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Larry Cohen (written by)
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Release Date:
4 April 2003 (USA) more
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A ringing phone has to be answered. more
Plot:
Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. full summary | full synopsis
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7 nominations more
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Taught, Original, Daring, very entertaining more (596 total)

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Rated R for pervasive language and some violence.
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81 min
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At one point, Jim Carrey reportedly showed interest in the lead role. more
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Factual errors: Captain Ramey has a New York City Police Department Detective's badge (wrong rank). more
Quotes:
Stu: I've been something I'm not for so long, and I'm scared you won't like what's underneath. But here I am, just flesh, blood, and weakness... more
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References Jerry Maguire (1996) more
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How did The Caller get the pizza delivery guy up to the room, kill him in a way that makes the police think it just happened, and still escape a building crawling with armed officers while carrying a large gun case?
What is the model of the sniper rifle left in the room with the dead pizza delivery guy?
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83 out of 103 people found the following review useful.
Taught, Original, Daring, very entertaining, 20 September 2002
10/10

I saw the premiere of "Phone Booth" at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, and I LOVED IT! It's unusual for a feature like this to even show at the TIFF, which should say something about it. I know it sounds like a hard sell. The whole thing takes place outside a phone booth in Manhattan, and it was shot in 10 days for less than 2 million dollars. But this movie is electric. It BLEW ME AWAY! Stuart `Stu' Shepard (Colin Farrell), a sleazy publicist, uses this phone booth to call his girlfriend, because his wife checks his cell phone bills. The phone rings, and when he picks it up, all hell breaks loose. The voice on the other end (Kiefer Sutherland is just terrifying) warns him that if he leaves the booth he will be killed. At first Stu doesn't believe him, but we find out pretty quick that his life is in real danger, and the stranger on the other end of the line knows EVERYTHING about Stu and his life. Then the police show up, (Forest Whitaker is wonderful as always as the cop in charge) and order Stu out of the booth. I spent the next hour on the edge of my seat. I don't want to give anything more away, but it is one of the most suspenseful movies I've seen in a very long time! You should go see this movie! I don't think it's going to get a very big release, even though it's directed by Joel Schumacher (St. Elmo's Fire, Flatliners, Batman and Robin, 8mm, Tigerland). Schumacher was at the screening, and he talked about how a number of different actors (including Mel Gibson) and directors had been attached to the script, and it had taken years to get it to the screen. He was able to do it with Colin Farrell after 20th Century Fox exec's saw him in `Tigerland' and decided to take a chance. But he's still not considered a `big' star. And Kiefer only came to the project at the end (though Schumacher said he was the only guy for the role, and I agree), and you don't see him much. So the movie may not get much of a push when it comes out. Don't let that dissuade you. If you like a good ride, you should go see this movie.

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