The Chocolate War Director: Keith Gordon Cast: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wally Ward, Doug Hutchison
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- DVD Release Date: 04/17/2007
- Original Release: 1988
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- Sales Rank: 14,451
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Feature commentary by director Keith Gordon; Interview - Director Keith Gordon discusses; The Chocolate War
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Disc #1 -- The Chocolate War
1. Main Titles/The List [:01]
2. Home [6:24]
3. Maintaing Discipline [3:44]
4. Bus Boy [5:32]
5. Not Without Influence [1:53]
6. Goober's Assignment [3:38]
7. Crusade [4:49]
8. The Only "No" [4:01]
9. Get the Picture? [3:55]
10. Ten Days [3:33]
11. Standing His Ground [3:37]
12. Environmental Campaign [4:50]
13. Zero [3:00]
14. Open Defiance [4:35]
15. Playtime Is Over [5:13]
16. Do Or Die [5:42]
17. The Cool Thing To Do [2:54]
18. Deep, Dark Secret [3:05]
19. The Shunning [4:20]
20. Fifty Boxes [6:16]
21. Fair and Square [2:14]
22. Two Marbles [2:57]
23. Playing the Game [3:47]
24. End Titles [4:32]
Editorial Reviews
The independently produced Chocolate War marked actor Keith Gordon's directorial debut. Adapted from the popular novel by Robert Cormier (I Am the Cheese), it functions as a political allegory set in a curricular context, in the same vein as Rene Daalder's Massacre at Central High (1976). In War, Ilan Mitchell-Smith plays Jerry, a new enrollee at the exclusive Catholic prep school St. Trinity. He attempts to fit in by joining the football team, but immediately runs head-first into Brother Leon (John Glover), a ruthless academician striving for a promotion to headmaster, and The Vigils, a underground student gang that wields a massive amount of power within the school. The abusive Leon attempts to goad as many students as possible into selling chocolates for the school fundraiser, but Vigil leader Archie (Wally Ward) has Jerry publicly refuse to sell any for ten days, as one of the annual 'hazing' rituals that the Vigils dole out to freshman enrollees. Jerry agrees, which turns him into a rebel hero among his fellow students, but he then extends his refusal beyond the week-and-a-half limit imposed by Archie, which puts him head-to-head with both Leon and the Vigils. However, instead of turning into an underdog story at that point, The Chocolate War remains realistic and cynical.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide
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