Wright | ... | Honey Boxe / Irate Neighbor / Jennifer on Answering Machine |
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Also Known As:
Allo, je craque (France) (video title) [fr]
El telèfon (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Le téléphone (Canada: French title) [fr]
Telefon Terror (West Germany) [de]
Telefon Terror (Hungary) [hu]
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96 min
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Whoopi Goldberg took director Rip Torn and the film's producers to court to prevent the film's release due to its poor quality. She lost. more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Telephone (1988)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| So how does it end?? | emmapeelout |
| Just scored this on DVD | kidneyboy081402 |
| Harry Nilsson Is A Genius. However... | SolarExcuse |
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I saw this movie on TV the first time, but got in about 15 min. into it so naturally I started hunting for it on video. I finally found it and have been watching it many times. Whoopie Goldberg gives a heartwarming/-breaking performance as VashiBlue, whose main contact with the surrounding world is her telephone and her answering machine. She is obviously a lonely person, living with an owl and a goldfish, but does get company once in a while and loves to argue with the neighbour, who constantly complains about her and threatens to contact immigrations to have her kicked out. The ending comes as a total surprise and I couldn't help crying after I saw it in full the first time. I still do, if it's been a while since I saw it last. Definitely a movie to see and I hope it will be released on DVD soon, region 2, since I live in Denmark.