The Chocolate War (1988)

Directed by

Keith Gordon

Genre

drama film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A new student at a Catholic boys school refuses to participate in a fundraiser run by a secret society of students. His defiance challenges the school's entrenched power structure and sets off a chain of confrontations.

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What happens

The Chocolate War is a 1988 American drama film written and directed by Keith Gordon. It is based on Robert Cormier's novel of the same name, about a young man who rebels against the ingrained hierarchy of an elite Catholic school. It was Gordon's directorial debut, and stars John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham (credited as Wally Ward), and Doug Hutchison. Jonathan D. Krane produced it after seeing Static, a film Gordon wrote. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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