Caroni

The Chocolate War (1988)

Actors: Jonathan D. Krane (producer), Adam Baldwin (actor), Wallace Langham (actor), Bud Cort (actor), John Glover (actor), Keith Gordon (director), Keith Gordon (writer), Brent David Fraser (actor), Doug Hutchison (actor), Robert Munns (actor), Kelly Johnson (miscellaneous crew), Ethan Sandler (actor), Jenny Wright (actress), Virginia Bogert (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Wishengrad (editor),

Plot: A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and its hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates.

Keywords: abuse-of-power, african-american, american-flag, american-football, appendicitis, based-on-novel, beating, black-leather-jacket, blackboard, blackboard-drawing
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Archie Costello: You've disobeyed the Viglis once already Jerry. This calls for punishment. Now, we the Vigils don't believe in physical violence, but we've found it necessary to have a punishment code. The punishment is usually worse then the assignment. We can make your life sad. But we're letting you off easy Jerry. Tomorrow, we're simply asking you to sell the chocolates.::Bill Carter: We're not asking Archie, we're telling!

Brother Leon: I'm warning you Archie, if the sale goes down the drain, you and the Vigils go down the drain. We all go down the drain together!

Bill Carter: All right, Archie. As head assigner, you're the brains of this outfit and you also got us into this mess. Where do we go from here?::Archie Costello: [addressing the Vigils] Guys, you're all pushing the panic button for nothing. First of all, you can't go around beating up half the kids in the school that call us names. The brothers would shut us down in no time and people would really start sabatoging us if we started hurting people as a way of keeping everyone in line. That is why I like to lay off the strong-arm tactics for violence does not get us anywhere.::[Carter makes a wierd facial expression to Archie, clearly indicating him beating up Rollo only minutes earlier]::Archie Costello: All right, Carter. I admit you did a beautiful job on Rolllo. I agree with you. He had it coming. But nobody at this school gives a damn about Rollo. He can lay out there and vomit til thy kingdom come and nobody would care. Rollo is just an exception.::Bill Carter: Rollo is an example! I want the word to spread about him so no other kids can act wise or put up insulting posters about us.::Archie Costello: Fine, but that doesn't sell chocolates. You said that the Vigils are connected to the sale, right? The solution to all this is simple. Let's get the goddamn chocolate sale over with as quickly as possible. Let's sell the chcocolates. If Jerry Renault is turning into some kind of rebel hero because he isn't selling, then how the hell is he going to look when everyone is selling... except him? Huh?