Mojave Phone Booth (film)
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| Mojave Phone Booth | |
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 Promotional poster for Mojave Phone Booth |
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| Directed by | John Putch |
| Produced by | Jerry P Jacobs John Putch Jerry Rapp |
| Written by | John Putch Jerry Rapp |
| Starring | Annabeth Gish Steve Guttenberg |
| Music by | Alexander Baker Bruce Watson |
| Cinematography | Keith J. Duggan |
| Editing by | John Putch |
| Distributed by | MPB Collective |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Mojave Phone Booth is an independently produced 2006 film directed by John Putch. The movie is based on a real phone booth in the Mojave Desert that once accepted incoming calls, but has since been removed.
The film is composed of the intertwined stories of four people, their lives each connected by the vandalised but functioning Mojave phone booth. An isolated structure in the desert, some 15 miles from the nearest highway and miles from any other building, the booth became an internet phenomenon in 1997. The movie portrays the stories of four fictional travellers, separately drawn to visit the booth in the hopes the phone there might suddenly ring, allowing them to randomly connect with a stranger (this type of pilgrimage was actually practised by many people prior to the real booth being removed on May 17, 2000 by Pacific Bell).
The travellers are: Beth, who is trying to resolve problems with her love-life, as well as a mysterious, recurring crime; Mary, a young South African, who is considering resorting to prostitution to escape the depressing circumstances of her life; Alex, a woman who is losing her lover, Glory, to a belief she is plagued by aliens; and Richard, severely depressed by being separated from his wife, who chances upon the booth after the failure of his suicide attempt.
[edit] Awards
In 2006, the film won seven awards:
- HDFest 2006: "Best Directing in an HD Feature", "Best High-Definition Feature", "Best Screenplay in an HD Feature"
- Kansas International Film Festival 2006: "Audience Award"
- Stony Brook Film Festival 2006: "Best Feature"
- Valley Film Festival 2006: "10 Degrees Hotter Award"
- Wine Country Film Festival 2006: "Best Independent Feature Under $100,000"
- Oxford International Film Festival 2007: "Audience Award: Best Narrative Feature"
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