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6.3Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes the students to sell chocolates for a fundraiser, the head of the Vigils, Archie, gets Jerry to reject selling for 10 days. However, Jerry decides to keep up the refusal past the original time frame, which pits him against the Vigils and the school staff.
Released: 1988-11-18100 minDir: Keith GordonDramaBox office: $303,624
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Cast
- John Glover as Brother Leon
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Jerry
- Wallace Langham as Archie
- Doug Hutchison as Obie
- Corey Gunnestad as Goober
- Brent David Fraser as Emile Janza (as Brent Fraser)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- chocolate
- secret society
- brotherhood
- male friendship
- violence in schools
- private school
- coming of age
- grief
- catholic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Chocolate War
- Director
- Keith Gordon
- Screenwriter
- Keith Gordon
- Cast member
- Ethan Sandler
- Producer
- Saul Zaentz
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- publication date
- 1988-01-01
- title
- The Chocolate War
- review score
- 6.9/10
- after a work by
- Robert Cormier
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