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Directed by | Clark Gregg |
Screenplay by | Clark Gregg |
Based on | Choke by Chuck Palahniuk |
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Cinematography | Tim Orr |
Edited by | Joe Klotz |
Music by | Nathan Larson |
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Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.4 million |
Box office | $4 million[2] |
Choke is a 2008 American black comedy film written and directed by Clark Gregg, based on the 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It stars Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston. It tells the story of a man who works in a colonial theme park, attends sexual addiction recovery meetings, and intentionally chokes on food in upscale restaurants so his "rescuers" give him money out of sympathy and thus cover his mother's Alzheimer's disease hospital bills.
Production took place in New Jersey in 2007. Choke premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Fox Searchlight Pictures for distribution. It was released on September 26, 2008 and the DVD was released on February 17, 2009.