PHONE BOOTH (Theatrical Release USA 2003)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.1|5.0 Starsìììì

Phone Booth—odd and improbable—uses the technique of shooting the film in one location, a phone booth, which forces the audience to focus on dialogue. Oddly enough, the movie comes across as intense and highly suspenseful due to the writing and dialogue. Some sexual references take it out of the teen range and places it within the adult range of entertainment. Worth watching.

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

A man is trapped inside a phone booth and has to negotiate his release.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Joel Schumacher for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Ted Kurdyla for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell), The Caller (Kiefer Sutherland), Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker), Kelly Shepard (Radha Mitchell), Pamela McFadden (Katie Holmes), Felicia (Paula Jal Parker), Corky (Arian Ash), Asia (Tia Texada) Leon (John Enos III), Sergeant Cole (Richard T. Jones), Adam (Keith Nobbs), Pizza Guy (Dell Youth), Negotiator (James MacDonald), Mario (Josh Pais) and ESU Commander (Yorgo Constantine).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. The film does not follow the classic Alfred Hitchcock suspense invoking format, but still manages to drive the suspense emotion quite well.

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Ben Meyers