We sort of hate blog posts that are just, “hey, look, a poster!” (congratulations?) But with a relatively new trailer, new clips from the movie floating online, a new poster and the news that “Choke” has been pushed from an August 1 release to a September 26, we figure we’ve got ourselves enough of an excuse for a post.
As we wrote a few months ago: Directed by actor/filmmaker Clark Gregg (he was great “In Good Company”), the film stars Sam Rockwell, Angelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Bijou Phillips and Gregg himself. The film is a black comedy about a sex-addicted con-man (Rockwell) who pays for his mother’s hospital bills (Huston) by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him when pretending to choke to death.
The film is an adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel, he wrote “Fight Club,” and it premiered at Sundance ’08 earlier this year to extremely positive reviews.
We revealed the film’s soundtrack details in January. The film features songs by Radiohead, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (“Satan Said Dance”), the Fiery Furnaces, Ben Kweller, Greg Dulli’s (Afghan Whigs) newest group, the Twilight Singers and more (though the music supervisors on the film tell us some musical elements may have changed; we see it soon and will report back).
Watch: “Choke” trailer
Watch: Scene from “Choke”
Watch: Scene from “Choke”