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The Chocolate War (1988) 6.7
A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and its hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by ... See full summary » Director:Keith Gordon |
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Brother Leon
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Archie
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Goober
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Emile Janza
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Brian Cochran
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Lisa
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Brother Jacques
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Carter
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Caroni
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Gregory Bailey
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Impressed Kid on Bus
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Senior 'Environment' Kid
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Frank Bollo
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A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and its hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates. Written by Brooke <soylent@ican.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 November 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Guerra do Chocolate See more »Filming Locations:
Sammamish High School - 100 140th Avenue SE, Bellevue, Washington, USA See more »Box Office
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$303,624 (USA)Company Credits
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Archie Costello: [addressing the Vigils] Guys, you're all pushing the panic button for nothing. First of all, you can't go around beating up half the kids in the school that call us names. The brothers would shut us down in no time and people would really start sabatoging us if we started hurting people as a way of keeping everyone in line. That is why I like to lay off the ...
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Performed by Yazoo (as Yaz)
Written by Alison Moyet (as Allison Moyet)
Used with permission of Emile Music (ASCAP) on behalf of Sonet Records and Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of Sire Records / Mute Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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The film had a paltry music budget of about $15,000. Most of the artists featured on the soundtrack allowed the filmmakers to use their songs at bargain basement prices. David Bowie, however, asked for $100,000 to utilize his song "Heroes" during the final scene and credits, so Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" was substituted. See more »Quotes
Bill Carter: All right, Archie. As head assigner, you're the brains of this outfit and you also got us into this mess. Where do we go from here?Archie Costello: [addressing the Vigils] Guys, you're all pushing the panic button for nothing. First of all, you can't go around beating up half the kids in the school that call us names. The brothers would shut us down in no time and people would really start sabatoging us if we started hurting people as a way of keeping everyone in line. That is why I like to lay off the ...
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Soundtracks
"Ode to Boy"Performed by Yazoo (as Yaz)
Written by Alison Moyet (as Allison Moyet)
Used with permission of Emile Music (ASCAP) on behalf of Sonet Records and Publishing Ltd.
Courtesy of Sire Records / Mute Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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The Chocolate War is a movie about a young kid named Jerry and his power struggle with the group at school called the Vigils. They want him to sell the schools annual chocolates but he refuses and from then on the Vigils make his life miserable. I really enjoyed this movie and I thought that Wallace Langham gave a great performance as Archie. He was so mean and cold that you couldn't help hating him and this to me is a sign of a great actor. I think everyone should see this movie and if you already have see it again!