DONALD SUTHERLAND - 14 MINUTE CALLS MADE CHRISTMAS LIKE A 24 EPISODE FOR SUTHERLAND

DONALD SUTHERLAND felt like he was in son KIEFER's fast-paced action drama 24 when the actor was in jail over Christmas (07) because he had just 14 minutes to chat to him every three days. Kiefer Sutherland recently served a 48-day sentence at Glendale City Jail in California for drink-driving, and could only talk to his worried dad briefly by phone every third day. The Don't Look Now star admits his son's jail spell really killed the fun of Christmas for the whole family. He says, "I spoke to him on every third day. I'd make a deposit at the jail and then when he has the chance he can call collect and you speak for 14 minutes, that's your limit and then the phone goes dead. "I got to tell you 14 minutes is just gone. I never knew when the phonecall would come and it would be this recording of some woman in the police system and you'd blurt out everything in 14 minutes." The elder Sutherland admits he proud of all his kids, but he hopes Kiefer's jail spell gave the actor a chance to think about his wild ways. He adds, "He's not a mellow guy... but he's a growing man and he had 48 days to think. He was in solitary confinement in Glendale jail."