Taglines: Have you ever met the perfect girl? (and let her get away)
Kevin Gibbons (Lance Bass) is singing in his prom night with his band. Everything is going alright, until the girl of his dreams arrives with her boyfriend, and Kevin fucks it up big time: he starts sweating, freezes and then passes out.
Seven years later, Kevin works for an advertising agency which wants to prepare a campaign for Reebok. For that, his boss Mr Higgins (Dave Foley) tells him that he needs a lot of charisma and confidence, which is the image Reebok wants to portray. Boss assings Kevin to work in a team with Jackie (Tamala Jones), who basically thinks that Kevin is a bit useless and a pain on the neck. She doesn’t like much the ideas put forward by Kevin.
The next morning, Kevin goes to work in the same train as always. Taken away by the music he is listening to, he stands up and sings it aloud. All the rest of commuters look at him like he’s a weird guy, except for one girl, -nameless, but which the audience will know later that her name is Rod- (Joey Fatone) who says she’s liked his performance. They start talking. She studies archaelogy, and she notices his company pass saying he works for FKR agency.
They keep on chatting, and they get off in the same station. While they are leaving, he asks her to tell him something which she would only tell a complete stranger she will never see again. So she says that her dad is a pilot and that she loves creating paper planes. She makes one, throws it up and it crashes onto some guy’s thick afro hairstyle. His secret is that he can name all the presidents in order. She can name them as well. When they have to go separate ways, there is a weird moment of silence but she leaves to go wherever she needs to go.
Kevin admits to his friends that the only thing he was able to say was “It was a pleasure committing with you.”. They laugh about him. Eric (GQ) talks about Kevin’s legendary lack of confidence. They are at a rock bar, discussing the matter. They all remember Kevin’s disastrous night during his prom while playing with his school band.
At home, Rod makes another paper plane, and she remembers her weekend in Chicago. Her friend Sam (Kristin Booth) asks her about the weekend she met with her boyfriend, but Rod is not so enthusiastic about that. She is more interested in that guy she met on the train.
Boss presents the slogan for Reebok, “Step into the Future”, but they expected a warmer tagline. Kevin is blamed for the disaster, and in frustration, he starts daydreaming. A song starts to sound, and he makes plenty of photocopies “Are you her? We met on the train. We talked about the presidents” with his telephone number. He distributes this all over town.
On the Line is a 2001 American romantic comedy film starring Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The film was directed by Eric Bross and was written by Eric Aronson and Paul Stanton, based upon their short film of the same name. Starring are Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jerry Stiller, James Bulliard, Tamala Jones, Al Green, Amanda Foreman, David Foley and Kristin Booth.
On the Line (2001)
Directed by: Eric Bross
Starring: Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jerry Stiller, James Bulliard, Tamala Jones, Al Green, Amanda Foreman, David Foley, Kristin Booth
Production Design by: Andrew Jackness
Screenplay by: Eric Aronson
Cinematography by: Andrew Jackness
Film Editing by: Eric A. Sears
Costume Design by: Margaret Mohr
Art Direction by: Brandt Gordon
Music by: Stewart Copeland
MPAA Rating: PG for language and some crude humor.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: October 26, 2001
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