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In an question with Insider, McKay said it was "pure accident" that the add up listed in the movie, http://167.99.31.97 which was congeal up as a FEMA 1-800 telephone number for purposes of the story, http://167.99.31.97 over up beingness a sexual practice hotline.

"We were going to set up a line for that. But we didn't think of doing it until the end and we didn't have enough time to get our own phone number so that's just a random phone number," he aforementioned. "We in no way planned it being a sex hotline. Pure accident."

He continued, "Unless someone at Netflix or our graphics house picked it and I didn't know about it, I have no idea. In fact, no way. They wouldn't have done that on purpose."

The fit involving the hotline occurs midway through and through the pic. In it, Leonardo DiCaprio's Dr. Mindy stars in a governance PSA oblation a ring figure for populate to claim to commence "peace of mind" as a planet-violent death comet heads toward Earth.

As about investigatory viewing audience plant out, that routine _ 1-800-532-4500 _ actually leads to an evident telephone arouse hotline.

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Don't Spirit Up is straightaway streaming on Netflix.