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The Phone Call
The Phone Call
	Film poster
Directed by	Mat Kirkby
Written by	Mat Kirkby; James Lucas;
Starring	Sally Hawkins
Edited by	Lizzy Graham
Release date	20 October 2013;
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Phone Call is a 2013 British short drama film. It was directed by Mat Kirkby and written by Kirkby and James Lucas. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards.^[1]

Plot

The film stars Sally Hawkins as Heather, a crisis hotline counsellor trying to dissuade Stanley (Jim Broadbent), an unseen distraught caller, from a suicide attempt following the death of his wife.^[2]

Cast

Sally Hawkins as Heather
Jim Broadbent as Stanley
Edward Hogg as Daniel
Prunella Scales as Joan

References

^ "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ Pulver, Andrew (19 February 2015). "How two British short film-makers turned rejection into an Oscars nod". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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[87th-1] "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

[2] Pulver, Andrew (19 February 2015). "How two British short film-makers turned rejection into an Oscars nod". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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