American Cinematographer, August 1st, 2007
The Chocolate War(1988)
1.85:1 (16x9 Enhanced)
Dolby Digital 5.1
Fox Home Entertainment/MGM, $19.95
The ongoing collaboration of director Keith Gordon and cinematographerTom Richmond has so far yielded one of the best love stories of recent years (Waking the Deadl, two incisive World War Il films (A Midnight Clear ana Mother Night), and an inventive postmodern musical (The Singing Detective). This pristine DVD of their first collaboration, The Chocolate War, indicates that right from the beginning, the duo was interested in big ideas and original ways of visualizing them.
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