I saw a movie about 3 or 4 years ago (synopsis below) and cannot remember the name of it anymore and cannot find it. I have tried off and on for years to figure this one out, but I just can't. I have tried all obvious methods (google, imdb, netflix). So now I figure my only hope of finding it is to ask someone who has seen it.
I rented it from Hollywood Video in 2006 or 2007. It was NOT a new release at the time. If I was to guess, I would say it was from between 1999 to 2005. It felt very much like either an Indie movie.
Synopsis:
The movie is about these 3 people, a guy, the guy's friend, and the guy's girlfriend. They somehow get their hands on a special telephone prototype that allows them to call people back-in-time by so many hours. Of course this means they can tell the person on the phone about future events so they can act accordingly and change the future. Apparently you cannot use it to call yourself back in time because it would cause a paradox and unknown results. So instead they have guy #1 (present) call guy #2 (past) and tell him stuff. The phone is so big it has to be carried in a briefcase of sorts. They use it to somehow get a bunch of money. It soon turns out that the people they took the phone from (government I think) are mad and agents are trying to kill them to get the device back because misuse of it could have dire consquences. There's lots of chasing and shooting. There is a time or two where they get in trouble they use the device to avoid the trouble subsequently. I won't tell the end in case someone wants to see this movie (assuming I can figure out what is was).
What is the name of this movie? And I realize, it isn't exactly time travel... They just modify the future by calling people in the past.
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