Filmmaker reacts to Phone Booth (2002) for the FIRST TIME!
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Hi James, I was an extra on this film, which was shot back in back in 2001, and released in 2002. (I was just one of the random faces in the crowd.) There's a lot of facts about the making of this that I want to you to be aware of. I got to know a few of the PA's and crew. and I was close enough to the phone booth to hear the louder dialog.
1. The movie was filmed in downtown Los Angeles.
2. It was filmed sequentially from page 1 to the end, in order. (except for the 2nd unit shots in the beginning that were shot in New York.)
3. The entire film was shot in only 9 days in LA.
4. The breakdown scene by Collin Farrell was a rehearsal take that the director used because it was 75% improvised. (And imo, I think he made the right choice.)
5. The final scene when the shooter talks to Stu in the ambulance, I'm surprised you didn't recognize him. The shooter was Kieffer Sutherland.
I've been waiting a long time for someone to review this movie, and I'm glad it was you. Having been there all 9 days, I guess I'm a little bias about this one. It was truly one of the best experiences of my life. I loved your reaction. Thanks.
Yo this was awesome to read and add a little flair to the movie. I always felt like this was a super under appreciated film.
You, Me, and the Movies reacted to it a few weeks ago 🤗
Awesome to see another reaction.
A friend of mine wants to be an actor. I could never. Cool you got to be a part of it cool 😎
Very cool.
This was an awesome read! Thanks for even taking a moment to comment!
It must have been really powerful to watch the breakdown scene (and others) in person. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
Finally someone gets it. This movie is so underrated. Kiefer Sutherland is fantastic
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Omgoodness. I totally agree.
Don't forget Donald.
Absolutely what I said watching this!
Completely agree so underrated and for some reason just overlooked or ignored at the time ,Idk why maybe it was considering there wasn't much comparison at the time, nowadays these ,someone picks up a phone and a random person starts giving them instructions are ten to a penny, but at the time it was quite different and it shot so well it makes you feel like you are in New York watching this up close and personal , I love this film and think it it is a forgotten gem definitely
This movie was very well done. Keifer Sutherland plays the best bad guy. Such an underrated actor!
I was surprised to see him near the end!
He's great in Lost Boys as well!! 😊
@@JamesVSCinemaYou gotta see him in Freeway. He plays a serial killer.
Interestingly, the movie was filmed with actor Ron Eldard (Black Hawk Down) cast as the sniper, but Joel Schumacher decided he didn't have the right voice. So he brought in Kiefer Sutherland (who had already been in three other Schumacher movies) and re-recorded everything with his voice, and re-shot the final scene with Sutherland. Nothing against Eldard, who's a good actor, but he made the right choice, because Sutherland was perfect for this role.
@jculver1674 there's something about his voice, especially in this movie, that makes it so soothing yet so diabolical at the same time! That's why it makes so much more sense he chose Keifer. Very cool
Fun Fact: the original concept of this film, one centered around a character at a phone booth for the duration of the film, was first brought to Alfred Hitchcock. He loved the idea, but neither he, nor the writer, could think of a good reason as to why the character would be at a phone booth for the whole film. Not until decades later, which is what lead to the movie you just reacted to.
Surprising since the now obvious answer to the problem is SNIPPER!
It can only be sniper, bomb, family member hostage. Some other things but Hollywood isn't very creative.
Kiefer Sutherland has such an amazing voice, he was amazing in this film and we didn’t even see him for the majority of the film which shows how good of a voice actor he is. 🔥
Phone Booth is an underrated gem! I'll say this about Colin Farrell: I wasn't sure about him as an actor until I saw him in this. The range he shows here is a great indicator of what was to come in films such as Banshees of Inisherin. He's terrific! I think the frustration you felt was intentional, the movie presents a scary and frustrating situation to the main character, he's stuck in that booth, and his agency has been taken away.
Fun fact: The film is set in New York, but (minus a few establishing shots) the majority of the story and phone booth sequences were actually filmed in Downtown Los Angeles lol
I remember as a teenager having Kiefer Sutherland's monologue "Isn't it funny, you hear a phone ring and it could be anybody.." as my voice mail message haha
YES, one of my favorite tiny-set movies.
Holy crap. I watched this movie a week ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, super underrated and I bet you couldn’t find another reaction to it on TH-cam, so this is great
You, Me, and the Movies just did a reaction last month. It's cool to see another one. James always has cool insight from the movie making perspective.
Huh?
So underrated! Glad you checked it out
Ayyy anytime!
