History Film / PhoneBooth

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: MichaelBay was in talks to direct. Supposedly, the first thing he asked when meeting with the writers was "How do we get him out of the booth?"

Phone Booth is a 2002 suspense film directed by JoelSchumacher. It is about a publicist, Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) who finds himself held hostage in a phone booth in New York City by a sniper (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) who has uncovered his "affair" with Pamela [=McFadden=] (Katie Holmes), and wants him to change his ways.

One of the selling points of the movie during previews was that it is set in "real time." This came on the heels of 24's initial success on TV.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Keifer Sutherland's voice is ''very'' recognizable.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Averted. They went out of there way NOT to acknowledge that Keifer Sutherland is the sniper, but when the movie came out to video and DVD, they slapped the actor's face and name on the cover front and center. This was probably due to his role on {{24}} both times.

Phone Booth is a 2002 suspense film directed by JoelSchumacher. It is about a publicist, Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) who finds himself held hostage in a phone booth in New York City by a sniper (voiced by [[spoiler: Kiefer Sutherland]]) who has uncovered his "affair" with Pamela [=McFadden=] (Katie Holmes), and wants him to change his ways.

* AudioErotica: Listening to [[spoiler:Kiefer Sutherland]]'s voice for two Hours might not be as bad as it is portrayed

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Stu confesses his affair, and charges out of the booth with the gun. The police shoot him--with rubber bullets, because they know he's innocent and don't want the sniper to shoot him. He's fine, but the sniper pins the whole thing on the pizza guy and gets away.]]

** Whereas instead it's across the street from a bordello or pawn shop or something. [[SarcasmMode Man, Studio 54 has gone downhill.]]
* ColdSniper: [[spoiler:Sutherland]]'s character is clinically cold whilst holding Stu hostage via a sniper rifle

* DisproportionateRetribution: The penalty for ''[[strike:attempting]] fantasizing'' about cheating on your wife is death.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[spoiler: Keifer Sutherland's]] voice is ''very'' recognizable.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted - [[spoiler: Stu finally admits his wrongdoings to his wife and all of the passers-by, and is shortly afterwards shot. Then it is revealed that it was a rubber bullet, and he's perfectly fine.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Averted. They went out of there way NOT to acknowledge that [[spoiler: Keif Sutherland]] is the sniper. Even when watching the movie, you can't tell by the sniper's voice it's [[spoiler: Sutherland]] as he spoke with a more domineering tone [[UncannyValley (actually sounding a bit like Kelsey Grammer)]], but when the movie came out to video and DVD, they slapped the actor's face and name on the cover front and center. Thanks a lot for not keeping the mystery for those who didn't see it in theaters!

* DownerEnding: Hoo-boy is it a downer: [[spoiler: the sniper gets away and Stu has been shot after confessing his misdeeds, though not fatally.]]
** Not to mention [[spoiler: everyone will think the pizza guy is the sniper.]]

* KnightTemplar: the sniper.
* MagnificentBastard: The sniper. As terrifying as he is, he is amazing.

** To be fair, that's not the only "crime" Stu is charged with, it's just a specific example that's brought up over and over again. Still, putting a guy through that just cuz he's a jerk is a bit harsh, no matter how much we ourselves might want to do jsut that sometimes.

* AudioErotica: Listening to [[sppoiler:Kiefer Sutherland]]'s voice for two Hours might not be as bad as it is portrayed

* AudioErotica: Listening to Kiefer Sutherland's voice for two Hours might not be as bad as it is portrayed

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The phone booth is a confession booth and the sniper is either a priest or God, tho whom Stu is confessing his sins. [[spoiler: In the end he is absolved.]]

* {{Phonebooth}}. This film might be the most triumphant example of it yet.

* ColdSniper: Sutherland's character is clinically cold whilst holding Stu hostage via a sniper rifle

* DevelopmentHell: The film from inception to release took nearly forty years (including a two and a half year period between production and release).

** YourMileageMayVary, [[spoiler: at least Stu became less of a JerkAss.]]

Phone Booth is a 2002 suspense film directed by JoelSchumacher. It is about a publicist, Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) who finds himself held hostage in a phone booth in New York City by a sniper (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) who has uncovered his "affair" with Pamela [=McFadden=] (Katie Holmes), and wants him to change his ways.

* DownerEnding: Hoo-boy is it a downer: [[spoiler:the sniper gets away and Stu has been shot after confessing his misdeeds, though not fatally.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: The penalty for ''attempting'' to cheat on your wife is death.