Payphones Past

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Phone Booth Scene from “The Godfather”

Scene 6 of "The Godfather" (directed by Francis Ford Coppola) is titled "The Shooting of Don Corleone". This scene, a…

14 years ago

Woody Allen: Manhattan.

A row of payphones, probably at Times Square, seen in the opening minutes of Woody Allen's "Manhattan".  

14 years ago

The Phone Booths of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”

George Peppard, looking a bit like Joe Buck in this screen grab from "Breakfast at Tiffany's", steps into one of…

14 years ago

Iranian Phone Booth Seen In Abbas Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry”

Abbas Kiarostami's "Taste of Cherry" is a favorite film of mine. The film puzzled and at times disappointed me, but…

14 years ago

Lenny Bruce’s Ex-Wife Calls Collect

From Lenny (1974), starring Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce and Valerie Perrin as his wife/ex-wife Honey. In this scene Honey…

15 years ago

“Taxi Driver” Payphone

Travis Bickle at a Manhattan payphone, asking Betsy if she got the flowers he sent.

15 years ago

“Midnight Cowboy” Phone Booths

The style of green Manhattan phone booths I spotted a few weeks ago are seen throughout the "Midnight Cowboy", the…

15 years ago

Borat’s Agent Checks In From a Times Square Payphone

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15 years ago

Birds

Possibly the most famous phone booth scene in all moviedom, this screengrab from Hitchcock's "The Birds" shows a three-slot rotary…

15 years ago