I consider this one of Colin Farrell's most underrated performances. I remember seeing this film as a kid and having a big crush on Colin because of his acting (and his good looks too). Love that you reacted to this film.
this is honestly such an underrated movie! glad to see you reacting to it!
I'm so glad to see you talk about how well this movie was made & Colin's performance. It's one of my very favorite movies for so many reasons you pointed out. I think a lot of people just didn't get or appreciate those moments & it's so underrated.
Yeah Colin's acting in this was incredible. His emotions felt 100% real.
Clever writing, great acting and you end up in the phone booth with him feeling the tension by the end!
So glad we get to experience this w you!❤
So love Colin Farrell as an actor... Whether drama, action, or comedy, he is so good. Another good action movie with him in it is "The Recruit" with him and Pacino.
For some reason, I had some kind of memory that Cillian Murphy was a protagonist on this.
9:50 "Thousands of people die every day.. But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!"
This film was honestly pretty creative considering the location limitation.
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I'm really glad you enjoyed this movie, my vote would be for "Inside man" another great location based movie in my opinion. Take care and have a great one.
Enjoyed the film a lot back when it came out. They had giant reflectors on a roofopposite the phone booth to control the lighting iirc. There‘s more in the DVD commentary. Devilishly efficient production too.
I have a hunch the red dot wasn't in the original script, but was added digitally by the studio in postproduction because they were afraid it wasn't clear enough who the sniper was aiming at in certain scenes. It's just a theory, but it explains why no one seems to notice it. Plus, the idea of a laser sight painting a visible red dot on its target is largely Hollywood invention, not based on how real guns work.
I watched this on DVD back when Netflix still mailed 'em out LOL
I remember distinctly because the sound was off
I very much enjoyed this film. I love that they were able to create such a suspenseful movie essentially in just a few feet. I certainly bought in to the characters and there's one thing they definitely got right. When we're in a big city and have places to go, how much do we really see and take in?
Cheers for another good reaction/insight.
Funniest line in the movie: “AAAAW U MADE ME HURT MY DICK HAND!” 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I adore this film. The script and pacing are so tight.
Super underrated movie! Still holds up!
I was scrolling through the channels and randomly caught it halfway through and got sucked in. I immediately restarted and did NOT regret it
This movie is probably the best of the "Person w/phone in dangerous situation" mini-genre of the early 00's. The guy who wrote this movie also wrote the script for 2004's "Cellular". And then there was "Liberty Stands Still" which released the same year as "Phone Booth" and has a similar premise except no booth.
These smaller cast movies hit different! Hard Candy is another gem!
This is a great gem 💎 remember renting this from blockbusters back in the day and watched it 3 times with my boys before returning it 😂
This and Arlington Road are two of my favorite thrillers from the late 90s/early 00s that somehow drifted into obscurity. Colin Farrell is amazing. I love that this film is so short. If you can get the job done in 80 minutes, then do it in 80 minutes. Nothing more frustrating than a bunch of filler to pad a movie out to 120 minutes when you don’t need it.
I used to watch this one alot back in the day.
Finally. What a stunning flick. Very well made. And with a great sound design
I just watched this movie the other day. Such a good film and so underrated, dont know why so many people dont know about this gem.
For me, the 90's to the 2010 were the best time for films. All my favourites movies are from that time.
Turned into a podcast at the end.
I remember this as one of the movies to actually make my eyes widen like crazy when I saw the toy robot get shot lol.
Love this channel so much. Thank you James.
Thanks James! A lot of bottle films like this rely on heavy dialogue to progress the story. For contrast I recommend checking out "All is Lost" which uses a single location but has zero dialogue. Though it's no less compelling. Shout out to Robert Redford for making that work so well. For aspiring screenwriters the script is worth checking out just to compare with other scripts. (It's only about 30 pages long.)
I hope more reactors follow you with this one! Big respect watching it!
I saw this movie when i was a kid and Kiefer Sutherland had me paranoid the entire time because of his voice and not being able to see him
A similar film to the basic premise of this is Liberty Stands Still which stars Linda Fiorentino and Wesley Snipes and incidently came out in 2002 like Phone Booth.
