Choke

Director: Clark Gregg

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime

Release Date: September 26, 2008 (U.S.)

Duration: 92 minutes

Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Brad Henke, Clark Gregg

Overview: Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is a deranged antihero for our times. They need to pay for elderly care of his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: it seeks to choke on pieces of food in the dining room, while upscale restaurants. It then allows himself to be "saved" by his fellow customers who, feeling responsible for the life of Victor, will send checks to support him. When he's not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his mother's rotten, and spends his days working on a colonial theme park.