On The Line

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On the Line is a 2001 American romantic comedy starring Lance Bass and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The film was directed by Eric Bross and was written by Eric Aronson and Paul Stanton (screenwriter), based upon their short film also entitled On The Line
Bass plays Kevin, an advertisement employee, who meets a girl named Abbey (Chriqui) on Chicago's El train and is too shy to ask for her phone number.

The movie starts with Kevin is on stage performing at a high school grad party. He sees the girl he likes and his bandmates try to get him to sing to her and ask her out. He becomes nervous, ends up seeing himself naked in front of everyone and faints. Fast-forward 7 years and Kevin’s in advertising. He makes a pitch for reebok which gets shot down, but eventually used in the meeting by his “partner” Jackie who presents it as hers at the last minute. As he takes the train home from work he meets Abbey. They hit it off talking about their interests, which are all the same (the cubs, al green). As they go their separate ways they hesitate but eventually leave. They each go home and discuss the encounter with their friends.

After the meeting at work where his pitch is stolen he gets upset for not sticking up for himself. He decides to try to find abbey by making posters and placing them all over town. He goes out with a few random women who answer the call, none of which are abbey. The local newspaper finds out about his search and sets up an interview. The reporter Brady Frances (Dan Montgomery Jr.) is an old classmate who hates him. (In high school Brady asked a girl out to prom and she promptly asked Kevin who was standing nearby, then returned to Brady and said she was taken.)

Cast:
    * Lance Bass as Kevin
    * Emmanuelle Chriqui as Abbey
    * Joey Fatone as Rod
    * Jerry Stiller as Nathan
    * Richie Sambora as Mick Silver
    * James Bulliard as Randy
    * Dave Foley as Higgins
    * Tamala Jones as Jackie
    * Al Green as himself
    * Ananda Lewis as herself
    * Sammy Sosa as himself