The Phone Book(2008)
The worldwide bestseller is now a motion picture!
“The Phone Book” is the first-ever film adaptation of the world’s most widely owned book – the telephone directory. To preserve the artistic integrity of the original work, all dialogue has been reproduced exactly as it appears in the source material.
Movie: The Phone Book
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Alison Asher
Larry Brown
Victoria Donner
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“The Phone Book” is the first-ever film adaptation of the world’s most widely owned book – the telephone directory. To preserve the artistic integrity of the original work, all dialogue has been reproduced exactly as it appears in the source material.
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2008-03-05
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