Choke Coughs It Up In February

Disc Announcements, News

Choke was the film with some of the most disturbing TV commercials. Watching Sam Rockwell attempt to be a choking victim in a restaurant. If you couldn’t stomach it in theaters, now you can Choke home on beginning February 17.

Press release after the cut.

CENTURY CITY, Calif. Starring acclaimed actor Sam Rockwell (The Green Mile, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Academy Award® winner* Anjelica Huston (Ever After, The Grifters) and Golden Globe® nominee** Kelly MacDonald (The Girl in the Café, No Country for Old Men) and featuring outstanding supporting performances from Bijou Phillips (Bully, Havoc) and Brad William Henke (October Road, World Trade Center), Choke debuts on DVD February 17 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE). Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Choke follows Victor Mancini (Rockwell) on a journey through his absurd, sex addicted life. Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) and directed by actor Clark Gregg (Iron Man), Choke explores the scams and sexual compulsion of a colonial theme park worker in a way that is both unnerving and hysterically funny. Choke is full of addictive bonus materials including deleted scenes, cast and crew commentary, a gag reel and more, and will be available for the suggested retail price of $27.98 U.S. Prebook is January 21, 2009.

*1986: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Prizzis Honor)
**2006: Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television (The Girl in the Café)

Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Choke is a dark and wickedly funny joyride from the depths of sexual compulsion to the heights of the Second Coming! Beside working at a colonial reenactment theme park and trying to hook up with everything on two legs, sex addict Victor Mancini courts the love and money of complete strangers via a demented con that might just kill him. But first, Victor must save his dying, delusional mother (Angelica Houston) by seducing and impregnating her comely physician, a task easier said than done, in this gleefully twisted tale of dysfunction, salvation, love, and libido.

DVD Features:
Choke is available on a dual layered disc in widescreen (1.85:1) format with English 5.1 Dolby Surround sound with English and Spanish subtitles.
– Audio commentary with Writer/Director/Actor Clark Gregg and Actor Sam Rockwell
– Five deleted scenes with optional audio commentary with Clark Gregg and Sam Rockwell
– Gag reel
– A conversation with Clark Gregg and Chuck Palahniuk
– “My Name is Victor and Im a Sex Addict” featurette
– “A Mothers Love” featurette
– “From the Los Angeles Film Festival”
– Fox Movie Channel Presents: Casting Session

CHOKE
Street Date: February 17, 2009
Prebook Date: January 21, 2009
Price: $27.98 U.S.
Total Run Time: 89 minutes
DVD Catalog #: 2254390
Rating: R
Closed Captioned: Yes

Choke will be Available at Amazon.com.

Joe Corey is the writer and director of "Danger! Health Films" currently streaming on Night Flight and Amazon Prime. He's the author of "The Seven Secrets of Great Walmart People Greeters." This is the last how to get a job book you'll ever need. He was Associate Producer of the documentary "Moving Midway." He's worked as local crew on several reality shows including Candid Camera, American's Most Wanted, Extreme Makeover Home Edition and ESPN's Gaters. He's been featured on The Today Show and CBS's 48 Hours. Dom DeLuise once said, "Joe, you look like an axe murderer." He was in charge of research and programming at the Moving Image Archive.