How big a part is your phone in your life? In movies, a phone can just be a simple prop, but often it becomes the best communication tool in moving along the storyline–and can play the leading role in many cinema moments.
Here are 6 phone conversations from films that have stuck with us through the years–and have reminded us never to take our gadgets for granted.
1. Jerry Maguire (1996)
"Show me the money!"
- Directed by: Cameron Crowe
- Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
This film has won the hearts of many, thanks to a Tom Cruise role of a sports agent falling in love with a single mom, and being best buds with her cute kid. The movie also made popular those weak-in-your-knees one liners, 'You complete me' and 'You had me at hello.' Let's not forget that iconic phone call of Rod to Jerry.
2. Phone Booth (2002)
"Isn't it funny? You hear a phone ring and it could be anybody. But a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?"
- Directed by: Joel Schumacher
- Starring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland
A phone booth in New York takes center stage in this thriller. A sniper terrorizes a philandering publicist about to use the phone, threatening to shoot if he hangs up. Ladies, a little reminder from The Caller: Why would a guy with a cellphone call a woman everyday from a phone booth?
3. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
'It is so nice when you can sit with someone and not have to talk.'
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
- Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan
A classic, this romantic comedy has one of the most unforgettable pairings in Hollywood cinema. The chemistry of Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally is so undeniable in every scene–from that iconic sandwich scene in Katz's Deli in New York to their many phone conversations through the years.
4. Cellular (2004)
''Don't ever call me again.'
- Directed by: David R. Ellis
- Starring: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham
A kidnapped woman manages to fix a broken telephone to call a random mobile number, which happens to be owned by man named Ryan. Ryan, who thinks it's a prank phone call at first, realizes the woman is telling the truh, and the kidnappers are out to get her son and husband next.
5. Mean Girls (2004)
"On Wednesdays, we wear pink."
- Directed by: Mark Waters
- Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried
The daughter of a zoologist couple, who has been homeschooled her whole life, discovers the world of cliques and plastics as she starts public school in this teen comedy. The famous four-way phone call scene from the film reveals the chatty (and catty) side of the mean girls.
6. Taken (2008)
'If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.'
- Directed by: Pierre Morel
- Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
It's just the luck of a kidnapper to take the daughter of an ex-soldier with a very particular set of skills. Hell hath no fury like Liam Neeson scorned. Be very afraid.
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