Cellular (2004)

Director:

David R. Ellis

Writers (WGA):

Larry Cohen (story)
Chris Morgan (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

If the signal dies so does she.

Plot:

A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Shot In The Neck | Die Hard Scenario | Paranoid | Race Against Time

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26	4:00 AM	TNT
Fri. Aug. 1	8:00 PM	ABC

Cast

Caroline Aaron	...	Marilyn Mooney
Brenda Ballard	...	Irate Customer #1
Kim Basinger	...	Jessica Martin
Will Beinbrink	...	Young Security Guard
Jessica Biel	...	Chloe
Chase Bloch	...	Timid Boy
Chelsea Bloch	...	Surf Girl's Friend
Chantille Boudousque	...	Chloe's Chilly Friend
Robin Brenner	...	Excitable Customer
Richard Burgi	...	Craig Martin
Paige Cannon	...	Girl at Concert
Nikki Christian	...	Porsche Girl
John Churchill	...	Young Guard
Greg Collins	...	Aging Security Guard
Valerie Cruz	...	Dana Bayback
Marco DiMaio	...	Superior Officer (as Marco Dimaio)
Eddie Driscoll	...	Crewcut Officer
Tagert Ellis	...	Kid in Phone Store
Noah Emmerich	...	Jack Tanner
John Ennis	...	Rent a Cop #1
Eric Etebari	...	Dmitri
Chris Evans	...	Ryan
Erin Foster	...	Surf Girl
Willie Gault	...	Detector Operator
Noe Gonzalez	...	Rent a Cop #2
Adam Taylor Gordon	...	Ricky Martin
Ernie Grunwald	...	Busy Salesman
James Hinkle	...	Skater Boy
Rick Hoffman	...	Lawyer
Summer Hubbell	...	Beach Girl's Friend
Lenore Kasdorf	...	Ticket Checker
Brendan Kelly	...	Mad Dog
Chuck Kelley	...	Tense Guard
Mark Kubr	...	Eurotrash Man
Robert Lawrence	...	Auto Theft Detective
Adam Lieberman	...	Irate Customer #2
Lexi Lieth	...	Beach Girl
Kate London	...	Newscaster at 457 Store
William H. Macy	...	Sgt. Bob Mooney
Matt McColm	...	Deason
Esther Mercado	...	Rosario (as Esther 'Tita' Mercado)
Robert Shaye	...	Detective Looking Guy (as L.E. Moko)
Mircea Monroe	...	Chloe's Friend
Rob Nagle	...	Paramedic
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Chad
Dat Phan	...	Vietnamese Artist
Rachel Reynolds	...	Videogame Babe
Ron Roggé	...	Athletic Officer
Lara Romanoff	...	Eurotrash Girlfriend
Lauren Sanchez	...	News Anchor #2
Al Sapienza	...	False Craig
Lorna Scott	...	Bank Teller
Lin Shaye	...	Exotic Car Driver
Sherri Shepherd	...	Jaded Cashier
Sean Smith	...	Perky Salesman
Jason Statham	...	Ethan
Paul Sunderland	...	News Anchor #1
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Lil Rapper (as Bobbe'J Turner-Thompson)
Ishtar Uhvana	...	Busy Saleswoman
Afsoun Yazdian	...	Airline Passenger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gina-Raye Carter	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Mary Castro	...	Bikini Girl (uncredited)
John Cenatiempo	...	Howie (uncredited)
Matt Clifford	...	Carnival Guest (uncredited)
Dean Devlin	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Garrett Dutton	...	Himself (uncredited)
Colby Greening	...	School Boy (uncredited)
Michael Kozak	...	Paul (uncredited)
Andrew Michaelson	...	School Boy (uncredited)
Gino Montesinos	...	Gangbanger (uncredited)
Gina Moore	...	Bikini Beachgoer (uncredited)
Alana Morshead	...	Specialty Girl (uncredited)
Neal Orion	...	Beach Bum (uncredited)
Brandon Osborne	...	School Boy (uncredited)
LynNita Puma	...	Private School Mother (uncredited)
Jenilee Reyes	...	(uncredited)
Kid Richmond	...	Boy at Concert (uncredited)
Summer Still	...	Skater (uncredited)
Danielle Stratton	...	Beach Girl (uncredited)
Scott Alan Taylor	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Ken Weiner	...	Foreign Traveler (uncredited)
Peter Weireter	...	Sergeant (uncredited)

