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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 18, 1988
Box Office
$304K
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 25, 2006
Keywords
chocolate
based on novel or book
secret society
brotherhood
male friendship
private school
violence in schools
grief
coming of age
catholic
catholic school
blunt
individuality
fundraising
catholic guilt
non conformity
boys' school
boxing
school bullying
power dynamics
suspenseful
tense
callous
ominous
Quotes
See all →Strategies for Navigating School Conflict
Carter
You're the brain, Arch. You got us into this mess. Where do we go from here?
Archie
Everybody's panicking for nothing. First of all, you can't go around the school beating up half the kids! The Brothers would shut us down in a minute. That's why I stay away from the strong-arm stuff. Although I will admit, you did a beautiful job on Bollo back there. And it was coming to him! But Bollo's a troublemaker. And he can lie out there in his vomit till Hell freezes over. Nobody's gonna care, cause he's an exception.
[''To Carter'']
Carter
Bollo's an example. Let the word spread about Bollo, we won't have to worry about other kids screwing with us.
[To the other Vigils]
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Confrontation of Power Dynamics in School
Archie
You think you're a big shot, don't you? A big shot.
Frankie
You said it, not me.
Archie
Well, we like big shots, don't we? You see, here, our specialty is turning big shots into little shots.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
John Glover
Brother Leon
I
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Jerry
W
Wallace Langham
Archie
D
Doug Hutchison
Obie
C
Corey Gunnestad
Goober
B
Brent David Fraser
Emile Janza (as Brent Fraser)
R
Robert Davenport
Brian Cochran
J
Jenny Wright
Lisa
B
Bud Cort
Brother Jacques
A
Adam Baldwin
Carter
E
Ethan Sandler
Caroni
L
Landon Wine
Frank Bollo
S
Sean Hagerty
Perkins
C
Colin Mitchell
Crane
R
Rick May
Doctor
R
Robert Munns
Brother Eugene
