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06/01/2003 Thriller, Crime 1h 21m
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No options. No lies. No fear. No deals. Just keep talking.

Overview

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.

  1. Joel Schumacher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Colin Farrell

    Stu Shepard

  2. Kiefer Sutherland

    The Caller

  3. Forest Whitaker

    Captain Ramey

  4. Radha Mitchell

    Kelly Shepard

  5. Katie Holmes

    Pamela McFadden

  6. Paula Jai Parker

    Felicia

  7. Arian Ash

    Corky

  8. Tia Texada

    Asia

  9. John Enos III

    Leon

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Reviews

A review by The Movie Diorama
Written by The Movie Diorama on 2020-01-16
Phone Booth dials up its millennial tension through suspenseful confined calls. Joel Schumacher is a rather inconsistent director. Unusual, yet capricious. From ‘The Lost Boys’ to ‘Batman & Robin’, his career has been considerably scattershot in terms of quality. Phone Booth, whilst quintessentially being a product of its time, happens to be his most simplistic. An arrogant publicist is held hostage in a phone booth by a mysterious sniper who offers him an ultimatum.

A hyperbolised exercise in absolution from an absurdist’s perspective, Schumacher delivers a nail-biting thriller f...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$13,000,000.00

Revenue
$97,837,138.00

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