Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: mrose@cheetah.nyser.net (Marshall Rose) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phones in the Movies Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 89 06:54:50 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 9 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 510, message 7 of 10 Certainly the most shocking use of a phone in the movies comes from the Depeche Mode concert film "Route 66" earlier this year, which shows the band's manager using a cellular phone while in a private plane which is airborne. Geez, maybe the FCC oughta have a special branch that does nothing but watch films for violations of FCC rules. I could live with that if the pay was OK, and if the pay wasn't OK, it would depend on the films I guess. :-) /mtr