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Victoria Theater 2/10/2007 7PM

Victoria Theater 2/18/2007 12PM

“Mojave Phone Booth is a rebellion against the Hollywood philosophy and all the bloat it stands for. I believe that a compelling story can be told without it costing an arm and leg.” - Director John Putch

In the middle of the Mojave Desert rests an abandoned phone booth, riddled with bullet holes, its windows broken, but otherwise functioning. Its identity was born on the Internet, and for years travelers would make the trek down a lonely dirt road and camp next to the booth, in the hopes that it might suddenly ring, connecting them with a stranger (often from another country) on the other end of the line.

This is the story of four disparate people whose lives intersect at this mystical outpost. There is Beth (Annabeth Gish), a troubled woman facing dilemmas with her love life and a recurring, baffling crime; Mary, a young South African, who is contemplating selling her body for the funds to escape her dreadful existence; Alex, a woman who is losing her lover to the belief she is plagued by alien parasites; and Richard (Robert Romanus), driven to desperation, who happens upon the booth after his failed suicide attempt.

Exploring love, death, the mysteries of the universe (including invisible alien parasites), and the interconnectedness of all things. “Mojave Phone Booth” pitches us deep into the lives and psyches of people who have an overwhelming need to communicate.