Were cell phones really that large in 1997? - My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) Discussion

[–] bigorod 16 years ago

I didn't think anyone else would notice that. I watched it the other day and playfully freaked out, saying to my wife "is she gonna shoot him."

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[–] tyshimah3 16 years ago

lol... Those phones were huge but I remember having a fake cellphone that big...
now phones are the size of the antenna... lmao

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[–] cheryllchance 11 years ago

LMAO.I seen it a few years ago and also noticed that.I don't think i even got a cell phone till 99 and it well wasen't that big but so dorky (still have it)I showed it to my kids and they had a good laugh.

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[–] DanaShelbyChancey 11 years ago

My first cellphone was about the size of a child's shoe.

Once in the 1960's a "portable phone" was shown in a sitcom, to show how important the character was, and it came in a briefcase. Not just in a briefcase to carry it in, but a case to hold all the gigamagoos needed to operate it.

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[–] Mr_Spiffy 11 years ago

I remember laughing hysterically at Harrison Ford's cell phone in Patriot Games when I rewatched it this past summer.

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[–] miss-jackson-if-ur-nasty 16 years ago

Count me in also! I just got done watching this again and I was looking at that HUGE filp phone Julia was holding and couldnt believe how big cell phones were back then!

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[–] MinkPenny 16 years ago

LOL, yeah those cellphones were huge! In the scene before the wedding where Julia is wearing black jeans, she puts her cellphone on her back pocket and it gives her a big bump! How things have changed in 11 years.

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[–] MALENIUXRIVERS 16 years ago

not really, i had a motorola cel phone in 1993 and it was the same of my palm

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[–] fomao5 16 years ago

Of course, the award for biggest cellphone in a major motion picture has to go to Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street." That thing was about the size of a shoe box. It must've weighed about 13 pounds.

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[–] roo_6339 16 years ago

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[–] TheDuchessofM 16 years ago

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[–] ta421sbtrhalf 16 years ago

OMG the "Brick"! I forgot about those.

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[–] netsetter 13 years ago

Yes! The Brick!
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[–] mel-o 16 years ago

I was watching the movie recently & had to check the date to make sure it wasn't in 1992 or something!

I have NO idea why her cell phone was that large in 97 when I remember getting my first Sprint phone in 1998 and it looked MUCH like the smaller ones we have today.
I also remember the smaller NOKIA phones were out by then too!!

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[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

I have NO idea why her cell phone was that large in 97 ...

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[–] murtadella 16 years ago

yeah..they were that large!

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[–] Gf6 15 years ago

sure they were bigger than today but not all that big. I remember my dad had one from 1995 and it was a lot smaller than the one in this flick.

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[–] hodie 11 years ago

Gekko's phone looks like a walkie-talkie!

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[–] Embee-El 15 years ago

You can actually see a noticeable difference in size between the phone Julia is using and one Rupert is using. I think it was just a visual cue to say she was stuck in the past. Her phone looks obviously well used.

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[–] kinseisenshi 13 years ago

I had one in 1997 from GTE and I remember it being pretty big. Since 2003 I've been sticking with the Sidekick line and they're still big phones, but I hate small ones, they're too easy to loose and break.

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[–] rabbyt1 11 years ago

Bigger! My uncle had a cell phone, it was a BOX lol.

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