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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
trulymadmoves
Since: Apr, 2013

A film or possibly TV episode. Saw it at a very young age, the details I think I remember are as follows: the protagonist is a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with Regis Philbin. Two women are watching him on TV and rooting for him; his phone-a-friend lifeline is somewhere dark and rainy, and has to deal with an urgent situation and is thus unable to help him with the question. It seems to have elements of both comedy and drama, as the interactions between Regis and the contestant are really over the top, but his friend in the rain certainly seemed to be up to something dramatic.