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Thanks DonnachaOne. I was wondering about that.

It's true they shot the movie a while ago, but I don't think it was "shelved" as you put it... I think that Fox was just trying to find a good place to fit it into their schedule... and sure it was shot like 2 years ago, but don't forget all the post production time involved....

Also, I believe this was shot on 35mm, not digital. They shot the flick in 12 days, partly because of location and also budgetary reasons. The film has a gritty grain to it and some excellent cinematography... with digital we wouldn't get that kind of grain...

I couldn't imagine this flick without Farrell... Jim Carrey and Will Smith were both once atttached to the lead for this flick... that would have been two drastically different flicks....

MATT

It was shelved because of the sniper case in Washington DC. It might have even been delayed because of 9/11.

I thought this movie was pretty good, but could have been done better (as many reviews are saying). There could have been more action and I'm not sure if the style of filming was right for this movie. Unless you are a huge fan of someone in the film, I suggest waiting to rent this one.

I thought it was anti-climactic and I would have liked to get to know the characters a little more...especially Sutherland's.

4/10

Didn't dig it very much.

Like what, a car chase inside the phone booth?

I want to echo what some have said....the movie felt longer than 88 minutes. I didn't think it dragged at all, but it did seem longer.

Always nice to see Radha Mitchell on the big screen.

Is that the same lovely lady who was in Pitch Black?

What was the song playing in the beginning of the movie? The lyrics went something like

"Operator, Information, I need to talk to a friend of mine...."

Looks like Phone Booth will be #1 this weekend... good for it

(was #1 on Friday, $5,060,000)

was that really keifers voice? it sounded distorted a little.

nah, i liked not knowing who he was. i really wish i knew keifer sutherland wasnt in it.

oooooooooh yeah!

her and katie holmes....yum.

It's a good thing she's hot, because she can't act to save her life. I cringed every time she spoke in this movie.

I enjoyed the hell out of it. Unless my theater had too much seperation between speakers which is very possible. (during one of the trailers, the Queens of the Stoneage song did not sound right at all) Kiefer's voice was tough to understand.

Yeah, I was refering to the pre-sniper delay that someone mentioned before.. the movie was not delayed because of 9/11 though... at that point I believe it still wasn't finished, so that didn't have an effect on it... Glad that it's on it's way to making some decent money...much better than some of the other crap out there (I hope 'head of state' drops drastically off the charts....)

MATT

Saw this today and thought it was decent. Doesn't quite work all that well on film (would probably have been a better stage play), but was effective enough to recommend it.

Also many of the trailers are misleading because (this is what is in the trailer)
thats because (spoiler for the actual movie

Also this movie would look got awfull in pan and scan due to the split screen action.

blah, i hadn't seen this yet and i didn't know keifer was the guy behind the voice... i'm still going to see it but some magic is gone.. what happened to spoiler marks? i thought this was just going to be reviews and such

okay apparently everyone knew this but me.... but i liked it that way

I thought this film was pretty good, the film holds your attention well through out the 80 minutes, but as the others say doesn't feel short and I mean that in the best way possible. Colin Farrell as the lead is great, and I also think the camera work and cinematography works well for the film.

My only complaint is

Yeah, it was shot on 35mm in 10 days.

And the tight shoot had to do with other commitments - most of the movie takes place on a set in L.A., not in NYC. So they didn't have to worry about tying-up 53rd and 8th.

-- Jough

I saw it this afternoon and loved it. Joel Schumaker really redeemed himself in my eyes (admittedly, I haven't seen his work since B&R). Colin Farrell was terrrific, probably the best role I've seen him in to-date. As the others said, it felt much longer than 80 minutes and kept me interested the entire time.

Excellent film, definitely see it.

Did it feel longer than 82 minutes to you? I thought it just zipped by and it totally held my attention the entire time - I didn't even begin to drive huge Mack trucks through those plot holes until maybe five minutes after closing Windows Media Playe... I mean, after walking out of the theater.

(Yeah, yeah, I know. The download joke is getting old - no self-respecting film fan would watch a crappy quality download on a tiny monitor rather than go to a decent theatre with surround sound and a big screen anyway).

What was I talking about?

Oh yeah. Phone Booth.

-- Jough

So you know it's a spoiler, and you know you're going to ruin the ending for others (including myself as I have not seen the ending), but you still put it into your post without spoiler tags? How considerate. Also, please refrain from discussing downloaded movies. Next time, use the spoiler tag - it's not that hard - just put spoiler between brackets [ ]. -Blake

When i first heard of this movie i thought to myself "how is movie that is shot completely in phone booth going to hold someones attention" but after seeing it, all i can say is wow. Great movie 10x better then "A Man Apart".