No options. No lies. No fear. No deals. Just keep talking.
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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Character
Grave, intimate, contemporary and relentless.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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“Is Colin Farrell the best thing in Phone Booth?”
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“Does the pace leave no room to feel anything?”
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- The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 2003★★★★★Phone Booth review – Colin Farrell struts his way through funky twist on the idea of the anonymous phone call
It’s like a static Speed, and Farrell is as perfect for the part as Keanu Reeves was in that great non-stop bus adventure
- The New York TimesStephen HoldenApr 2003When a Sniper Calls the Shots
In this clanking, overheated stunt of a movie, Colin Farrell is Stu Shepard, a scruffy young New York publicist trapped by an unseen sniper inside the last enclosed phone booth to stand on the streets of Midtown Manhattan. The sniper, who calls Stu on the phone and issues instructions that have to be followed to the…
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Cast
- Colin FarrellStu Shepard
- Kiefer SutherlandThe Caller
- Forest WhitakerCaptain Ramey
- Radha MitchellKelly Shepard
- Katie HolmesPamela McFadden
- Paula Jai ParkerFelicia
- Arian AshCorky
- Tia TexadaAsia
- John Enos IIILeon
- Richard T. JonesSergeant Cole
Crew
- Joel SchumacherDirector
- Larry CohenScreenplay
- Matthew LibatiqueDirector of Photography
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Mark StevensEditor
- David ZuckerProducer
- Gil NetterProducer
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