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The black phone / Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present ; a Crooked Highway production ; produced by Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill ; screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill ; directed by Scott Derrickson.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000811973 | Universal | (container)3000089335 | Universal | (container)1196846 | Universal | (disc)2000174945 | Universal | (disc)Language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: French, Spanish Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2022]Distributor: Universal City, CA : SDS Edition: Collector's editionDescription: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hill, Joe. Black phone
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music by Mark Korven ; editor, Frédéric Thoraval ; director of photography, Brett Jutkiewicz.
Cast: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, E. Roger Mitchell, Troy Rudeseal, Miguel Cazarez Mora, Ethan Hawke.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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD HORROR BLACK PH Available 33111009967296
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD HORROR BLACK PH Available 33111009967270
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

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

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

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

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

Based on the short story by Joe Hill.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.

Wide screen (2.39:1)

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

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.

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.

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