Directed by
David R. Ellis

Writing credits (WGA)
Larry Cohen		(story)
Chris Morgan		(screenplay)

Produced by
Richard Brener	....	executive producer
Douglas Curtis	....	executive producer
Dean Devlin	....	producer
Tawny Ellis	....	associate producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Keith Goldberg	....	executive producer
Lauren Lloyd	....	producer
Caroline Rault	....	associate producer (as Caroline Hynes Rault)
Marc Roskin	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Ottman

Cinematography by
Gary Capo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Eric A. Sears		(as Eric Sears)

Casting by
Roger Mussenden

Production Design by
Jaymes Hinkle

Art Direction by
Domenic Silvestri

Set Decoration by
Robert Gould

Costume Design by
Christopher Lawrence

Makeup Department
Rebecca Alling	....	key makeup artist
Amy L. Disarro	....	makeup artist (as Amy DiSarro-Sasgen)
Kim M. Ferry	....	hair stylist
Voni Hinkle	....	head hair stylist
Melanie Hughes	....	head makeup artist (as Melanie Hughes-Weaver)
Ronnie Specter	....	makeup artist: Ms. Basinger
Candy L. Walken	....	hair stylist: Ms. Basinger
Roxanne Wightman	....	key hair stylist
Gigi Williams	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Richard J. Gelfand	....	unit production manager
Erik Holmberg	....	executive in charge of production
Jay Vinitsky	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José Clemente Hernandez	....	additional second second assistant director
Freddie Hice	....	second unit director
Paula Janos	....	second second assistant director
Eric A. Pot	....	second assistant director
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director
Laurie Baron	....	additional second second assistant director (uncredited)
Wendi Lampassi	....	additional second assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)
Robert 'Skid' Skidmore	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Colin Bardon	....	stage foreman
James R. Bayliss	....	set designer (as James Bayliss)
Tom Benardello	....	paint foreman
Michael R. Blaich	....	lead painter
Erin Boyd	....	buyer (as Erin Gould)
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist (as Christopher Buchinsky)
Scott Buckwald	....	property master
Aaron Kaleo Carter	....	set dresser
Elida Cerda	....	construction medic
Stephen Dennis	....	gangboss
Ramírez Gabriela	....	set dressing coordinator (as Gabriela Ramirez)
Cheryl Gould	....	swing gang
Reginald Hendrix	....	storyboard artist
Lisha Hocking	....	art department coordinator
Luika Imaoka	....	buyer
Joseph Kearney	....	construction coordinator
Marybeth Martin-Eck	....	construction auditor (as Marybeth Martin)
John Hammer Maxwell	....	on-set dresser (as John H. Maxwell)
Mike Patterson	....	set dresser
Christopher M. Ridino	....	general foreman
Danny Rowe	....	assistant property master
Mark Simpson	....	leadman
Bill Thompson	....	stage foreman
Phillip Vargas	....	general labor foreman (as Phillip Jonathan Vargas)
Rod Walton	....	location foreman (as Rod K. Walton)
Gary Warshaw	....	assistant art director
Will Alovis	....	props (uncredited)
Robert Cole	....	prop shop foreman (uncredited)
Dervon 'Von' Herron	....	set designer (uncredited)
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Jeanne Kukor	....	property assistant (uncredited)
Scott Owen	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Eric Rood	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Neal J. Anderson	....	foley editor (as Neal Anderson)
John Bires	....	audio engineer
John Cannon	....	first assistant sound editor (as John G. Cannon)
Gail Carroll-Coe	....	cableperson
Kevin Cerchiai	....	boom operator
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer
Christopher Fitzgerald	....	adr recordist
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Hector C. Gika	....	sound designer
Jeff Glueck	....	sound engineer (as Jeffrey M. Glueck)
Michael Hertlein	....	adr editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Daniel S. Irwin	....	adr supervisor
Kimberly Jimenez	....	additional sound
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kory Kruckenberg	....	assistant sound engineer
Dave McMoyler	....	supervising sound editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Paul D. Poduska	....	additional sound (as Paul Poduska)
Art Rochester	....	sound mixer (as Arthur Rochester)
Jon Schluckebier	....	assistant sound engineer (as Jon Schluckbier)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor (as John Title)
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Brian Valentino	....	assistant sound engineer
Drew Webster	....	digital sound mix technician
Christopher T. Welch	....	adr editor
Christopher T. Welch	....	dialogue editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
David Young	....	sound engineer (as David M. Young)
Gail Carroll-Coe	....	utility sound technician (uncredited)
Thomas Giordano	....	communication technician (uncredited)
Jesse Kaplan	....	sound reinforcement (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Roy Augenstein	....	special effects
Eric Cook	....	special effects (as Eric P. Cook)
David Eland	....	special effects
Steven Carlton Ficke	....	special effects (as Steven Ficke)
Todd Jensen	....	special effects shop foreman (as Todd K. Jensen)
James Lorimer	....	special effects
William P. McGinley	....	special effects
Sara R. Morris	....	special effects purchaser
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects set foreman
Daniel Sudick	....	special effects coordinator (as Daniel A. Sudick)
Leonel Zapien	....	special effects laborer

