Choke - Watch saucy clips and win merchandise
Compiled by Jack Foley
FROM maverick author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) and breakout new writer-director Clark Gregg comes Choke, the subversively comedic tale of Victor Mancini, con artist, sex addict, Colonial village re-enactor, angst-filled son, serial restaurant choker… and unsuspecting romantic antihero for our unsettling times.
Victor (Sam Rockwell), in an effort to pay for his demented mother’s (Academy Award® winner Anjelica Huston) private healthcare, engages in a brazen scam.
While dining in upscale restaurants, he deliberately chokes on his food, allowing himself to be “saved” by wealthy good Samaritans who grow so close to him in the wake of their heroic Heimlich Maneuvers, they lavish him with cheques.
His day job at a historical theme park is no more conventional; and when he isn’t busy being a put upon Pilgrim, gagging violently or visiting the mother who doesn’t recognize him, Victor is cruising sexaholic recovery meetings for action.
It’s no wonder Victor feels adrift. But when his declining mother hints at the identity of his long lost father, Victor hopes it can finally provide the answers he has been searching for. With the help of his fellow sex addict Denny (Brad William Henke), Victor befriends his mother’s alluring young physician (Golden Globe® nominee Kelly Macdonald), who leads him to believe his origins may be far more shockingly divine than he ever could have imagined.
So is Victor Mancini still the no-good loser he always thought he would be, or could he possibly be some crazy kind of saviour?
Win Choke merchandise
To celebrate the release of Choke in cinemas on Friday, November 21, IndieLondon has teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to offer readers the chance to win 1 of 5 copies of the book, while one lucky person will also receive a signed copy of the film poster (by author Chuck Palahniuk). Simply answer the question below…
Q. Chuck Palahniuk has revealed that Sam Rockwell wasn’t always first choice for the lead role of Victor in Choke. Name one of the other two actors who were in the frame (clue, the answer is in our interview)?
Simply send the answer to Choke competition competition and include your name, address and email.
Watch the Red Band Choke trailer trailer
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