The Choirboys (film)
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| Directed by | Robert Aldrich |
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Merv Adelson Lee Rich |
| Written by | Jennifer Miller |
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| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
| Edited by | William Martin Irving Rosenblum Maury Winetrobe |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6,500,000 |
| Box office | ITL 126,400,000 (Italy) (1980) 292,099 admissions (France) |
The Choirboys is a 1977 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Christopher Knopf and Joseph Wambaugh based on Wambaugh's novel of the same title. It features an ensemble cast including Charles Durning, Louis Gossett, Jr., Randy Quaid, and James Woods. The film was released to theaters by Universal Pictures on December 23, 1977.
Los Angeles police officers experiencing various pressures at work unwind at night with drunken get-togethers (a.k.a. "choir practice") at MacArthur Park, where their pranks often go too far: among those there are a retiring cop, a small number of young cops, a bigoted one and a Vietnam vet with panic disorder.
The film attracted negative reviews and is considered by some to be Aldrich's weakest film. Vincent Canby's review in The New York Times described the film as "cheap and nasty" as well as "a stylistic and narrative mess". Wambaugh, after seeing the film, sued and got his name taken off the credits of the final print.
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