Plot
Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.
Release Year: 2002
Rating: 7.2/10 (101,049 voted)
Critic's Score: 56/100
Director:
Joel Schumacher
Stars: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker
Storyline A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Cast: Colin Farrell
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Stu Shepard
Kiefer Sutherland
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The Caller
Forest Whitaker
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Captain Ed Ramey
Radha Mitchell
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Kelly Shepard
Katie Holmes
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Pamela McFadden
Paula Jai Parker
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Felicia
Arian Waring Ash
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Corky
(as Arian Ash)
Tia Texada
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Asia
John Enos III
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Leon
Richard T. Jones
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Sergeant Cole
Keith Nobbs
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Adam
Dell Yount
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Pizza Guy
James MacDonald
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Negotiator
Josh Pais
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Mario
Yorgo Constantine
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ESU Commander
Taglines:
Hang Up And You Die
Release Date: 4 April 2003
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $13,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $15,021,088
(USA)
(6 April 2003)
(2481 Screens)
Gross: $97,837,138
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The toy robot vendor is speaking in Swahili.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Stu is walking outside Mario's restaurant, his cigarette appears and disappears between shots.
Quotes: The Caller:
What if I told you I was just above the theatre four floors up? See the pink curtains? There you go Stuart yes... Yoohoo... Yoohoo.
[laughs]
Stu:
Why did you do that? The Caller:
Because it's fun!
User Review
Gosh! And 10 days was all it took to be filmed!!
Rating: 9/10
Colin Farrell is a self-professed star publicist with an attitude to
boot. Watch 81 minutes of gut-wrenching nerve-wracking dialog reduce a
pretentious "kiss my ass" punk into an enervated and regretful
reprobate. Farrell is simply awesome in portraying the gravity of the
situation. "The Caller"'s voice is absolutely worth a mention. Calm,
creepy and authoritative ! Something different and the movie would have
fallen flat on its 'flab less' anterior. Sutherland plays 'The Caller'
, manning a high profile sniper rifle ,while he thrusts honesty upon
Stu Shephard(Colin Farrell). Frankly, I couldn't keep my eyes off the
screen for a second.
Ebert himself was marveled by the creativity of "Phone Booth" . Why !It
wasn't without sufficient reason ! A gaudy character stuck inside a
phone booth in a busy locale , some good camera work , bunch of
apartment windows, a psycho sniper and 10 days of excellent filming
supported by a 'worth a mention' cast easily will manage to get into a
good bundle of "top ten" lists. Fabulous entertainment and a Good
Display of Creativity. Graham Bell is still aiding marvels, I guess!!!
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