Phone Booth

Starring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland Director: Joel Schumacher Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 11th August, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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For a film confined almost entirely to one tiny location, Phone Booth has been the centre of a lot of off-screen action: changing lead man from Will Smith to Jim Carrey to Colin Farrell, with various directors attached, & finally postponed as a result of the Washington Sniper attacks, & all this before its release. Still, Larry Cohens taut 80-minute script finally hits the screens and, as public utility-based thrillers go, its pretty gripping stuff.

Colin Farrell plays slick & obnoxious PR man Stu Shepard who picks up a ringing payphone only to be informed by a mysterious sniper that theres a gun pointed directly at him. What Stu initially believes to be a joke turns about to be a vendetta from the sniper who objects to married Stus philandering ways, & it soon escalates into a prime-time TV siege.

Joel Schumachers energetic direction, employing some snappy editing & nifty split-screen techniques, helps distract from an uneven & often predictable plot. Its easy for the audience to think of a dozen ways this siege could be averted, but by upping the tension stakes Schumacher still makes it fun to watch.

Colin Farrell gives a compelling central performance, which runs the emotional gamut from anger to fear to anguish & even carries off a cheesy absolution scene. Keifer Sutherlands husky baddie voiceover is not exactly the stuff of nightmares but, like the rest of the film, you could do a lot worse. As a pure popcorn thriller, Phone Booth hits all the right buttons.

Colin Farrell is an Irish actor. He was born Colin James Farrell in Castleknock, Dublin. Colin Farrell attend the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin however he dropped out & got the part of Danny Bryne on the Ballykissangel, a BBC television drama set in Ireland. It ran from 1996 till 2001 with Colins part running from 1998 to 1999 He then had a number of small roles in various TV shows & movies till he played the part of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland in 2000. Since then he has been one of Ireland s rising stars in Hollywood, acting alongside some of Hollywood s finest including Bruce Willis in Harts War, Tom Cruise in Minority Report, Al Pacino in The Recruit & Samuel L Jackson in SWAT. Farrell was married to Amelia Warner from July to November 2001. He has a child, James - born September 12, 2003, with his now ex-girlfriend Kim Bordenave. Posters Of Colin Farrell

Editors Choice: The Recruit, Daredevil, Harts War, Tigerland, Alexander, Phone Booth, The New World, A Home At The End Of The World, View DVDology

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a Canadian television & film actor. He was born in London, England while his parents were working there, but was raised in Canada. He is the son of Donald Sutherland & Shirley Douglas, both actors themselves & the grandson of Canadian statesman Tommy Douglas. He has a twin sister named Rachel, who has had a few credits in film production but does not work as an actress. Sutherland is well known for his role as special agent Jack Bauer in US television show 24. 24 was originally intended to be a one time mini-series in which special agent Jack Bauer has to stop a presidential candidate from being assassinated as well as rescue his wife & daughter. The first season was such a hit that there was a second & third season made. A fourth season is due to begin in January of 2005. There is also a graphic novel called One Shot due to come out in the summer of 2004. The graphic novel is about Sutherlands character Jack Bauer when he first joins CTU ; this takes place before the first season occurs. Posters Of Kiefer Sutherland

Editors Choice: Phone Booth, I Fought The Law, To End All Wars, Beat, The Right Temptation, Eye Of The Killer, Jet, Freeway, View DVDology

Joel Schumacher is a gay American film director, writer & producer. Many of his films have been stylish, on budget & slick Hollywood fare. Schumacher was born in New York City & studied at the Parsons School of Design. First working in the fashion industry, he began his media work as a costume designer & developed his skills with television work. He wrote the screenplay for the low-budget hit Car Wash & a number of other minor successes. He also wrote The Wiz. His film directorial debut was The Incredible Shrinking Woman, starring Lily Tomlin & he quickly made more successful films, include three brat pack works. Working solidly & building his reputation he had his first large budget feature when he took over from Tim Burton on the Batman franchise - Forever was a major summer success but Batman & Robin was a commercial disappointment, the proposed fifth movie in the series was stalled & Schumacher returned to less ambitious projects. Schumachers Batman & Robin offered a campy description of Batman, which many fans saw as a mockery to the Batman Legend. Posters Of Phone Booth

Editors Choice: Phone Booth, Tigerland, Veronica Guerin, Bad Company, 8mm, Flawless, Batman And Robin, A Time To Kill, View DVDology

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