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“Choke” Brings Smaller Budget But Bigger Intrigue

By Kris McKusick | September 9, 2008

A man in his mid-twenties leaves medical school in order to find work to support his feeble mother who is in a nursing home. He can’t afford the care that his mother is receiving so he becomes a con man. He consistently goes to various restaurants and purposely causes himself to choke mid-way through his meal, luring a “good Samaritan” into saving his life.

He keeps a detailed list of everyone who saves him and sends them frequent letters about fictional bills he’s unable to pay. The people feel so sorry for him that they give him money, send him cards and letters asking him about how he’s doing, all the while helping pay mom’s bills.

Sound crazy? This is just one aspect of the plot of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Choke, a best-selling novel being adapted into a movie by the same name which hits theaters on September 26.

The film is directed by Clark Gregg, starring Sam Rockwell and Angelica Huston. If you’re a fan of Palahniuk’s work, you’re well aware of his visionary talents and the success of a little film based on his first novel called Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fight Club is a generational staple. The kind of film that has a legion of devotees proudly reciting lines from it like Star Wars geeks.

Choke may not have the star power of Edward Norton and Brad Pitt to reel in viewers, but it’s a Palahniuk adaptation and that fact alone makes the film must-see viewing for fans of Gen X’s most visionary artist.

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