Product Details

• Actors: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison, Corey Gunnestad
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MTFDDS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,981 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Chocolate War" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 17-APR-2007
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Subtly stylish, June 1, 2010

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Frank Gorshin (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chocolate War (DVD)

Rarely, if ever, does one see a movie about high school that has artistic merit. This one does! Lots of POV shots and sequences that illustrate a state of mind. Captures the stupidity, cruelty, and quiet despair of those awkward years. Not "Citizen Kane," or anything, but almost poetic.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a Cult Classic, August 26, 2006

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Ken Essay "Ken E" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CHOCOLATE WAR (DVD)

With an excellent story line, great music by "Yaz" and superior photography, this movie should be a staple of anyone's collection. I was very glad to see that it is finally coming to DVD. I have never seen it on television or cable which is unfortunate because I think that its storyline has much universal appeal. The opposition of Jerry Renault to the dreaded secret society known as "the Vigils" would probably appeal to today's "DaVinci Code" crowd. The movie is full of symbols, intrigue and even a certain amount of violence. In my opinion, this movie has a little bit of everything for everyone and is one of the true "lost gems" of Hollywood.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A disturbingly realistic view of collusion in cruelty..., April 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chocolate War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Archie Costello is one of the cruelist characters in the so-called "literature for young adults" genre. He is an accurately rendered, charismatic sadist who is brought to the screen convincingly by Wally Ward in this nearly-faithful adaptation of Robert Comier's fascinating study in the "collusion in cruelty" of supposedly good people. Robert Comier cuts no slack in his story...the bad guys win and the consequences are even worse in the sequel, Beyond the Chocolate War. The film (with its avenging angel ending), however, is neither sacchrine, nor as tidy as some viewers contend. True, Archie...anti-hero, to the max...gets his. But Jerry Renault, the would-be hero of the film (who gets hell beat out of him in the novel) does not escaped unscathed by the "Something Wicked" that has come the way of Trinity High School in the carnival guise of a fund raising candy sale. The Chocolate War is that...Archie knows how to punch the buttons of cowardice and fear. The film...like the book...is unpleasant, but engaging because of the truths it posits about human nature. Ignore the bogus ending of the film and you'll be left with an ugly taste in your mouth which certainly isn't chocolate but might serve as the necessary medicine of reality. Recommended with caveats!!!