Fictitious telephone number
Encyclopedia
Ranges for fictitious telephone numbers are common in most telephone numbering plan
s. All such numbers from around the world are documented in the International Directory of Fictitious Telephone Numbers: 2011 by Martin John Callanan
One of the main reasons these ranges exist is to avoid accidentally using real phone numbers in movies and television programs because viewers frequently call the numbers used. An example of this situation is with the 2003 film Bruce Almighty
. The makers of the movie opted not to use a fictitious exchange, and several people whose phone numbers matched one mentioned in the film were inundated with callers asking for "God", and the number was edited out for television airings of the movie and on most copies of the DVD. Another widespread example is Tommy Tutone
's hit 1982 song "867-5309/Jenny
", which is a valid number in many area codes. Some of these numbers reportedly still receive prank calls asking for "Jenny". In 1992, filmmaker Michael Moore
unwittingly included footage of himself reciting his telephone number in the documentary Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint
. He received 314 phone calls in just the first day following its broadcast on PBS.
is reserved for Directory Assistance applications. However, the use of a 555 number in fiction is almost universal. Only the 555-01xx range is officially reserved, though numbers outside this range are commonly used.
Area code 958 is also reserved, but this is not as well known, and does not appear in fiction as often.
Early Bell System publications which needed to illustrate a telephone with a number displayed on it commonly used 311 555-2368, and for multi-button phones, -2369, -2370, -2371, etc. These numbers were also common in films and television; Jim Rockford's phone number, in the US detective television series The Rockford Files
was 555-2368.
Recently Universal Studios
acquired the phone number (212) 664-7665 for use in films to avoid the 555 prefix. It has been used in the films Definitely, Maybe, Munich
, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
, and The Adjustment Bureau
.
Phone service provider Fictional Telecom has reserved numbers in the 206 (Seattle), 323 (Los Angeles), 415 (San Francisco), and 646 (New York) area codes for use in films, TV and radio dramas.
) has reserved blocks of numbers in most major areas for use in TV and radio dramas. Fictitious numbers mostly end with the digits 496 0xxx. The generic area code 01632 is available for all other areas. London uses 020 7946 0xxx. Ofcom
also reserves blocks of mobile phone (07700 900xxx), freephone (0808 157 0xxx), and premium rate (0909 879 0xxx) numbers for drama use. They also recently added a UK-wide range to the list (0306 999 0xxx), as well as ranges for Northern Ireland (028 9018 0xxx) and Cardiff (029 2018 0xxx).
, Scrubs
, and The Wire
have acquired actual telephone numbers solely for the purpose of using them in the movie or on TV. For example, in the film Sneakers
, a character is given anything he asks for; he asks for a lady's phone number. The director wanted to have a real phone number so that the two characters would seem actually interested in each other.
Other times, producers will make extensive use of local area codes in the places they are portraying but use fictional numbers. For example, on the television show Parks and Recreation
, which takes place in fictional Pawnee, Indiana, uses the Southern Indiana
's actual area code of 812
for numbers in the show. The city's fictional website, run by the show's producers, also uses the 812 area code for "contact information" for characters on the show, which revolves around people are involved in fictional city's government.
Alternatively, a show's producer might choose to use an actual phone number from the place they are portraying. During The West Wing Season 2 episode "In This White House
", a character receives a call from phone number 202-456-1414. This is the actual switchboard number
for The White House. The phone number was also used in the 1976 film All the President's Men
and in 1994's The American President.
The producers of the television series 24 began using the real telephone number belonging to a member of the show's production staff. The cell phone the number belongs to is answered by the show's staff whenever anyone actually calls it. This approach was also taken by the producers of the show Scrubs
, who used the phone number (916) CALL-TUR(k) as the notional number of the cell phone of Dr. Chris Turk. The number went to a voicemail box on which the outgoing message is recorded in rotation by various members of the cast, but as of July 2009—after the original planned finale of the 7th season of the series, the number now goes to a not-in-service intercept message
.
In the CW
series Supernatural
, near the end of the fourth episode of the first season ("Phantom Traveler"), the brothers call their father's cell phone and hear a greeting that directs all callers to call Dean
at 866-907-3235. (The number has since been changed to 785-555-0179, and is a busy signal.) When viewers called the number, the voice mail greeting, recorded by Jensen Ackles
was: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates." The number 866-907-3235 along with 347-692-1681 was seen on a phone bill in the V
episode, "There Is No Normal Anymore."
