Phone Booth (UK)

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Your life is on the line!
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 78 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:

Synopsis:
What do you do when you hear a ringing public phone? You know it`s a wrong number, but instinct forces you to pick it up. Set entirely within and around the confines of a New York City phone booth, Joel Schumacher`s Phone Booth follows a slick media consultant (Farrell) who is trapped after being told by a caller - a serial killer with a sniper rifle - that he`ll be shot dead if he hangs up.

Special Features:
Making of
Audio commentary by Joel Schumacher
Theatrical trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitle Tracks:
CC: English

Directed By:
Joel Schumacher

Written By:

Starring:
Katie Holmes
Radha Mitchell
Forest Whitaker
Kiefer Sutherland
Colin Farrell

Casting By:
Mali Finn

Soundtrack By:
DJ Shadow
Nathan Larson
Harry Gregson-Williams
Mos Def

Director of Photography:
Matthew Libatique

Editor:
Mark Stevens

Costume Designer:
Daniel Orlandi

Production Designer:
Andrew Laws

Producer:
David Zucker
Eli Richbourg
Gil Netter

Executive Producer:
Ted Kurdyla

Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox

Your Opinions and Comments

7 / 10
This is a great movie. The DVD is good but only has a few extras. 7/10.
posted by LFC_Lad on 9/3/2004 16:51
7 / 10
A decent (yet short) thriller about a public phone, a successful media consultant and a psycho killer.
In this unusual movie, which Schumacher managed to shoot in 10-12 days, most of the action is confined to one location - the phone booth. Somehow, that does not make the movie boring. The only problem is that there`s only so much you can do in one location, and the movie is over in less than 75 minutes.
The video transfer is ok. While there are no compression signs at all, the picture is not clear of grain (which might be intentional).
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is good. The surrounds are nicely used throughout the movie, but most of the movie revolves around dialog. Lots of it.
The menus are still and silent.
The extras include a commentary by the director and a behind the scenes look.
Bottom line - an ok thriller, which one cannot really dislike, mostly due to the fact that it is over before you manage to say "Jack Robinson". Rent it.
posted by Zvi Josef on 18/8/2004 14:42