For a film that is a little bit like this:
-'Taking Of Pelham 123' (1974 version). A group of criminals take a subway train hostage, so it's another film with a claustrophobic feel that takes place in a small number of locations. It was also cited by Quentin Tarantino and Chris MacQuarrie as a film that inspired them
As for Colin Farrell, for me his best performance is in 'In Bruges', but this is a close contender
Another movie in the same vein as this would be Buried (2010) with Ryan Reynolds
Watched this so many times as a kid. Showed Colin Farrells ability early on
I once went to Manhattan and saw a film being shot. It turned out to be the Ben Stiller; Walter Mitty film. I forget the exact location but when I see that film, it gives me a little buzz. Loved that city and the best holiday I’ve ever had. Shout out to the Newark local folk ❤
Cingular cellaur provider that was featured in the intro is now folded by AT&T like the last phone booth.
The dude who wrote the screenplay for this film also wrote one two years later called "Cellular." I guess he just hates phones, and I find that hilarious. I liked "Cellular" more than" Phone Booth" and it also has a great cast: Chris Evans, William H. Macy, Jason Statham, Noah Emmerich, and Kim Basinger.
Movies just hit different around this time. They weren't afraid to try different things.
The director Joel Schumacher made so many classics in the 90s but his most underrated and second best work after Falling Down from 1993 is 8mm from 1999 with Nicolas Cage
Joaquin Phoenix
James Gandolfini
A must watch!!!!!!!!!!
Dude! Such a good choice! Thanks for reminding me of this awesome movie. I saw it when it first came out and remember it giving me SO MUCH ANXIETY!
If you go back and watch the pizza delivery again, after the delivery is rejected the delivery guy looks up towards the skyscrapers when he turns around. He was also being held hostage
Hadnt seen this movie in forever but had a young ben foster talking on his phone
Been watching this channel for a long time now. Love it. But I cant get over the "purple jacket pocket full of wee" outro. gets me every time.
I loved this movie when it came out. Walked out of the theater and heard two girls talking to each other "That was so stupid. The whole movie was just a guy in a phone booth." I just wanted to scream at them "WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? IT DID EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID ON THE BOX!"
A few years later a group of friends went to see the 2009 Star Trek and when we finished and walked out to the parking lot and a friends wife said "I wouldn't have come if I'd known it was going to be such a nerdy movie." We all just stared at her with a combination of anger and confusion until I was the first to speak up. "It was a Star Trek movie. It was science fiction. How could you possibly not be aware that Star Trek was going to be a nerdy sci-fi movie? WHAT DID YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE?"
I remember for a while, Jim Carrey was going to play the lead. Apparently it was written in the early 90s, and Carrey and Joel Schumacher were going to make it after Batman Forever until financing fell through.
I remember watching this movie in Mexico with my family and it was a crazy movie to watch when they had a DVD copy of the movie with a deleted scene that featured Jared Leto in the movie. It seems to have a very interesting story telling and focus on “Your actions” style of filming.
Locke is a movie that takes place entirely in a car, starring Tom Hardy.
Amazing performance in a movie where the setting is extremely limited.
Cellular (2004) is another film which features a very important phone call.
it's such a cool movie, glad you got to experience it :)
This was a good movie, this was one of those middle of the night rare fun finds.
Insta-click. This is an early 2k classic! Colin Farrell wasn't a particularly big name when this released, but he sure as hell started appearing in more movies after this performance 👍
Something else that's interesting about Phonebooth is that it was directed by Joel Shumacher, who was responsible for "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin." Which he apologized for.
in the same line (playing out in one location) is the movie Margin Call which plays almost entirely inside an office building in NYC. The movie has an absolute star cast and it is one of those movies I have watched over and over again to pick up more and more of the details in the movie.
The pizza guy you can see looks around at all the upper story windows, as if he was being forced as well.
Dude I watched this with my dad when it came out on HBO back in the day, we were so gripped the whole time.
Yeeessssss such an underrated gem. Don't know how many times I watched this on cable in my youth.
Locke is another movie like this, just Tom Hardy in a car from start to finish. Masterclass acting by Hardy, A24 production aswell, would love to see u react to it for the whole "Location" theme
Hi James I love this movie thank you for reacting to it. I live how it’s filmed in Picture in Picture
i think ive mentioned it before but Rear Window by alfred hitchcock takes place in James Stewart's apartment in nyc and the whole perspective is from his living room window because he has a broken food. Murder mystery...its my favorite movie. Would love for you to consider it as a review
So, about the red dot thing, there actually isn't a red dot. Remember when he had Stu guess where he was aiming while the red dot was moving? If there really was a red dot, he wouldn't have to guess. I think the red dot is just to represent where Stu senses the sniper is aiming.
I saw the trailer for this in theatres and remember groaning at the concept. I didn’t see it for anther 10 years at a dorm party and was shocked at how well executed it is. Definitely one of those cases of not judging a book by its cover.