In addition, the US version of The Office
had an episode where Dwight sets up a hotline to collect information on a flasher. Posters put up around town included the phone number 1-800-984-3672, as well as a sketch of a man looking very similar to Dwight. Calling the number yields a recording of the Dwight character offering different options such as buying paper, leaving information about the flasher, and an option for the flasher himself to talk things over with Dwight. Since 2008, the number purports to be the fictional "WB Jones Heating and Air Conditioning" from the same series.
A real cell phone number +491713532019 can be seen in the Alarm für Cobra 11 series, "Bis zum bitteren Ende". It seems to be a real one, as it can be called to and does receive SMS.
In Night Watch
, a Russian action fantasy horror film, two real numbers were also exposed, belonging to the filming crew members: 89167364567 (international format as +79167364567) and 89162529902 (international format as +79162529902).
The 18th episode of I Dream of Jeannie
, "Is There An Extra Jeannie in the House?", had the phone number 783-3369 clearly shown on Captain Anthony Nelson's phone.
An episode of Adam-12
used a full telephone number with the exchange 621- for a private detective from St. Louis, Missouri
; "621-" is an actual downtown
St. Louis exchange.
caused controversy because God
(Morgan Freeman
) contacts Bruce (Jim Carrey
), via pager
, using 776-2323. No area code was included. Several people and groups sharing this number have received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. Some of the calls went to a church located in Sanford, North Carolina
, whose pastor happened to be named Bruce. A church in Georgia also happens to use this number. This was also the cellphone number of the pastor of a church in Mercer, Wisconsin
. The number even turned out to be valid in Greater Manchester
in England
.
The producers noted that the number chosen was not in use in the Buffalo, New York
(area code 716
) area wherein the film is set, but did not check anywhere else. The DVD and television versions changed the display of the pager to 555-0123. In some closed captions, the original line is left in the film, but it is dubbed out in the audio.
Telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications to allocate telephone numbers to subscribers and to route telephone calls in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan, such as found in North America, imposes a fixed total length to numbers...
s. All such numbers from around the world are documented in the International Directory of Fictitious Telephone Numbers: 2011 by Martin John Callanan
One of the main reasons these ranges exist is to avoid accidentally using real phone numbers in movies and television programs because viewers frequently call the numbers used. An example of this situation is with the 2003 film Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk. It stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a down-on-his-luck TV reporter who complains to God that He isn't doing His job correctly, and is then offered the chance to try...
. The makers of the movie opted not to use a fictitious exchange, and several people whose phone numbers matched one mentioned in the film were inundated with callers asking for "God", and the number was edited out for television airings of the movie and on most copies of the DVD. Another widespread example is Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone is a New Wave band, best known for its 1982 hit "867-5309/Jenny", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although it is usually referred to as a San Francisco band, it was actually based in Willits, California, at the time that "Jenny" was released...
's hit 1982 song "867-5309/Jenny
867-5309/Jenny
"867-5309/Jenny" is a song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Tommy Tutone that was released on the album Tommy Tutone 2, on the Columbia Records label. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in 1982...
", which is a valid number in many area codes. Some of these numbers reportedly still receive prank calls asking for "Jenny". In 1992, filmmaker Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
unwittingly included footage of himself reciting his telephone number in the documentary Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint
Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint
Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint is a 1992 American short PBS documentary film, directed by Michael Moore, featuring the director returning to his hometown of Flint, Michigan to catch-up with some of the characters featured in his previous film Roger & Me...
. He received 314 phone calls in just the first day following its broadcast on PBS.
Australia
Per the ACMA web page - Fictitious numbers for radio, books, film & TV, version 21 October 2009:- Premium rate
- 1900 654 321
- Geographic ranges
- Central East Area Code Region (covering NSW and ACT): (02) 5550 xxxx & (02) 7010 xxxx
- South East Area Code Region (covering VIC and TAS): (03) 5550 xxxx & (03) 7010 xxxx
- Central East Area Code Region (covering QLD): (07) 5550 xxxx & (07) 7010 xxxx
- Central and West Area Region Code (covering SA, WA and NT): (08) 5550 xxxx & (08) 7010 xxxx
- Mobile
- 0491 570 156
- 0491 570 157
- 0491 570 158
- 0491 570 159
- 0491 570 110
- Freephone and local rate
- 1800 160 401
- 1800 975 707
- 1800 975 708
- 1800 975 709
- 1800 975 710
- 1800 975 711
- 1300 975 707
- 1300 975 708
- 1300 975 709
- 1300 975 710
- 1300 975 711
North American Numbering Plan
The exchange prefix 555 in the North American Numbering PlanNorth American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan is an integrated telephone numbering plan administered by Neustar which encompasses 24 countries and territories, including the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 nations of the Caribbean...
