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2 nominations.
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| John Glover | ... | Brother Leon | |
| Ilan Mitchell-Smith | ... | Jerry Renault | |
| Wallace Langham | ... | Archie (as Wally Ward) | |
| Doug Hutchison | ... | Obie | |
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Corey Gunnestad | ... | Goober |
| Brent David Fraser | ... | Emile Janza (as Brent Fraser) | |
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Robert Davenport | ... | Brian Cochran |
| Jenny Wright | ... | Lisa | |
| Bud Cort | ... | Brother Jacques | |
| Adam Baldwin | ... | Carter | |
| Ethan Sandler | ... | Caroni | |
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Wayne Young | ... | Gregory Bailey |
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Kurt Bloom | ... | Impressed Kid on Bus |
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Wyeth Orestes Johnston | ... | Senior 'Environment' Kid |
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Landon Wine | ... | 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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teacher student relationship | peer pressure | classroom | based on novel | food in title |Genres:
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Archie Costello: Don't worry about Jerry Renault.
Bill Carter: But I do, Archie! The guy's making pansies out of us!
Archie Costello: Trust me. The Renault thing will take care of itself. Before the sale is over, Renault will be wishing with all his heart that he should have sold the chocolates... and the school will be glad that he didn't.
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(as "Sheperd's Song")
By Scott Cossu
(P) 1986 Windham Hill Productions, Inc.
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Contrary to popular belief, this is not Doug Hutchison's first movie. He stated his film debut was as Sproles in Fresh Horses (1988). See more »Quotes
Bill Carter: What about Renault?Archie Costello: Don't worry about Jerry Renault.
Bill Carter: But I do, Archie! The guy's making pansies out of us!
Archie Costello: Trust me. The Renault thing will take care of itself. Before the sale is over, Renault will be wishing with all his heart that he should have sold the chocolates... and the school will be glad that he didn't.
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Shepherd's Song(as "Sheperd's Song")
By Scott Cossu
(P) 1986 Windham Hill Productions, Inc.
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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 »Edit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$14,351, 20 November 1988Gross USA:
$303,624Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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The Chocolate War (1988)
Directed by Keith Gordon. Starring Ilan Mitchell-Smith, John Glover, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchinson, Brent Fraser, Corey Gunnestad, Jenny Wright, Adam Baldwin, Bud Cort. (R)
Low-key but absorbing adaptation of Robert Cormier's controversial young adult novel of the same name depicting a secret student society at a Catholic high school and their power plays to manipulate the system and student body. Directorial debut for Keith Gordon is confident but restrained, allowing the story to unfold at a deliberate pace and create a quiet tension that (unfortunately) promises more than it ultimately delivers. The climax alters the book's flawed ending, but doesn't quite work for different reasons: a "happier" wrap-up with a cynical stinger. Mitchell-Smith's blank, listless performance renders the protagonist as an enigma (we never understand exactly why he does the things he does beyond a sleepy-eyed "whaddya got?" Brando attitude), but Glover and Langham (credited here as Wally Ward) both score bulls-eyes as a cruel headmaster and Machiavellian student respectively. Worth watching whether you've read the book or not.
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