Denise Calls Up

"A hilarious heart-ringing fable about life, love and hangups."

Mar 29 1996 PG-13 1h 20m
Comedy

A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax. They are all too busy to meet face to face. Gale plays matchmaker, by phone, to Jerry and Barbara who, in turn, hit it off beautifully – via phone and fax. Martin gets a telephone call from someone he's never met. It's Denise, with some extraordinary news. Tapping away at his computer all the while, he develops a sort of friendship with Denise – via phone. And so it goes as the friends, tap, tap, tapping away, share news, hopes, and dreams – via phone and fax. Finally Gale has an unfortunate encounter with a phone, Denise has some more news for Martin, and Frank plans a gala New Year's Eve party, but will he answer the door?

Plot

A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax; all are too busy to meet face-to-face. By phone, Gale plays matchmaker for Jerry and Barbara who hit it off beautifully--via phone and fax. Martin gets a telephone call from somebody he has never met: it's Denise, and she has extraordinary news. Tapping away at his computer, he develops a sort of telephonic friendship with Denise. And so it goes as the friends tap, tap, tap away, sharing news, hopes, and dreams--via phone and fax. Finally Gale has an unfortunate encounter with a phone, Denise has more news for Martin, and Frank plans a gala New Year's Eve party--but will he answer the door?

Written by

Hal Salwen

Directed by

Hal Salwen

Cast

Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dan Gunther

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Davis Entertainment, Dark Matter Productions, Skyline Entertainment Partners

Languages

English

Awards

6 wins & 2 nominations

Trailers
Denise Calls Up Trailer 1996
Scores
# of Votes
1,441
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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