Phone Booth (2002)

Regisseur:

Joel Schumacher

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Larry Cohen (written by)

Premierendatum:

4. April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Werbezeile:

A ringing phone has to be answered.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Stalker | Telephone Booth | Psychopath | Cell Phone | Psycho Thriller

Filmpreise:

7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

When a phone rings...

US TV Schedule:

Tue. May 20	8:00 PM	FX
Tue. May 20	10:00 PM	FX

Besetzung

Colin Farrell	...	Stu Shepard
Kiefer Sutherland	...	The Caller
Forest Whitaker	...	Captain Ed 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
Josh Pais	...	Mario
Yorgo Constantine	...	ESU Commander

Alternativ:

Nicht auflegen! (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language and some violence.

Länge:

81 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Swahili

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

USA:R (certificate #39201) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Sweden:11 | Brazil:14 | Iceland:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:M | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:12 (cut) | Australia:MA (original rating) | Australia:M (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Mexico:B15 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Dies und das:

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.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: At the end of the film when Stu is giving his speech the position of Kelly's hair changes between shots to reveal and hide her (right) earring.

Dialogzitate:

Pamela McFadden: Look, I may be from Montana, but we have men there also.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Wird parodiert in "Saturday Night Live: Ray Romano/Zwan (#28.17)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Operator

When a phone rings...

Director Joel Schumacher preserves his reputation with a script by Larry Cohen about personal morals and hopefully the truth providing some kind of redemption. This is a white knuckle nerve wrecker about a self-serving publicist(Colin Farrell)making the mistake of his life by answering a public telephone. On the other end of the phone is a self empowered mad man(Kiefer Sutherland) inflicting demands on the fast talking, fast thinking publicity dealer who just happened to be walking by the phone booth he passes every day. The mystery voice on the phone demands the publicist to stay in the phone booth until he tells his wife(Radha Mitchell)and the TV watching public of his cheating, lying and making use of others. Of course behind the demanding voice is a sharpshooter that is not afraid to pull the trigger. The senior officer on the scene(Forest Whitaker)tries to make sense of the situation while fighting back thoughts of his own past personal problems. At least 90% of this thriller is made up of witty, threatening and revealing banter between Farrell and Sutherland. And talk about a clever twist to end this flick. Also of note in the cast are: Katie Holmes, Richard T. Jones and Paula Jai Parker. Think twice about answering that ringing phone.