Directed by: Keith Gordon
Stars: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham
Language: English + Commentary (2nd track) | Subtitles: English (embed)
Commentary By Director Keith Gordon
Country: Usa | Imdb Info | Ar: 1.85:1 | Brrip
Description: The Vigils are a gang of students at Trinity Catholic School… part of the tradition. They control the other boys by intimidation and the threat of violence.
Preview
4.40GB | 104:26mins | 1920×1040 | mkv | English | Sub: English
https://tezfiles.com/file/2b953f62feb55/The.Chocolate.War.1988.mkv
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Director Keith Gordon Discusses The Chocolate War” interview
228MB | 51:21mins | 720×480 | mp4 | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/d0527dd5c891b/Chocolate.Keith.mp4
imdb labels this movie “surreal”, I think it at least touches some very real major points of catholic education: Manipulation through (homo-erotic) hierarchy, violence and superstition. Sure the story is quite extreme, but, sadly, basically fits in the catholic history.
Not convenient but quite meaningful movie imo.
Thanks for sharing.
Great post. This is an obscure, but wonderful ethereal film.
Thank you so much!! I love this movie. Great soundtrack too! :)
Keith Gordon made some intriguing films. None of them were hits, but still worth a look. Hadn’t seen this one. Look forward to his comments.
Chocolate War is a polarizing film. The novel it’s based on has a super bleak ending where the bad guys pretty much won flawless victory and the good guy who stands up to the Vigils beaten to the brink of death and the Catholic School covering up everything bad the Vigils did in the book. The book created a huge amount of controversy when it came out, leading to the writer making a sequel that hammered home his contempt for those who hated the “evil wins” ending and had the bad guys from the first book continuing to be monsters with the implications that they will keep doing harm once they graduate school and enter the real world.
Which is why the makers of the film pretty much radically changed the ending for the movie, with the only remaining aspect being the corrupt Catholic School staff taunting the hero at the end that they don’t care that he brought down the Vigils, so long as he did it in a way that furthered the goals of the administration and proved that their indoctrination of him had stuck in spite of his disdain for it. The writer hated it but the change made the film a lot more tolerable from the book.
Thanks! This helps