Landline

Landline

103 mins | April 4, 2017

Ted Gout is an public relations executive at Sanders PR. Just after securing the account for the upcoming season for the Chicago Cubs, Ted is passed over for a big promotion that would have supplied the finances for Ted and his pro-bono working, civil-rights lawyer, husband, Jack, to purchase their dream home. To make matters worse, he was passed over for his arch-nemesis, only five years his junior, but well more fine-tuned in the arts of social media. Ted gradually loses his sanity and finds himself slowly cutting himself off from society, thanks to a chance meeting with a low-tech hippie named Norm. As Ted’s husband worries for him and Ted’s friends go along for the ride, Ted must experience the pro’s and con’s of modern technology before finding a way to win his promotion back and get their dream home.

Landline

103 mins | April 4, 2017

Landline
Ted Gout is an public relations executive at Sanders PR. Just after securing the account for the upcoming season for the Chicago Cubs, Ted is passed over for a big promotion that would have supplied the finances for Ted and his pro-bono working, civil-rights lawyer, husband, Jack, to purchase their dream home. To make matters worse, he was passed over for his arch-nemesis, only five years his junior, but well more fine-tuned in the arts of social media. Ted gradually loses his sanity and finds himself slowly cutting himself off from society, thanks to a chance meeting with a low-tech hippie named Norm. As Ted’s husband worries for him and Ted’s friends go along for the ride, Ted must experience the pro’s and con’s of modern technology before finding a way to win his promotion back and get their dream home.
Producers
Original title Landline
Directors Matthew Aaron
Writers Matthew Aaron

Cast

Matthew Aaron

as Ted Gout

Jim O'Heir

as Steve Gout

Betsy Brandt

as Fiona Sanders

Tom Arnold

as Chuck Gout

Nick Searcy

as Officer Don Garett

James DuMont

as Dave

Louis Lombardi

as Chaz

Ryne Sandberg

as Self