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The Phone Call is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 1 january 1977 with Marc McClure
The Phone Call (1977)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1977
Length 24minutes
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Rating71%
The Phone Call is a 24-minute film produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It tells the story of a young man, Scott, who works at a burger joint to earn money for karate lessons. He finds it difficult to talk to the girl he likes while at the same time easily becomes friends with a female coworker, Becky. The story was based on an article by Jack Weyland published in the New Era in February 1976. The film is available through the Brigham Young University Office of Creative Works on a compilation DVD with other LDS films. In 2012 it was made available on YouTube by the copyright holders (see external links below).
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Marc McClure
(Scott)
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