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Choke

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Original title

Choke

Year

2008

Running time

89 min.

Country

United States

Director

Clark Gregg

Screenwriter

Novel: Chuck Palahniuk

Cast

Music

Nathan Larson

Cinematography

Tim Orr

Producer

Fox Searchlight, Dune Entertainment III, Aramid Entertainment Fund, Contrafilm, ATO Pictures. Distributor: Fox Searchlight

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Black Comedy. Independent Film (US)

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Chuck Palahniuk Adaptations

Synopsis

An adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s (Fight Club) novel, CHOKE is the sardonic story about mother and son relationship, fear of aging, sexualaddiction, and the dark side of historical theme parks. Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida, in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical reenactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who “save” him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father’s identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny and his mother’s beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.

Awards: 2008: Sundance: Special Jury Prize (For the work by an ensemble cast.)

2008: Satellite Awards: 3 nominations

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Choke

2008

Clark Gregg

5.5

(3,448)