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Plot summary
Jessica Martin teaches science in Los Angeles. Intruders break into her home, confine her in the attic and destroy the phone, leaving her with bare wires she works until a call goes through to a number she never chose. The cell belongs to Ryan Hewitt, who is spending the morning at the Santa Monica Pier with his friend Chad, helping with a fundraiser in the hope of winning back his ex, Chloe. He treats the call as a prank, and at Jessica's urging takes the report to Sergeant Bob Mooney at a police station. Overhearing Ethan, the leader of the kidnappers, press Jessica for her husband Craig's whereabouts, Ryan understands the danger reaches her family and sets out for Ricky's school.
Cast
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- Paige Cannonas Girl at Concert
- Chase Ellis Blochas Timid Boy (as Chase Bloch)
- Chantille Boudousqueas Chloe's Chilly Friend
- Robin Brenneras Excitable Customer
- Nikki Christianas Porsche Girl
- Chelsea Ellis Blochas Surf Girl's Friend (as Chelsea Bloch)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cellular (2004)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Cellular's screenplay started out much darker: in Larry Cohen's original draft, the man who takes the desperate call, an art thief named Theo Novak still guilty over a failed suicide rescue, fails to save kidnapped Lenore, then discovers her captors were tied to another crime and kills them all, walking away rich with their loot.
- Sony Pictures vice president Lauren Lloyd liked Larry Cohen's script but could not get fellow executives to greenlight it, so she quit Sony to produce Cellular independently, bringing in producer Dean Devlin to develop it with her.