is reserved for Directory Assistance applications. However, the use of a 555 number in fiction is almost universal. Only the 555-01xx range is officially reserved, though numbers outside this range are commonly used.
Area code 958 is also reserved, but this is not as well known, and does not appear in fiction as often.
Early Bell System publications which needed to illustrate a telephone with a number displayed on it commonly used 311 555-2368, and for multi-button phones, -2369, -2370, -2371, etc. These numbers were also common in films and television; Jim Rockford's phone number, in the US detective television series The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980. It has remained in regular syndication to the present day. The show stars James Garner as Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and features Noah...
was 555-2368.
Recently Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
acquired the phone number (212) 664-7665 for use in films to avoid the 555 prefix. It has been used in the films Definitely, Maybe, Munich
Munich (film)
Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim , a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers , an American delivery girl...
, and The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American fantasy romantic thriller film loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story, "Adjustment Team". The film was written and directed by George Nolfi and stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The cast also includes Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly,...
.
Phone service provider Fictional Telecom has reserved numbers in the 206 (Seattle), 323 (Los Angeles), 415 (San Francisco), and 646 (New York) area codes for use in films, TV and radio dramas.
United Kingdom
The Office of Communications (OfcomOfcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
) has reserved blocks of numbers in most major areas for use in TV and radio dramas. Fictitious numbers mostly end with the digits 496 0xxx. The generic area code 01632 is available for all other areas. London uses 020 7946 0xxx. Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
also reserves blocks of mobile phone (07700 900xxx), freephone (0808 157 0xxx), and premium rate (0909 879 0xxx) numbers for drama use. They also recently added a UK-wide range to the list (0306 999 0xxx), as well as ranges for Northern Ireland (028 9018 0xxx) and Cardiff (029 2018 0xxx).
Use of real phone numbers in fiction
Some movie or television producers, such as those of HBO's Sex and the CitySex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
, Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, and The Wire
The Wire (TV series)
The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States...
have acquired actual telephone numbers solely for the purpose of using them in the movie or on TV. For example, in the film Sneakers
Sneakers (film)
Sneakers is a 1992 caper film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, written by Robinson, Walter F. Parkes, and Lawrence Lasker and starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier and David Strathairn...
, a character is given anything he asks for; he asks for a lady's phone number. The director wanted to have a real phone number so that the two characters would seem actually interested in each other.
Other times, producers will make extensive use of local area codes in the places they are portraying but use fictional numbers. For example, on the television show Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...
, which takes place in fictional Pawnee, Indiana, uses the Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana, in the United States, consists of the 33 counties located in the southernmost part of the state. The region's history and geography has led to a blend of Northern and Southern culture distinct from the remainder of Indiana. It is often considered to be part of the Upland South...
's actual area code of 812
Area code 812
North American area code 812 is the largest in area in Indiana, covering the southern third of Indiana, including the suburban areas of Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio and the northern half of the Evansville Metropolitan Area in addition to the moderately large cities of Bedford,...
for numbers in the show. The city's fictional website, run by the show's producers, also uses the 812 area code for "contact information" for characters on the show, which revolves around people are involved in fictional city's government.
Alternatively, a show's producer might choose to use an actual phone number from the place they are portraying. During The West Wing Season 2 episode "In This White House
In this White House
"In this White House" is the 4th episode of the second season of The West Wing.-Plot:Sam appears on political talk show Capital Beat with a "blonde leggy Republican" named Ainsley Hayes...
", a character receives a call from phone number 202-456-1414. This is the actual switchboard number
Telephone switchboard
A switchboard was a device used to connect a group of telephones manually to one another or to an outside connection, within and between telephone exchanges or private branch exchanges . The user was typically known as an operator...
for The White House. The phone number was also used in the 1976 film All the President's Men
All the President's Men (film)
All the President's Men is a 1976 Academy Award-winning political thriller film based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post...
and in 1994's The American President.
