Phone Booth is a 2002 American suspense-thriller film about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper.
It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 15, 2002, but was delayed until April 4, 2003 due to the Beltway sniper attacks.
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.
Michael Bay considered directing. When he met with the writer and producers, the first thing he asked was "How can we get him out of the Phone Booth?”
The Phone Booth is supposedly on the north side of West 53rd Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The filming began there but it was already November 2000 and much too cold for the cast and crew. After one day, the shoot took over in a historic section of downtown LA on 5th Street. It looks like NY, save for the well-known Studio 54 and Ed Sullivan Theatre which are on the original location's block.
The scene when Stu confesses everything was shot in the first take. Colin Farrell got applause from those present right after the scene was shot.
During the movie, when the Caller warns Stu not to move, he says that "you pull out your wallet and BOOM! - you get shot at 41 times". This is a reference to the killing of Amadou Diallo, an innocent man who matched the description of a serial rapist. The police approached him and he pulled out his wallet. They mistakenly thought it was a gun and shot 41 times between four officers, hitting him 19 times and killing him.
All the actors had ear pieces and radio mics so they could hear what everyone was doing.
Mel Gibson was set to star and even gave screenwriter some helpful suggestions that wound up in the film, but he eventually backed out.
Watch Phone Booth movie online on free movies online website name Signal9.
It stars Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, and Radha Mitchell. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 15, 2002, but was delayed until April 4, 2003 due to the Beltway sniper attacks.
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.
Michael Bay considered directing. When he met with the writer and producers, the first thing he asked was "How can we get him out of the Phone Booth?”
The Phone Booth is supposedly on the north side of West 53rd Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The filming began there but it was already November 2000 and much too cold for the cast and crew. After one day, the shoot took over in a historic section of downtown LA on 5th Street. It looks like NY, save for the well-known Studio 54 and Ed Sullivan Theatre which are on the original location's block.
The scene when Stu confesses everything was shot in the first take. Colin Farrell got applause from those present right after the scene was shot.
During the movie, when the Caller warns Stu not to move, he says that "you pull out your wallet and BOOM! - you get shot at 41 times". This is a reference to the killing of Amadou Diallo, an innocent man who matched the description of a serial rapist. The police approached him and he pulled out his wallet. They mistakenly thought it was a gun and shot 41 times between four officers, hitting him 19 times and killing him.
All the actors had ear pieces and radio mics so they could hear what everyone was doing.
Mel Gibson was set to star and even gave screenwriter some helpful suggestions that wound up in the film, but he eventually backed out.
Watch Phone Booth movie online on free movies online website name Signal9.
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