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Mar 8, 2022 · MOVIE DESCRIPTION: A girl (Mara Wilson) gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to deal with her crude, distant family and free her kind teacher (Embeth Davidtz) from their...
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The Chokey is a torture device featured in the book and film versions of Matilda.
Closely resembling an iron maiden, the Chokey is designed to be narrow that no one can sit or squat while in it. Its measurement is said to be 10 inches and is filled with broken glass sticking out in the walls with nails on the door. The device was one of many dreaded my students as anyone imprisoned who tries to wobble will either be spiked by the glass or the nails.
Agatha Trunchbull uses this device during her tenure as principal of Crunchem Hall whenever the children break the rules. Hortensia states that students are sometimes kept in the Chokey all day. Once she leaves Crunchem Hall and disappears, the device was not employed again, likely converted to a closet to house the principal's coat and belongings.
Hortensia - placed for playing tricks on others including Trunchbull (book); placed in the device twice for unknown reasons (film)
Matilda Wormwood - placed by in the Chokey due to her father selling Trunchbull a defective car. Miss Honey rescues her later on. (film)
•The Chokey is based on the Iron Maiden.
Aug 2, 1996 · With Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz. A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
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Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Mara Wilson as the title character , with DeVito himself (who also served a dual role as the narrator), Rhea Perlman , Embeth ...
Nov 21, 2023 · In the 1996 film adaptation of Matilda, the chokey plays a more prominent role. When she realizes her car is breaking down, Miss Trunchbull actually does send Matilda to the chokey to...