The Chocolate War
1988 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,526 VOTES · DIR. Keith Gordon
Overview
Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes the students to sell chocolates for a fundraiser, the head of the Vigils, Archie, gets Jerry to reject selling for 10 days. However, Jerry decides to keep up the refusal past the original time frame, which pits him against the Vigils and the school staff.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,210 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 (INDISTINCTCHATTER)
00:05:58 Put him down for the chocolates.
00:12:21 Is silence an admission of guilt, Bailey?
00:16:14 We're not in a zoo, if that's what you think.
00:19:45 As usual, a day off from school when every chocolate has been sold.
00:23:48 (ALL SNICKERING)
00:27:22 LEON: But Trinity is struggling these days.
00:32:03 Renault?
00:35:57 What's the catch?
00:39:29 Actually, I feel badly for him.
00:44:09 I never thought of just saying no.
00:48:03 he found that he himself had to adapt to his environment
00:52:01 Goob, are you serious?
00:54:57 Archie, I don't care if it's Renault, or your precious organization
01:00:03 - Twenty-one. - Twenty-one? Wow!
01:03:33 (BOYLAUGHING OVERPHONE)
01:07:06 It was on the bulletin board in the main corridor.
01:10:24 You're all done. It's not gonna take a black box, either.
01:16:38 But you were smart enough to get by, weren't you?
01:21:28 JERRY'S FATHER: Mrs. Hunter left a casserole.
01:26:16 He's going to raffle them off.
01:30:10 Not at all, Caroni.
01:34:15 Two assignments.
10:00:00 why not 20 this year?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,210
Dialogue density12.1 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line10:00:00
Production Record
DirectorKeith Gordon
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$303,624
IMDb votes2,526