The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War1988

Stars: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 100 minutes

The Chocolate War is a young adult novel by American author Robert Cormier. First published in 1974, it was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is one of the b… more »



Bill Carter:
All right, Archie. As head assigner, you're the brains of this outfit and you also got us into this mess. Where do we go from here?

Archie Costello:
[addressing the Vigils] Guys, you're all pushing the panic button for nothing. First of all, you can't go around beating up half the kids in the school that call us names. The brothers would shut us down in no time and people would really start sabatoging us if we started hurting people as a way of keeping everyone in line. That is why I like to lay off the strong-arm tactics for violence does not get us anywhere.

[Carter makes a wierd facial expression to Archie, clearly indicating him beating up Rollo only minutes earlier]

Archie Costello:
All right, Carter. I admit you did a beautiful job on Rolllo. I agree with you. He had it coming. But nobody at this school gives a damn about Rollo. He can lay out there and vomit til thy kingdom come and nobody would care. Rollo is just an exception.

Bill Carter:
Rollo is an example! I want the word to spread about him so no other kids can act wise or put up insulting posters about us.

Archie Costello:
Fine, but that doesn't sell chocolates. You said that the Vigils are connected to the sale, right? The solution to all this is simple. Let's get the goddamn chocolate sale over with as quickly as possible. Let's sell the chcocolates. If Jerry Renault is turning into some kind of rebel hero because he isn't selling, then how the hell is he going to look when everyone is selling... except him? Huh?

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