Phone Booth (2002)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.2/10   

Réalisateur:

Joel Schumacher

Scénariste (WGA):

Larry Cohen (written by)

Release Date:

4 avril 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Accroche:

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:

Telephone Call | Telephone Booth | Stalker | Death | Telephone

Awards:

7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Gosh! And 10 days was all it took to be filmed!!

Ensemble

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

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Cabine, La (Canada: French title) [fr]
Phone Game (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language and some violence.

Durée:

81 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Swahili

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:R (certificate #39201) | Sweden:11 | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:12 (cut) | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:M | 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

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Anecdotes:

The word "fuck" is said 143 times.

Goofs:

Continuity: The baseball bat disappears and reappears several times from the street in front of the phone booth.

Guillemet:

The Caller: [about Stu's wife, Kelly] You think she didn't know she was being watched.
Stu: What?
The Caller: But beautiful women always know. That false indifference, superior air. It's just a tease. They want eyes on them. Why does she put on her make up? Do her hair? Dress so nicely? Not for her husband which she hardly ever sees, no, it's for somebody else to notice... I notice.

Movie Connections:

References "Bette" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Operator

Gosh! And 10 days was all it took to be filmed!!

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!!!