Choke – only the second movie adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel (the first being Fight Club) is expected to get a theatrical release in September after impressing Fox Searchlight enough at the Sundance Film Festival to get a distribution deal.
Here’s our first look at the movie’s poster. I haven’t read much Palahniuk but this poster certainly carrys the imagery of the covers of his novels. I like it…
Sam Rockwell leads as a sex-addicted con-man who pays for his mother’s (Angelica Huston) hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who save him from (intentionally) choking to death. Kelly MacDonald also co-stars.
Comparing the movie to Fight Club is likely to only ever lead to unfavourable reviews for Choke and it would certainly be unfair for actor turned writer/director Clark Gregg who makes his directorial debut here.
Though comparisons to Fight Club might be difficult to avoid…
source – joblo
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Chuck Palahniuk is a writer of rare talent. That Jim Uhls adapted a screenplay (AWESOME bit of work that adaptation was, so different yet spiritually the same) from the book was incredible, considering how unorthodox a story it was.
And then there was David Fincher who absolutely nailed it directorially. I hope lightning will strike twice with a different creative team…though I gotta admit I’m REAL doubtful.
I’ll still see it anyways.