Visual Effects by
Jeremy Appelbaum	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Joe Boswell	....	systems administrator: Digital Dimension
Michael Cashore	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Sunwoo Chung	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
James Coulter	....	senior technical supervisor: Digital Dimension
Jason Crosby	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Dimension
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Mark Dornfeld	....	opticals: Custom Film Effects
Brian Fisher	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension (as Benoit 'Ben' Girard)
Martin Hilke	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Travis Wade Ivy	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension (as Wade Ivy)
Taryn P. Kelly	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dimension
Dave Lockwood	....	compositor: Digital Dimension (as David Lockwood)
Eric McAvoy	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Justin Mitchell	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Jerome Morin	....	executive producer: Digital Dimension
Daniel Rubin	....	compositor: Digital Dimension (as Dan Rubin)
Ryan T. Smolarek	....	compositor: Digital Dimension (as Ryan Smolarek)
Marion Spates	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Ken Stranahan	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Tammy Sutton	....	roto/paint lead: Digital Dimension
Leandro Visconti	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Dimension
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O (uncredited)
Alex MacDonald	....	cablecam operator (uncredited)
Tammy Sutton	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Phi Tran	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Terry Ahue	....	stunts
Michael T. Brady	....	stunts (as Michael Brady)
Troy Brown	....	stunts
John T. Cypert	....	stunts (as John Cypert)
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Annie Ellis	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Chenea Ellis	....	stunts (as Chenoa Ellis)
Cheyenne Ellis	....	stunts
Cindy Ellis	....	stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunts (as Tom Harper)
Alisa Hensley	....	stunt performer
Freddie Hice	....	stunt coordinator
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Tom Huff)
Noah Johnson	....	stunts
Randy Johnson	....	stunts
Brian L. Keaulana	....	stunts (as Brian Keaulana)
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw	....	stunts (as Tracy Keehn Dashnaw)
Oakley Lehman	....	stunts
Billy D. Lucas	....	stunts (as Billy Lucas)
Erin Ricotti	....	stunts (as Erin Ricotti Hice)
Tim Rigby	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Ryan Sakal	....	stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Matt Baker	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danielle Burgio	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dana Dru Evenson	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
J. Armin Garza II	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Tad Griffith	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Toby Holguin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kris A. Jeffrey	....	water safety (uncredited)
Daniel Kruse	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Paul Lacovara	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Shawn Lane	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Oakley Lehman	....	stunt double: Chris Evans (uncredited)
Malosi Leonard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ming Liu	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Carrick O'Quinn	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Chris Palermo	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Chris Palermo	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chrisie Paola	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Rex Reddick	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunts (uncredited)
Pat Romano	....	stunts (uncredited)
Katie Rowe	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tim Sitarz	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Willens	....	precision driver (uncredited)
Scott Workman	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Randy Babchuck	....	rigging electrician
Brian Baggett	....	assistant to still photographer
