Released : 4 April 2003
Genre : Drama and Thriller
Starcast : Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
Desc :
Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.
Duration : 81 min
Size : 97 MB
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Phone Booth is a 2002 American suspense/psychological thriller film about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper. It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 15, 2002, but was delayed until April 4, 2003 due to the Beltway sniper attacks.
The caller tells Stu that he has tested two previous individuals who have done wrong deeds in a similar manner (one was a pedophile, another was a company insider who cashed out his stock options before the share price collapsed), giving them a chance to reveal the truth to those they wronged, but in both cases, neither agreed and were killed. To demonstrate the threat, the caller fires at a nearby toy from a vendor with a silenced sniper rifle, the damage unseen by anyone but Stu and the caller himself. The caller demands that Stu tell the truth of his infidelity to both Kelly and Pam to avoid being killed. The caller contacts Pam, and puts her on line with Stu, who reveals that he is married. The caller then hangs up, telling Stu to call Kelly himself.
As Stu hesitates, the booth is approached by three prostitutes demanding to use the phone. Stu refuses to leave, having been warned by the caller not to make a public disturbance. Leon (John Enos III), the pimp for the prostitutes, joins his charges, and starts to smash the side of the booth. The caller offers Stu to kill Leon for him, to which Stu agrees. Leon is shot and killed, causing a panic in the streets. Soon, police and newscrews have arrived to cover the story.
Police Captain Ed Ramey (Forest Whitaker), already suspecting Stu of being the killer, corners the streets with police roadblocks and he starts trying to negotiate with him to leave the booth, but Stu rejects, telling the caller that there is no way they can incriminate him; the caller proves him wrong, pointing to a handgun that was planted in the roof of the phone booth. Both Kelly and Pam soon arrive on the scene. The caller demands Stu tell the truth to Kelly, which he does. Stu is then told by the caller that he must choose between Kelly or Pam, and that if he chooses one person, the other is going to be killed.
While on the phone with the caller, Stu secretly uses his cell phone to call Kelly, allowing her to overhear his conversation with the caller. She in turn quietly informs Captain Ramey of this. Meanwhile Stu continues to confess to everyone that his whole life is a lie, to make himself look more important than he really is. Stu's confession provides sufficient distraction to allow the police to trace the payphone call to a nearby building, and Ramey uses coded messages to inform Stu of this. Stu warns the caller that the police are on the way, to which the caller states that if he is caught, then he will kill Kelly. Panicked, Stu grabs the handgun and leaves the booth, screaming for the sniper to kill him instead of Kelly or Pam. The police fire upon Stu while a smaller force breaks into the room that the caller was tracked to, only finding the gun and the corpse of a man.
Stu regains consciousness to find the police only fired rubber bullets at him, stunning but not harming him. Stu and Kelly happily reunite. As the police bring down the body, Stu identifies it as the pizza delivery man from earlier. Stu gets medical treatment at a local ambulance; as he does, a man with a briefcase passes by and says that he regrets killing the pizza deliverer and warns Stu that if his newfound honesty does not last, he will be hearing from him again. The man disappears into the crowd before Stu realizes he was the caller on the other end of the phone.
The principal photography on the film was completed in ten days, with an additional two days of establishing shots, pickups, and re-shoots. This accelerated filming schedule was aided by the adoption of French hours, a work schedule that skips the typical one-hour production shutdown for lunch break.[2]
The film is set in real time, so the timespan in which the film takes place is as long as it takes to watch it, much like the television series 24, which also stars Kiefer Sutherland. Like 24, it also uses split screens. Although the film is set in New York City, it was filmed in front of what is now the CB1 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles in November 2000. This is made evident by the LACMTA buses periodically driving by. The exact location of the phone booth in the movie is located at the corner of W 5th Street & Frank Ct, as evident by the black gate in the background.
Genre : Drama and Thriller
Starcast : Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
Desc :
Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.
Duration : 81 min
Size : 97 MB
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Phone Booth is a 2002 American suspense/psychological thriller film about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper. It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 15, 2002, but was delayed until April 4, 2003 due to the Beltway sniper attacks.
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Plot
Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is an arrogant and cocky New York publicist who has been seeing and having an affair with Pam (Katie Holmes) despite his marriage to Kelly (Radha Mitchell). He uses one of the last remaining public phone booths in the city to contact Pam. During the call, he is interrupted by a pizza delivery man, attempting to give him a free pizza, but Stu ignores him. As soon as he completes his call to Pam, suddenly the phone starts to ring. Stu answers to find that the caller (Kiefer Sutherland) warns him not to leave the booth, and that he will say hello to Kelly for him, leaving Stu panicked about the newcome situation.The caller tells Stu that he has tested two previous individuals who have done wrong deeds in a similar manner (one was a pedophile, another was a company insider who cashed out his stock options before the share price collapsed), giving them a chance to reveal the truth to those they wronged, but in both cases, neither agreed and were killed. To demonstrate the threat, the caller fires at a nearby toy from a vendor with a silenced sniper rifle, the damage unseen by anyone but Stu and the caller himself. The caller demands that Stu tell the truth of his infidelity to both Kelly and Pam to avoid being killed. The caller contacts Pam, and puts her on line with Stu, who reveals that he is married. The caller then hangs up, telling Stu to call Kelly himself.
