History Trivia / PhoneBooth

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The film was released just as the last phonebooths in New York City were beginning to be removed. Even five years later, the plot would have been impossible.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was released just as the last phonebooths in New York City were beginning to be removed. Even five years later, the plot would have been impossible.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was released just as the last phonebooths in New York City were beginning to be removed. Even five years later, the plot would have been impossible. The rapidly-vanishing phonebooths are lampshaded in the opening narration, so it's arguable how 'unintentional' the piece is.

* FakeAmerican: Irishman Creator/ColinFarrell and Australian Creator/RadhaMitchell, as well as Canadian Creator/KieferSutherland.

* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Larry Cohen first pitched the concept to Creator/AlfredHitchcock in the 1960s. The finished film wasn't released until 2002.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Manley Henry a.k.a. [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Snoop Dogg Intern/Resident/Attending]] can be glimpsed as an extra in a couple of shots.
** Josh Pais a.k.a. [[Film/{{Joker}} Arthur Fleck's boss]] plays Mario, the restaurateur who accosts Stu and Adam in the opening.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The film's release was delayed by two months due to the DC Sniper Killings.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film's road from inception to release took nearly ''forty years'' (including a two and a half year period between production and release). The story idea had been around for long, that Creator/AlfredHitchcock(!) was initially attached to direct the film in the late 60's. The two and a half year pause between production and release was more bad luck than anything else. The original release date just happened to be around the same time as the D.C. Sniper killings, and the producers wisely decided to put some distance between that.

* OneTakeWonder: The shooter demands that Stu come clean to his wife about [[YourCheatingHeart his marital infidelities]], resulting in an emotional scene that Creator/ColinFarrell managed to nail down on the first take. The entire film itself was shot in just 12 days.

* TheOtherMarty: Creator/KieferSutherland's scenes were initially shot with Ron Eldard. Eldard's scenes were replaced after he didn't test well with the audience and studio.

* OneTakeWonder: The shooter, demands that Stu come clean to his wife about [[YourCheatingHeart his marital infidelities]], resulting in an emotional scene that Creator/ColinFarrell managed to nail down on the first take. The entire film itself was shot in just 12 days.

* TooSoon: Mentioned above, the film's release was delayed by two months due to the DC Sniper Killings.

* DevelopmentHell: The film's road from inception to release took nearly ''forty years'' (including a two and a half year period between production and release). The story idea had been around for long, that Creator/AlfredHitchcock(!) was initially attached to direct the film in the late 60's. The two and a half year pause between production and release was more bad luck than anything else. The original release date just happened to be around the same time as the D.C. Sniper killings, and the producers wisely decided to put some distance between that.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was released just as the last phonebooths in New York City were beginning to be removed. Even five years later, the plot would have been impossible.
** The rapidly-vanishing phonebooths are lampshaded in the opening narration, so it's arguable how 'unintentional' the piece is.

* OneTakeWonder: The shooter, played by Kiefer Sutherland, demands that Colin Farrell's character come clean to his wife about [[YourCheatingHeart his marital infidelities]], resulting in an emotional scene that the actor managed to nail down on the first take. The entire film itself was shot in just 12 days.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: ''Phone Booth'' was released just as the last phonebooths in New York City were beginning to be removed. Even five years later, the plot would have been impossible.

* FakeAmerican: Irishman Colin Farrell and Australian Radha Mitchell, as well as Canadian Kiefer Sutherland.
* TheOtherMarty: Kiefer Sutherland's scenes were initially shot with Ron Eldard. Eldard's scenes were replaced after he didn't test well with the audience and studio.

* FakeAmerican: Irishman Colin Farrell and Australian Radha Mitchell.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Kiefer Sutherland's voice is ''very'' recognizable. [[spoiler: It becomes HeyItsThatGuy at the very end.]]

* TooSoon: Mentioned above, the film's release was delayed by two years due to the DC Sniper Killings.

* DevelopmentHell: The film's road from inception to release took nearly ''forty years'' (including a two and a half year period between production and release). The story idea had been around for long, that Creator/AlfredHitchcock(!) was initially attached to direct the film in the late 60's.
** The two and a half year pause between production and release was more bad luck than anything else. The original release date just happened to be around the same time as the D.C. Sniper killings, and the producers wisely decided to put some distance between that.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Keifer Sutherland's voice is ''very'' recognizable. [[spoiler: It becomes HeyItsThatGuy at the very end.]]