Choke Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: May. 18, 2011

Choke

Release Date: Friday, September 26, 2008

A con-man regularly fakes choking in upscale restaurants, gets "saved," and collects checks from generous restaurant patrons.

Director: Clark Gregg

Starring: Sam Rockwell • Anjelica Huston • Kelly McDonald • Brad Henke • Joel Grey

R Comedy 1 hr, 32 m

4 / 5.0

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Actor-turned-director Clark Gregg shows he is as adept behind the camera as he is in front of it with "Choke", a wickedly colorful dark comedy about mothers and sons, sexual compulsion, and the sordid underbelly of Colonial theme parks. Victor Mancini (Rockwell), a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida (Huston), in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical reenactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who "save" him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father's identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny (Henke) and his mother's beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall (Macdonald), to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.

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Who stars in Choke – Cast List

Sam Rockwell
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Bad Guys 2
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Anjelica Huston
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, 50/50
K
Kelly McDonald
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Brad Henke
Fury, Draft Day
J
Joel Grey
G
Gillian Jacobs
The Contractor, The Box

Who is making Choke – Crew List

A look at Choke behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Clark Gregg last helmed Trust Me. The film's writer Clark Gregg last penned Trust Me.

Director: Clark Gregg
Screenwriter: Clark Gregg
Producers: Mike S. Ryan
Derrick Tseng
Gary Ventimiglia

Studios: Searchlight Pictures
Production Company: ATO Pictures
Contrafilm

Production – What we know about the Choke

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for strong sexual content, nudity and language
Runtime: 1 hr, 32 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

Choke Trailers and Clips

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Choke Release Date: When was the film released?

Choke was released in on Friday, September 26 , 2008. There were six other movies released on the same date, including Eagle Eye, Nights in Rodanthe and The Lucky Ones.