Error Message:  Need To Restore iPhone 3G S

Happy St Patrick's Day Everyone:
I got home today & my iPhone 3GS (new update 3.1.3 installed when it first came out), says I must restore my iPhone & that it will not receive/outgo calls...I tried restart first, but resulted in same message, so I connected it to my MacBook & began a restore. But it has been over 45min since I started it & it seems to be hanging with just a lil bit of bar to go on iPhone itself & iTunes saying it is updating firmware. Is it supposed to take so long? I've got Irish'n to do tonite! - LOL

Can anyone assist me, While driving yesterday i received the same error message but was still able to access other detail on the phone, such as Tom Tom but was unable to make calls. I did a network reset and now cannot open i phone. Image of USB cord plugging into itunes on phone and able to make emergency call only. When I got home I tried plugging the phone into itunes and i get an error message that says i have to remove my passcode. Which I cannot because the phone is not working??

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