Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wally Ward, Doug Hutchinson, Corey Gunnestad, Brent David Fraser, Robert Davenport, Jenny Wright, Bud Cort, Adam Baldwin, Ethan Sandler. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Tom Richmond ; editor, Jeff Wishengrad ; costume designer, Elizabeth Kaye ; production designer, David Ensley. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Robert Cormier. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
Summary |
Archie is the brains of a society of thugs in sport coats called the Vigils. The Vigils have gained power over their fellow students and faculty by using intimidation. They meet their match in new student, Jerry Renault. Jerry refuses to participate in the school's annual fund-raising chocolate sale event. Brother Leon, the school's sadistic headmaster, makes a pact with the Vigils to sell 20,000 boxes of chocolates so he can be promoted to head of the school. |
Note |
Special features: Feature commentary by director Keith Gordon; interview with director Keith Gordon. |
Language |
English dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Fund raising -- Drama.
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Chocolate candy -- Drama.
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Private schools -- Drama.
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School principals -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Added Author |
Krane, Jonathan D.
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Gordon, Keith, 1961-
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Glover, John, 1944-
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Mitchell-Smith, Ilan, 1969-
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Langham, Wallace.
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Hutchinson, Doug.
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Gunnestad, Corey.
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Fraser, Brent David.
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Davenport, Robert (Figure skater)
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Wright, Jenny, 1962-
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Cort, Bud, 1948-
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Baldwin, Adam, 1962-
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Sandler, Ethan, 1972-
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Cormier, Robert
Chocolate war.
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Management Company Entertainment Group.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Standard No. |
027616073204 |
Music No. |
107320 MGM Home Entertainment |
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