Phone Booth (2002)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writer (WGA):

Larry Cohen (written by)

Release Date:

4 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

A ringing phone has to be answered.

Plot:

Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.

Plot Keywords:

Stalker | Telephone Booth | Psychopath | Cell Phone | Psycho Thriller

Awards:

7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. May 20	8:00 PM	FX
Tue. May 20	10:00 PM	FX

Cast

Colin Farrell	...	Stu Shepard
Kiefer Sutherland	...	The Caller
Forest Whitaker	...	Captain Ed Ramey
Radha Mitchell	...	Kelly Shepard
Katie Holmes	...	Pamela McFadden
Paula Jai Parker	...	Felicia
Arian Waring Ash	...	Corky (as Arian Ash)
Tia Texada	...	Asia
John Enos III	...	Leon
Richard T. Jones	...	Sergeant Cole
Keith Nobbs	...	Adam
Dell Yount	...	Pizza Guy
James MacDonald	...	Negotiator
Josh Pais	...	Mario
Yorgo Constantine	...	ESU Commander

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language and some violence.

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Swahili

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #39201) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Sweden:11 | Brazil:14 | Iceland:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:M | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:12 (cut) | Australia:MA (original rating) | Australia:M (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Mexico:B15 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

The rifle on the tripod in the sniper's window is an Accuracy International Rifle. Accuracy International is a British firm that manufactures dedicated sniper weapons as opposed to offering modified hunting rifles like many other companies. The price of the setup in the movie ranges from $6000.00-$9000.00 dollars depending on what kind of scope was mounted.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the film when Stu is giving his speech the position of Kelly's hair changes between shots to reveal and hide her (right) earring.

Quotes:

Pamela McFadden: Look, I may be from Montana, but we have men there also.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Ray Romano/Zwan (#28.17)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Operator

a very good film

I love the film phone booth. I think it is very clever that for an 80 minutes the film can hold one character in a phone booth and keep the story going without boring the viewers. Colin Farrell is brilliant as an arrogant pr guy that goes through a range of emotions, and comes out the other side a better person, and with keifer Sutherland as the sniper that keeps him trapped there, that was excellent casting cause he has such a chilling voice.

I also think that the cast and crew did a terrific job considering the film was shot over only 10 days. I would suggest to anyone that hasn't seen this film to do so, cause it not so far outside the possibility that it could happen to you. which makes it great.