Choke Movie Trailer

Choke

Fox Searchlight has released the movie trailer for Clark Gregg’s big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke. If you were a fan of Fight Club, you’ll love Choke. I’ve seen the movie two times now, and /Film’s Mel Valentin is even quoted in the trailer (right after Entertainment Weekly), how cool is that (you can read Mel’s full review here). I’m hoping that a red band movie trailer will be released which might give you a better look at the tone of the film, but I think the green band does a good job. What do you guys think?

Watch the trailer in High Definition on MTV.com. Choke will hit theaters on September 26th 2008.

Official Plot Synopsis: Actor-turned-director Clark Gregg shows he is as adept behind the camera as he is in front of it with CHOKE, a wickedly colorful dark comedy about mothers and sons, sexual compulsion, and the sordid underbelly of Colonial theme parks. Victor Mancini (Rockwell), a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida (Huston), in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical reenactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who “save” him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father’s identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny (Henke) and his mother’s beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall (Macdonald), to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.

  • Webb
    oh hell yes. I've been waiting for the trailer. The clips I've seen so far have been really interesting and have me excited like woah.
  • Vancer
    SWEET!
  • Kurizu
    Nice...
  • SUe
    Wow, this looks really low budget. The book is great, here's hoping the movie is the same.
  • Captain Awesome
    haha, this looks great. Sam Rockwell is the best.
  • Dylan
    I was pretty happy to see they threw in a slash film quote in there.
  • duca
    Darn it! "This video is not accessible in your area"

    Does anyone have a link to a copy of it that is not region specific? I couldn't find it on Youtube... :(
  • Hunter Stephenson
    Congrats Mr. Mel in lascivious hot pink!!!

    I smell a hit. Men, take the Alanis Morisettes (sic) of the world to see this one.
  • MK
    This looks horrendous. Was this shot on VHS?
  • orange cinema
    everything about this looks as perfectly adapted as fincher's fight club. i love that they respected the tone of the material, and rockwell is a fucking pimp!
  • user
    Wow, this looks much better than I expected
  • Captain Awesome
    duca,

    Go to the MTV link and watch the HD quicktime version. It's not region-locked.
  • Sean
    It could use some music in the background that doesn't suck.
  • DtotheE
    points off for not trying to capture a distinct style away from fight club and for the cyhsy song.
  • jonny
    HOLY SHIT! Congrats Peter on Getting a slash film quote/plug in the fucking trailer! WOw man. congrats. Thats awesome.
  • Kiri
    blah trailer wont work, neither does the MTV one....
    damn you regional restrictions!


    Any other links?
  • Sauce
    Dude...wow. It's always interesting to see how someone else interprets something you've read. Definitely different than in my head...But so much better. I'm looking forward to this now.
  • jim janes
    looks like crap
  • duca
    @Captain Awesome

    Thanks for the tip! Unfortuantely my computer choked on the HD version of it. The lag... oh the lag!!!

    It seems I am destined not to watch this trailer... for now anyways.
  • I think the appearance of the movie doesn't look that great, but the acting and everything else in it is awesome. I can't wait for this movie.
  • Brandon
    Here's a challenge: I will solely subscribe to either slashfilm or Cinematical, whichever site is the first to stop ending every goddamned post with a question begging for comments. Whoever does it first gets my sole readership and participation. Second prize is you're fired.
  • Eric
    Congrats on the quote Mel!! I saw it in the trailer at -0:55!!

    AWESOME!!

    This film though, looks pretty good
  • duca
    @Brandon

    The reason why blog posts at sites like /film have questions at the end is to encourage conversation, debate, and interactivity with the viewers. Why is that a bad thing?
  • @duca
    Why is that a bad thing?

    Hahaha. Good one.
  • Al
    I saw 35 films at Sundance, this was the only film I walked out of. This movie sucks. Full of groaners. Quirk for the sake of Quirk
  • Takashi Miike Myers
    Great book.
    GREAT book.
    GREAT BOOK.

    This trailer is pretty much set at the same tone as the book.
    For those who think it looks like Fight Club - well the style of the FC movie matched Palahnuik's wrting style, so any movie that tries to remain true to the authors style will look like that.

    Can't wait to see this...
  • I love this book and Rockwell was well cast. I can't wait to see it.
  • jonny
    @Duca


    I Found a non regional copy at Collider

    http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/arti...
  • A.J.
    Ah c'mon...I loved Fight Club but this looks horrible. This looks like it was recorded on a Sony HandiCam. Terrible.
  • duca
    @Jonny

    Woot! Thanks for the link! Fight Club is one of my favourite movies, and Chuckie P. is one of my favourite authors. I am totally stoked for this now.
  • sari
    I love Mr. Sammy Rockwell but this trailer is horrible. I'm sure (I HOPE) the movie is much better.
  • Joe
    I'm really pumped for Choke. It seems they have a lot of the material down pat, and the Cherry Daiquiri scenes played out perfectly.

    I just wonder if they're going to keep the "rape" scene in. If they did, I'd see it four times.
  • Captain Awesome
    oh god, the rape scene "has" to be in the film.
  • ilovepink
    Uhm i was on the set when the movie was being made. i have to tell you that everything i saw filmed was awsome :) everyone who said it looked like crap is so off! i can't wait till it comes into theatres SEPTEMBER 2008
  • Banc Pero
    Sam Rockwell is excellent. But the real star of the movie is TITILLATIONS GO-GO BAR. The best Go-Go Bar in New Jersey! BAR NONE!
  • meatwad
    this movie gonna suck ass i seen the trailer and i already got bored of the movie.
  • Jeff jones
    I live in New Jersey and love titillations, the strip club in the movie. great location!!!
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