MAN VS PHONE

MAN VS PHONE is an award winning feature film about a frustrated, isolated, and unemployed artist/activist/office assistant who becomes increasingly reliant on his cell phone. However, when it uses smart locks and blackmail to trap him inside his small garage apartment, he must figure out how to escape by outsmarting his smart phone... WINNER, Best Writer, Feature Film at the 2024 North Idaho Film Festival (noidff.com). Now streaming on YouTube and Vimeo: youtube.com/@alexanderbergermovies and vimeo.com/alexanderbergermovies

Cast

Alexander Berger

as MANNY / PHONEY

Ariana Jackson

as ANNALISE (voice)

Jacob Akira Okada

as Larry (voice)

Cameron Fay

as Cameron (podcast voice)

Diana E. Williams

as Diana (podcast voice)

Mathew Edwards

as Mathew (podcast voice)

Mark L. Haynes

as Mark (podcast voice)

Chip Hale

as Chip (podcast voice)

Reviews

Bergermovies

There have been so many movies about fantastical robots and machines taking over our lives at some point in the future, but I hadn't seen a movie about the actual machines that have already taken over our lives in our present day reality. I'm referencing, of course, our phones and other "smart" devi...

Bergermovies

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