Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 04/04/2003(USA)
Release Date: 02/13/2007
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DTS-ESM/DD5.1
Run Time: 81 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
One man's life is thrown into turmoil by picking up a telephone in this claustrophobic
thriller.
Stu Shepard (
Colin Farrell) is a brash, cynical, and self-centered public relations man who juggles a busy career with both a wife,
Kelly (
Radha Mitchell), and a mistress,
Pamela (
Katie Holmes).
Stu steps into a phone booth on a busy New York street to make a call to
Pamela without
Kelly being the wiser, but as soon as
Stu hangs up, the phone begins to ring. Curious,
Stu picks it up -- and a stranger on the other end (voice of
Kiefer Sutherland) informs him that if he hangs up the phone, he'll be shot. The red dot of an infrared rifle scope convinces
Stu that the caller means business, and when another man tries to make his way into the booth, he's shot mere inches from
Stu, calling the attention of the police.
Captain Ramey (
Forest Whitaker) naturally assumes that
Stu was the killer, as
Stu struggles to find a way to convince the police of what's happening before more lives are lost, without leaving the booth and putting his own life on the line. At one time proposed as a vehicle for
Jim Carrey,
Phone Booth was directed by
Joel Schumacher, from a screenplay by
exploitation icon
Larry Cohen.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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