The producers of the television series 24 began using the real telephone number belonging to a member of the show's production staff. The cell phone the number belongs to is answered by the show's staff whenever anyone actually calls it. This approach was also taken by the producers of the show Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, who used the phone number (916) CALL-TUR(k) as the notional number of the cell phone of Dr. Chris Turk. The number went to a voicemail box on which the outgoing message is recorded in rotation by various members of the cast, but as of July 2009—after the original planned finale of the 7th season of the series, the number now goes to a not-in-service intercept message
Intercept message
An intercept message is a telephone recording informing the caller that the call cannot be completed, for any of a number of reasons ranging from local congestion, to disconnection of the dialled phone, or network trouble along the route....
.
In the CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
series Supernatural
Supernatural (TV series)
Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...
, near the end of the fourth episode of the first season ("Phantom Traveler"), the brothers call their father's cell phone and hear a greeting that directs all callers to call Dean
Dean Winchester
Dean Winchester is a fictional character from The CW Television Network's Supernatural, portrayed by Jensen Ackles. He hunts demons, spirits and other supernatural creatures with his younger brother Sam.-Background:...
at 866-907-3235. (The number has since been changed to 785-555-0179, and is a busy signal.) When viewers called the number, the voice mail greeting, recorded by Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ross Ackles is an American actor. He is known for his roles in television as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville...
was: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates." The number 866-907-3235 along with 347-692-1681 was seen on a phone bill in the V
V (2009 TV series)
V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...
episode, "There Is No Normal Anymore."
In addition, the US version of The Office
The Office
The Office is a popular mockumentary/situation comedy TV show that was first made in the UK and has now been re-made in many other countries, with overall viewership in the hundreds of millions worldwide. The original version of The Office was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It...
had an episode where Dwight sets up a hotline to collect information on a flasher. Posters put up around town included the phone number 1-800-984-3672, as well as a sketch of a man looking very similar to Dwight. Calling the number yields a recording of the Dwight character offering different options such as buying paper, leaving information about the flasher, and an option for the flasher himself to talk things over with Dwight. Since 2008, the number purports to be the fictional "WB Jones Heating and Air Conditioning" from the same series.
A real cell phone number +491713532019 can be seen in the Alarm für Cobra 11 series, "Bis zum bitteren Ende". It seems to be a real one, as it can be called to and does receive SMS.
In Night Watch
Night Watch (2004 film)
Night Watch is a 2004 Russian supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Day Watch and ending supposedly with Twilight Watch .-Plot:In the prologue, which...
, a Russian action fantasy horror film, two real numbers were also exposed, belonging to the filming crew members: 89167364567 (international format as +79167364567) and 89162529902 (international format as +79162529902).
The 18th episode of I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...
, "Is There An Extra Jeannie in the House?", had the phone number 783-3369 clearly shown on Captain Anthony Nelson's phone.
An episode of Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
used a full telephone number with the exchange 621- for a private detective from St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
; "621-" is an actual downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
St. Louis exchange.
Bruce Almighty controversy
The 2003 film Bruce AlmightyBruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk. It stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a down-on-his-luck TV reporter who complains to God that He isn't doing His job correctly, and is then offered the chance to try...
caused controversy because God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
(Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...
) contacts Bruce (Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
), via pager
Pager
A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then requested to call...
, using 776-2323. No area code was included. Several people and groups sharing this number have received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. Some of the calls went to a church located in Sanford, North Carolina
Sanford, North Carolina
Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,220 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lee County.-Geography:Sanford is located at ....
, whose pastor happened to be named Bruce. A church in Georgia also happens to use this number. This was also the cellphone number of the pastor of a church in Mercer, Wisconsin
Mercer, Wisconsin
Mercer is a town in southern Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,732 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Mercer and the unincorporated communities of Carter and Manitowish are located within the town....
. The number even turned out to be valid in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The producers noted that the number chosen was not in use in the Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
(area code 716
Area code 716
Area code 716 is an area code that used to dominate Western New York until the new area code of 585 was split off for the Rochester Area in 2002...
) area wherein the film is set, but did not check anywhere else. The DVD and television versions changed the display of the pager to 555-0123. In some closed captions, the original line is left in the film, but it is dubbed out in the audio.