Denise Calls Up

Denise Calls Up

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

1995•1h 20m•6.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(23)

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?

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Production

Davis Entertainment, Skyline Entertainment Partners, Dark Matter Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tim Daly

Tim Daly

Frank Oliver

Caroleen Feeney

Caroleen Feeney

Barbara Gorton

Dan Gunther

Martin Weiner

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Gail Donelly

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Jerry Heckerman

Aida Turturro

Aida Turturro

Linda

Alanna Ubach

Alanna Ubach

Denise Devaro

Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles

Sharon, Gail's Aunt

Mark Blum

Mark Blum

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