Phone Booth (2002)

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

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writer:

Larry Cohen

Stars:

Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Farrell	...	Stu Shepard
Kiefer Sutherland	...	The Caller
Forest Whitaker	...	Captain 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 (as James Macdonald)
Josh Pais	...	Mario
Yorgo Constantine	...	ESU Commander

Storyline

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

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Plot Keywords:

phone booth | publicist | sniper | sniper rifle | hostage | 

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Taglines:

Just Keep Talking!

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Swahili

Release Date:

4 April 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Enlace mortal

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$379,269 (Japan) (21 November 2003)

Gross:

$1,787,367 (Japan) (12 December 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures, Zucker/Netter Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

Stu's wedding ring disappears and reappears between shots in the scenes leading up to his big speech.

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Quotes

Stu: [to Ramey] Look I got issues I can't talk about!
The Caller: Yeah, lethal issues. Tell him to stay back.

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Crazy Credits

The 20th Century Fox logo blends into the white clouds that open the film.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: 2005 College Championship Semifinal 1 (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Operator"
Written by William Spivery
Produced by Nathan Larson

User Reviews

Farrell is great

Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) uses a pay phone to call his mistress (Katie Holmes) and after he hung up the phone rings. He picks it up, of course, and learns that there is a sniper on the other side of the line. When he hangs up the sniper will shoot him, so he is told. Before he entered the booth we saw Stu talking on his cell phone as a PR-man, constantly lying to people. The sniper has observed Stu and thinks he deserves to die.

When the sniper demonstrates he is real by shooting a pimp near the booth the police arrives and thinks Stu is the shooter. Capt. Ramey (Forest Whitaker) slowly understands things are not as they seem.

Colin Farrell who is in almost every scene is great. First he looks so confident and slowly he becomes more and more desperate. The voice of the sniper (Kiefer Sutherland) is also perfect for the movie. It sounds calm but creepy, like a dangerous man who knows what he is doing.

The movie is not very long and here that is a very good thing. Scenes are not dragged to make the movie as long as most movies and therefor it doesn't get boring. It kept me on the edge of my seat. A very good thriller.