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Summary:

Finney Shaw is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who's being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims, and they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.

Contributors:

Derrickson, Scott , film director, screenwriter, film producer

Cargill, C. Robert, 1975- , screenwriter, film producer

Blum, Jason , film producer

Thames, Mason , actor

McGraw, Madeleine, 2008- , actor

Davies, Jeremy, 1969- , actor

Ransone, James, 1979- , actor

Mitchell, E. Roger, 1971- , actor

Rudeseal, Troy , actor

Cazarez Mora, Miguel , actor

Hawke, Ethan, 1970- , actor

Hill, Joe

Universal Pictures (Firm) , presenter, publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Blumhouse Productions , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Crooked Highway (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Studio Distribution Services (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.

Included Works:

Black phone (Motion picture)

Black phone (Motion picture) (French)

Black phone (Motion picture) (Spanish)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Black phone [by Hill, J.]

Subjects:

Teenage boys — Drama

Kidnapping victims — Drama

Kidnapping — Drama

Missing persons — Drama

Telephone — Drama

Supernatural — Drama

Ghost plays

Kidnapping

Missing persons

Teenagers

Feature films

Fiction films

Horror films

Film adaptations

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Teenage boys

Telephone

Supernatural

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Horror films

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Film adaptations

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, DVS Dolby digital 2.0; anamorphic wide screen (2.39:1); described video.

Performers:

Cast: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, E. Roger Mitchell, Troy Rudeseal, Miguel Cazarez Mora, Ethan Hawke.

Production Credits:

Music by Mark Korven ; editor, Frédéric Thoraval ; director of photography, Brett Jutkiewicz.

General Notes:

Based on the short story by Joe Hill.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Wide screen (2.39:1)
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
English descriptive video service (DVS).
Bonus features: Deleted scenes; Ethan Hawke's evil turn; Answering the call: behind the scenes of The black phone; Devil in the design; Super 8 set; Shadowprowler: a short film by Scott Derrickson; Feature commentary by producer/co-writer/director Scott Derrickson.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; for violence, bloody images, language and some drug use.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby digital 5.1

Film Characteristics:

2.39:1; wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

BLA 2021 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 191329217733
Publisher Number, Universal: 1000811973 (container)
Publisher Number, Universal: 3000089335 (container)
Publisher Number, Universal: 1196846 (disc)
Publisher Number, Universal: 2000174945 (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1335714144