As Stu hesitates, the booth is approached by three prostitutes demanding to use the phone. Stu refuses to leave, having been warned by the caller not to make a public disturbance. Leon (John Enos III), the pimp for the prostitutes, joins his charges, and starts to smash the side of the booth. The caller offers Stu to kill Leon for him, to which Stu agrees. Leon is shot and killed, causing a panic in the streets. Soon, police and newscrews have arrived to cover the story.
The Caller (Kiefer Sutherland) after having talked to Stu in the ambulance.
While on the phone with the caller, Stu secretly uses his cell phone to call Kelly, allowing her to overhear his conversation with the caller. She in turn quietly informs Captain Ramey of this. Meanwhile Stu continues to confess to everyone that his whole life is a lie, to make himself look more important than he really is. Stu's confession provides sufficient distraction to allow the police to trace the payphone call to a nearby building, and Ramey uses coded messages to inform Stu of this. Stu warns the caller that the police are on the way, to which the caller states that if he is caught, then he will kill Kelly. Panicked, Stu grabs the handgun and leaves the booth, screaming for the sniper to kill him instead of Kelly or Pam. The police fire upon Stu while a smaller force breaks into the room that the caller was tracked to, only finding the gun and the corpse of a man.
Stu regains consciousness to find the police only fired rubber bullets at him, stunning but not harming him. Stu and Kelly happily reunite. As the police bring down the body, Stu identifies it as the pizza delivery man from earlier. Stu gets medical treatment at a local ambulance; as he does, a man with a briefcase passes by and says that he regrets killing the pizza deliverer and warns Stu that if his newfound honesty does not last, he will be hearing from him again. The man disappears into the crowd before Stu realizes he was the caller on the other end of the phone.
Cast
- Colin Farrell as Stu Shepard
- Kiefer Sutherland as The Caller
- Forest Whitaker as Captain Ed Ramey
- Radha Mitchell as Kelly Shepard
- Katie Holmes as Pamela McFadden
- Maile Flanagan as Lana
- Ben Foster as Big Q (uncredited)
- Paula Jai Parker as Felicia
- Arian Ash as Corky
- Tia Texada as Asia
- John Enos III as Leon
- Richard T. Jones as Sergeant Cole
- Keith Nobbs as Adam
- Alex Tang as Sam Jones
- Jared Leto as Bobby (Cameo in deleted scenes)[1]
- Dell Yount as Pizza Guy
Production
Larry Cohen originally pitched the concept of a film that takes place entirely within a phone booth to Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960s. Hitchcock liked the idea, but he and Cohen were unable to figure out a sufficient plot reason for keeping the film confined to a booth, and hence they never made the idea into a film. It was only after the late 1990s that Cohen revisited the concept again when the idea of the sniper came to him.The principal photography on the film was completed in ten days, with an additional two days of establishing shots, pickups, and re-shoots. This accelerated filming schedule was aided by the adoption of French hours, a work schedule that skips the typical one-hour production shutdown for lunch break.[2]
The film is set in real time, so the timespan in which the film takes place is as long as it takes to watch it, much like the television series 24, which also stars Kiefer Sutherland. Like 24, it also uses split screens. Although the film is set in New York City, it was filmed in front of what is now the CB1 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles in November 2000. This is made evident by the LACMTA buses periodically driving by. The exact location of the phone booth in the movie is located at the corner of W 5th Street & Frank Ct, as evident by the black gate in the background.
Reception
As of October 2011, the film holds a 71% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3] Ebert and Roeper gave the film "two thumbs up", with Ebert giving it 3 stars out of 4 and noting "The movie is Farrell's to win or lose, since he's onscreen most of the time, and he shows energy and intensity."[4]Box office
Box office revenue | Reference | ||
United States/Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | |
$46,566,212 | $51,270,926 | $97,837,138 | [5] |
See also
References
- ^ "Trivia for 'Phone Booth' (2002)". IMDb. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ Godin, Seth (August 1, 2004). "French Hours". Fast Company. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ "Phone Booth". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030404/REVIEWS/304040304/1023
- ^ "Phone Booth (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
External links
- Phone Booth at the Internet Movie Database
- Phone Booth at Box Office Mojo
- Phone Booth at Rotten Tomatoes
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