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CHOKE Trailer

Written by Christopher Beaubien • May 29, 2008 • 2 Comments

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Get ready for a Palahniuk Punch. After the subversive head bunt of the David Fincher cinematic satire, Fight Club (1999), a new adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel Choke is coming to theaters this Fall. First time writer-director of Choke, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Price, is character actor Clark Gregg from David Mamet’s Spartan (2004), and the wonderful Nicole Holofcener comedy-drama Lovely and Amazing (2001), which stars Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener and love-goddess Emily Mortimer.

Choke looks like a very dark comedy this side of Neil Labute’s In The Company of Men (1997) stars Sam Rockwell (Joshua, 2007) as a dysfunctional sex addict trying to find his place in the world and in his mother’s physician (Kelly Macdonald, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, 2006). Anjelica Huston (The Darjeeling Limited, 2007) plays mom who must be so proud! I hope this angry satire takes aim at all the right targets… and hits hard.

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  • Remy

    I can’t wait for them to make “Survivor”. That was one of his better books.

  • http://karim.co.za Muhammad Karim

    I Love Chuck’s books… I can’t wait for these to come out. Fight Club is one of my favourite movies of all time! I love Fincher as a director.

    Chuck is one crazy Mofo, these movies will definitely stand out :)

    M.