Gary C. Beaird	....	key grip
Patrick Beatty	....	grip (as Patrick M. Beatty)
Martin Bosworth	....	rigging gaffer
Benny Buck	....	rigging electrician
Scott Carden	....	grip
Tom Clancey	....	best boy grip
David Diamond	....	rigging best boy electrician (as Dave Diamond)
Don Duffield	....	rigging key grip
Jason Flores	....	rigging grip
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer (as Richard Foreman)
Ian Fox	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Alan Frazier	....	electrician
R. Scott Goodrich	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Amy Hoffecker	....	electrician (as A. Hoffecker)
Larry Huff	....	grip
Alan Jacoby	....	additional film loader
Matt Kennedy	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Charles King	....	rigging electrician
Kim Kono	....	electrician (as Kim K. Kono)
Jeff Kunkel	....	dolly grip
Don Padilla	....	rigging grip (as Donald Padilla)
Arnold Pena	....	rigging grip
Brad Peterman	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jay Peterman	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Joel Randel	....	rigging best boy grip
Chris Reddish	....	best boy electric
Patrick Reddish	....	chief lighting technician
Raul Riveros	....	camera loader
James Scott	....	electrician
Sandi Sissel	....	director of photography: second unit
Gregory W. Smith	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gregory W. Smith	....	steadicam operator
John Trunk	....	video assist operator
Peter Wagner	....	grip
Dave Walker	....	grip (as David B. Walker)
Scott Whitemore	....	rigging grip
Stefan Wilking	....	rigging electrician
Paul Zecchini	....	rigging electrician
Cory Beaird	....	grip (uncredited)
Luciano Blotta	....	assistant video assist operator (uncredited)
Frank Buono	....	camera operator: doggicam (uncredited)
David Chameides	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Brett Crutcher	....	cablecam dolly operator (uncredited)
Thomas Giordano	....	video assist operator: second unit (uncredited)
Michael Lambert	....	dimmer board operator (uncredited)
Jody Miller	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)
Shaun O'Banion	....	assistant to director of photography (uncredited)
Chris Pavlu	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michaele Shapiro	....	additional camera loader: second unit (uncredited)
Ryan Shopay	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	additional video assist operator (uncredited)
Michael J. Walker	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Elizabeth Boykewich	....	casting associate (as Elizabeth Torres)
Kendra Carter	....	casting assistant
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Matthew Gray	....	extras casting coordinator
Chris Gray	....	extras casting: Christopher Gray Casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Mayer Allan	....	costume stylist: Ms. Basinger
Pierre Ciofassa	....	set costumer
Kelly Lindquist	....	key set costumer
Lisa Parmet	....	assistant costume designer
Janet Stirner Ingram	....	key costumer (as Janet Stirner)
Lisa Bojarski	....	costumer: Kim Basinger (uncredited)
Mark Peterson	....	costume supervisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter: Kona Cutting
Alexander J. Harper	....	post-production production assistant (as Alex Harper)
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer
Bryan Lamoureux	....	assistant film editor
Jody Levin	....	executive in charge of post-production
Megan A. Sears	....	apprentice editor
Michael A. Webber	....	first assistant editor: avid
Ron Orenstein	....	dailies colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Paul Broucek	....	executive in charge of music: New Line
J.J. George	....	music editor: temp music
Amanda Goodpaster	....	music editor
Thomas Milano	....	music editor: temp music (as Tom Milano)
David Sabee	....	music contractor
Erin Scully	....	music executive
Lori Silfen	....	music business affairs
Casey Stone	....	score mixer
L. Tonjon	....	score orchestrator
John F.X. Walsh	....	music business affairs
Frank Macchia	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
John Ottman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Puff	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Lior Rosner	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Anthony Ardito	....	driver
Angelo Corello