In Popular Culture
In the Superman comic books and live action films, Clark Kent often uses a phonebooth to change into his Superman costume.
In Blues Brothers, Eliwood and Jake survive an explosion in a phonebooth, and use the change to continue their journey.
In the 1995 film Hackers, the characters Razor and Blade briefly explain how to manipulate payphones to make free calls.
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action movies 1 & 2, there is almost always a payphone in the Turtles' lair.
In the film trilogy The Matrix, telephones are used to exit from the Matrix.
During his trial, American hacker Kevin Mitnick was accused of having the ability to launch nuclear missiles by whistling into a payphone.
A pay phone booth was used as a time machine in the 1989 film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Matthew Broderick's character used a pay phone to call his girlfriend, Jennifer, for free in the 1983 film WarGames.
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