Phone Booth (2002)

Directed by

Joel Schumacher

Genre

action film, psychological thriller, mystery film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 4,210 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young publicist answers a phone call in a booth only to find a hidden sniper is holding him at gunpoint. He must follow the caller's commands or face deadly consequences.

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What happens

Phone Booth is a 2002 American psychological thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by David Zucker and Gil Netter, written by Larry Cohen and starring Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, Radha Mitchell, and Kiefer Sutherland. In the film, a malevolent hidden sniper calls a phone booth, and when a young publicist inside answers the phone, he quickly finds his life is at risk. Produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Zucker/Netter Productions, the film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, and was set to be theatrically released in November 2002, but the D.C. sniper attacks in October 2002 prompted 20th Century Fox to delay the release of the film, and it was then released theatrically in the United States on April 4, 2003. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $97.8 million worldwide, against a $13 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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