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Directed
by Joel Schumacher
Screenplay by Larry Cohen
Colin Farrell .... Stu Shepard
Kiefer Sutherland .... The Caller
Forest Whitaker .... Capt. 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 ..... Leon
Richard T. Jones .... Sergeant Cole
Keith Nobbs .... Adam
Dell Yount .... Pizza Guy
James MacDonald .... Negotiator
Josh Pais .... Mario
Produced
by
Ted Kurdyla .... executive producer
Gil Netter .... producer
Eli Richbourg .... associate producer
David Zucker .... producer
Original Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography by Matthew Libatique
Film Editing by Mark Stevens
MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive language and some violence.
Runtime: 81 min / Canada:80 min (Toronto Film Festival) / USA:118
min / USA:90 min
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and MPAA.ORG.
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 A
phone call can change your life, but for one man it can also end it.
Set entirely within and around the confines of a New York City phone
booth, PHONE BOOTH follows Stu Sheperd (Colin Farrell), a low-rent
media consultant who is trapped after being told by a caller –
a serial killer with a sniper rifle – that he'll be shot dead
if he hangs up.
What
do you do when you hear a ringing public phone? You know it’s
a wrong number, but instinct forces you to pick it up. A ringing
phone demands to be answered, but when Stu Shepard takes the call,
he finds himself hurtled into a tortuous game. Hang up, says the
caller (Kiefer Sutherland), and Stu’s a dead man.
A sudden
and shocking act of violence near the booth draws the attention
of the police, who arrive backed with a small army of sharpshooters.
They believe that Stu, not the unseen caller of whom they remain
unaware, is the dangerous man with a gun.
The
senior officer on the scene, Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker), tries
to talk Stu out of the booth. But unbeknownst to Ramey, his team,
the media circus that has flocked to the site – and Stu’s
wife, Kelly, and his client /prospective girlfriend, Pamela –
the caller has them all in his high-powered rifle sights.
As
afternoon turns into evening, Stu, the embodiment of an unethical,
self-serving existence, must now undertake a sudden and unexpected
moral evolution. He is emotionally stripped naked by the caller.
Stu’s lies, half-truths, and obfuscation no longer matter.
Instead, he must dig deep into his soul, find his strength and attempt
to outwit the caller, taking the game to an even more dangerous
level.
Fox
2000 Pictures presents a Zucker/Netter production, a Joel Schumacher
film, starring Colin Farrell in PHONE BOOTH, also starring Forest
Whitaker, Katie Holmes, Radha Mitchell and Kiefer Sutherland. The
film is directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Larry Cohen, and
produced by Gil Netter and David Zucker. The executive producer
is Ted Kurdyla. The director of photography is Matthew Libatique,
ASC, the production designer is Andrew Laws, the film editor is
Mark Stevens, and the costume designer is Daniel Orlandi. Music
is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams.
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