Stu Shepherd is in public relations and uses lies and deceit everyday in his job to get things moving. Title (Brazil):'Por Um Fio' (`To Hang By a Thread') Therefore, the actors and actresses were also anxious to know the end of the story. On the behind of scenes on the DVD, Joel Schumacher tells that this film was shot in ten days, ten pages of the screenplay per day, in the sequence of the story and without the cast knowing the screenplay. The running time of 81 minutes is perfect for the plot.
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This movie is an excellent thriller, having an excellent director and cast. The police is not aware of the existence of the sniper and believes Stu has a gun. The sick sniper wants Stu to confess and humiliate himself in front of the cameras, threatening Kelly and Pamela with his rifle. Stu is trapped in a phone booth in Times Square by a sniper and by the New York police, under the command of Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker), accused of killing a pimp who was shot by the sniper in front of the cabin a few minutes ago. He is married with Kelly Shepard (Radha Mitchell), but he has a sexual interest in his client Pamela McFadden (Katie Holmes), a beautiful aspirant to actress. Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a publicist, who lies to his clients pretending to be more important than he is. I think the movie needs someway to release some kinetic energy for the final third act. The tension in the first hour is incredible. Kiefer Sutherland delivers the right kind of menace. However, Colin Farrell is supplying tremendous energy in such a confined role.
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They do need to update the phone booth idea. The tension does wear thin even with such a short running time. It's a tight little movie depending so much on the interplay from a faceless voice. This is quite a nice little thriller from Joel Schumacher. Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker) try to figure out what exactly is going on. When the stranger shoots a guy, the cops surround the phone booth. Then a mysterious stranger (Kiefer Sutherland) calls the payphone. He doesn't want his wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell) to see the calls on his cell. Every day at the same time he calls young actress Pamela McFadden (Katie Holmes) from a payphone. Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a fast talking publicist. A film to be watched more than once, PHONE BOOTH is definitely gonna be a hard one to beat in the years to come.
Although this film only takes place on one location, I would say it matches the thrills and tension seen in the likes of the DIE HARD trilogy, it's that riveting. The supporting cast is also great, with Forest Whitaker typically excellent as the detective on the scene, and ex-NEIGHBOURS actress Radha Mitchell as Farrell's wife. The Irish-born star is top-notch in his leading role, consolidating his place as one of Hollywood's most promising A-list stars. This definitely one of the most suspenseful films I've ever seen, with the gripping story evolving so far that you'll be sweating as you watch this, right along with Farrell. Short, snappy and extremely realistic, to say much about the plot would be to spoil this one, other than the banter between Farrell and the killer has you on the edge, as well as the small-scale but riveting action and drama.
With CELLULAR, another hi-concept offering from Cohen focusing, this time, on a mobile phone, it's worth checking out PHONE BOOTH as it definitely stands out as one of the freshest films of the early 2000s, right up there with the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy in terms of quality. Larry Cohen's concept was originally offered to Hitchcock back in the '60s – but the auteur director couldn't figure a reason for keeping the guy in the phone booth for the whole thing, so it got delayed forty or so years until now.
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