Directed by: Clark Gregg Script: Clark Gregg, Chuck Palahniuk Producer: Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Temple Fennell Production company: ATO Pictures, Aramid Entertainment Fund, Choke Film, Contrafilm Cinematography: Tim Orr Editing: Kyle Gilman Music: Nathan Larson Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke
Format: boja, color, 35mm Running time: 89'
Synopsis Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted med-school dropout, keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida, in an expensive private mental hospital by working days as a historical reenactor. At night he runs a scam where he deliberately chokes in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who "save" him. When, in a rare lucid moment, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father's identity, Victor must enlist the aid of his best friend, Denny, a recovering chronic masturbator, and his mother's beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve this mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Choke.
Awards 2008 Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize, Dramatic
Directors Biography Clark Gregg, born April 2, 1962 in Boston, is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He has been featured in a number of supporting roles in films, such as Lovely & Amazing, In Good Company, and The Human Stain, and a number of guest spots on TV series, such as Will & Grace, Sports Night, Sex and the City and The West Wing. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2000 thriller What Lies Beneath. 2008 film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke starring with Sam Rockwell is his feature directorial debut.
Location and screening schedule: premiere: SC Cinema, Friday, October 24th at 14.00 reprisal: EUROPA Cinema, Friday, October 24th at 21.30
