When Chris first poses as the phone line repair man, he says the whole street is down and that the phone company received dozens of calls, lol. How are people that have no working phones able to call the phone company? This was made in 1987 mind you, way before the advent of cell phones.
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Its no goof. Chris just was'nt thinking and did'nt realise what he just said, trying to cover as a phone man. Maria looked at him awkwardly too, when he said it. Funny scene.
shareYeah it kind of seemed that way. Chris just got caught up in his own bulls**t, and tripped himself up, lol.
It's a good movie that's aged well, I still enjoy watching it these days.
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First, LOVE this movie. Always have!
They must have done this for other stakeouts so I don't think he didn't know what he was saying unless it was a scripted goof because he was nervous due to being attracted to her.
How did we report such problems back in the 80s and earlier? I don't even remember but in a city I'm sure getting to a payphone was easy or a nearby friend or business who does have service... Or were the supposed calls from the people trying to reach the people with downed service? I do recall it being fairly common to call the phone company to ask if a number was really busy so long or if there was a problem before maybe going to check on a friend or relative. How did we ever survive such a primitive time with only one land line phone? Oh dear! ;)
Looking back, I think most of us had to heavily rely upon payphones, lol. Not just when the phones went down, but also when we were just out and about. Payphones were everywhere, even in the small little podunk town I lived in, lol.
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