| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Colin Farrell |
Stuart Shepard
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| Kiefer Sutherland |
The Caller
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| Forest Whitaker |
Captain Ed Ramey
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| Radha Mitchell |
Kelly Shepard
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| Katie Holmes |
Pamela McFadden
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| Paula Jai Parker |
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| Arian Waring Ash |
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| Tia Texada |
Asia
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| John Enos III |
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| Richard T. Jones |
Sergeant Cole
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| John Enos |
Leon
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| James MacDonald |
Negotiator
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| Josh Pais |
Mario
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Thriller; Action |
| Director |
Joel Schumacher; Louis Leterrier |
| Producer |
David Zucker; Gil Netter |
| Writer |
Larry Cohen |
| Cinematography |
Matthew Libatique |
| Musician |
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| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
81 |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| By some lucky quirk of fate, Phone Booth landed on Hollywood's A-list, but this thriller should've been a straight-to-video potboiler directed by its screenwriter, veteran schlockmeister Larry Cohen, who's riffing on his own 1976 thriller God Told Me To. Instead it's a pointless reunion for fast-rising star Colin Farrell and his Tigerland director, Joel Schumacher, who employs a multiple-image technique similar to TV's 24 to energize Cohen's pulpy plot about an unseen sniper (maliciously voiced by 24's Kiefer Sutherland) who pins his chosen victim (a philandering celebrity publicist played by Farrell) in a Manhattan phone booth, threatening murder if Farrell doesn't confess his sins (including a potential mistress played by Katie Holmes in a thankless role). In a role originally slated for Jim Carrey, Farrell brings vulnerable intensity to his predicament, but Cohen's irresistible premise is too thin for even 81 brisk minutes, which is how long Schumacher takes to reach his morally repugnant conclusion. --Jeff Shannon |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
024543080480 |
| Release Date |
7/8/2003 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Commentary Production Notes Scene Access Theatrical Trailer(s) Full-Length Audio Commentary by Director Joel Schumacher |
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