The script in this film is genius, it's so cleverly detailed. I personally have no sympathy for Stu at all because he made millions of promises to tons of people and broke them all, he deserved everything he got.
I also love thrillers where it seems that the villain is unstoppable and unexpected plot twists are my favourite things to happen.
In your opinion then, his murder would have been justified?
This was one of those my family rented from Blockbuster a good few times
I always liked him in this and “recruit” or “the recruit” whatever it was called.
One of my all time favorite movies. Always loved movies in original settings. Love Cube as well.
16:55 Amusingly enough, I have heard that it was originally him, but then test audiences didn't find his voice threatening enough, so they brought in the expert.
Random watch brother, but an underrated one no doubt. Love your videos man.
Appreciate you Matt. Definitely a unique one!
I loved this movie, such a good premise
LOVED this movie, I watched it three times in the same week when I first saw it.
That’s awesome! What was your favorite aspect of it?
@@JamesVSCinema Of course Colin Farrell's acting is excellent, and the films ability to increase and maintain the tension is incredibly effective at putting you IN the phone booth with Stu.
Plus I'm a big fan of Kiefer Sutherland's voice, so the whole movie was like candy to me.
If u like Colin Ferrell i really recommend The Banshees of Ineshirin, It received 9 nominations for the Academy Awards, including Colin Ferrell for best actor and It's such a simple premise, but so good. Also, I find your comment at the end about how you felt frustrated and perhaps the script wasnt as tight as it could've been, pretty cool. A lot of reactiors just say they like all the movies they watch all the time cause they're recommended by their patreons, but I'm glad you're honest. It's a great way to start a discussion with the audience, and it also means a lot that you trust us enough to give us your honest opinion and be real.
Big Boss took on a weird side mission there :)
I was 9 when this came out, and really wanted to watch it for some reason. 😂 My cousins came over to the crib and we rented this, and bringing down the house 😭🤣 This shit is intense!
I think they were going for a similar shock value of the reveal of John Doe in Seven with this movie. Both villian actors were kinda big at the time, I guess? I mean, I was like "Oh shit, Kieffer Sutherland!?" But I dunno that had the same impact as the former.
Back then , I certainly did not appreciate the movie.
Watching back with you here I had a lot of fun!
And indeed, the acting is incredible!
LoL dude was really still chewing that gum when he realized he was hit and went down..
For some reason..I rarely see reactions to these good underrated movies, everyone wants to watch the same thing..however this is one of Colin Ferrell's best films, it really was the first time I was introduced to him.
“Breakdown” starting Kurt Russell. “Soldier” Starring Kurt Russell. Both very underrated.
This movie can easily get overlooked as a fun but dumb cheesy movie. Whoch is whybi think it gets overlooked a lot.
But actually giving it a closer look its a very well constructed and well written movie that deserves a lot more attention.
Also side note a lot of kinda the multiscreen camara shots is inspired by the show 24
Forest Whitaker. Forest Steven Whitaker. Gem. SO MANY, SO MANY... No one really realizes it.
At 4:48 in this reaction, the pizza guy is sent away. Before leaving he glances up - same direction as the shooter. Pizza Guy is a victim all along, maybe was getting released if only Colin had accepted the pizza?
Buried (2010) and The Guilty (either the 2018 danish original or the not quite as good 2021 American version) would interesting movies for you to watch after this. Both have a similar use of location - hopefully not a spoiler :)
The guilt the danish one such a gooooood film.
Buried is probably the most claustrophobic movie ever, loved it
Speaking of movies taking place in one location, Polanski's Carnage is also a good one.
I watched this movie for the first time after learning New York City got rid of the last phone booth
I think you would really enjoy The Experiment with forest whitaker in it
I enjoyed this, but ...... wondered if this was a remake of a Spanish short film classic, La cabina. It was not, but maybe inspired by it, and I sooooo recommend that film.
The film is 95% silent film so need to worry about Spanish, made in the late 60s/early 70s, I think. What a film! Never forgotten it since seeing it very late night as a kid. Won't give it away, but WHAT an ending! and you can get it on TH-cam. Did I mention? WHAT an ending!
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It was Jack Bauer the whole time! 😱
I guess my only "complaint" is that Kiefers voice is so distinct so you alresdy know who the caller is (unless you didnt know who he was already).
Idk if they could've disguised it more, but it kinda took away the mystery, to me. Granted I only saw this just the one time. Still a good movie though!
The caller sounds like Kiefer Sutherland
Rear Window comes to mind.
Nice reaction. The film was pure entertainment.