The Chocolate War is top quality and deals with a range of themes in a private boy's school...power, corruption, the state, conformity. And that's all within the setting of a chocolate fund raiser.
Some reviewers have criticized the ending because it's not faithful to the book, and fair enough. But I liked the ending and as someone wrote, it's akin to if you can't fight city hall, join 'em. That's what Jerry Renault (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) did when he beat up Archie Costello (Wallace "CSI" Langham) in the boxing ring.
The soundtrack is haunting and it was never released commercially, but you can get the songs from other sources.
The acting is top notch and given the small budget (I think only $170,000), Keith Gordon did a masterful job directing this feature.
Some reviewers have criticized the ending because it's not faithful to the book, and fair enough. But I liked the ending and as someone wrote, it's akin to if you can't fight city hall, join 'em. That's what Jerry Renault (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) did when he beat up Archie Costello (Wallace "CSI" Langham) in the boxing ring.
The soundtrack is haunting and it was never released commercially, but you can get the songs from other sources.
The acting is top notch and given the small budget (I think only $170,000), Keith Gordon did a masterful job directing this feature.