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Overview

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Director:
David Fincher
Writers (WGA):
Chuck Palahniuk (novel)
Jim Uhls (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 October 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? more
Plot:
An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
a dangerously brilliant film that entertains as well as enlightens. more (2383 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward Norton ... The Narrator

Brad Pitt ... Tyler Durden

Helena Bonham Carter ... Marla Singer

Meat Loaf ... Robert 'Bob' Paulson (as Meat Loaf Aday)

Zach Grenier ... Richard Chesler
Richmond Arquette ... Intern

David Andrews ... Thomas

George Maguire ... Group Leader

Eugenie Bondurant ... Weeping Woman

Christina Cabot ... Group Leader
Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston ... Speaker
Rachel Singer ... Chloe
Christie Cronenweth ... Airline Attendant
Tim De Zarn ... Inspector Bird

Ezra Buzzington ... Inspector Dent
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fight Club (Germany)
El club de la pelea (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Fight Club (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Бойцовский клуб (Russia) [ru]
аНИЖНБЯЙХИ йКСА (Russia) [ru]
Borilacki klub (Serbia) [sr]
Clube da Luta (Brazil) [pt]
Clube de Combate (Portugal) [pt]
Dövüs kulübü (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
El club de la lucha (Spain) [es]
Fight Club (Greece) [el]
Fight Club (Austria) [de]
Fight Club (Denmark) [da]
Harcosok klubja (Hungary) [hu]
Klub bitkárov (Slovakia) [sk]
Klub boraca (Croatia) [hr]
Klub rvácu (Czech Republic) [cs]
Podziemny krag (Poland) [pl]
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MPAA:
Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
139 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
UK:18 (video re-rating) (2005) | USA:R (certificate #36857) | Malaysia:18PL | Italy:VM14 (cut) | Italy:VM18 (DVD rating) (uncut) | Brazil:18 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | South Korea:15 (cable rating) (cut) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Belgium:KNT | Canada:18+ (Québec) | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (video rating) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | France:-16 | Germany:18 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 (cut) | Israel:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 (cut) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R(A) | Philippines:R-18

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Trivia:
The shot surveying Project Mayhem's destructive equipment lying in underground parking lots was a three-dimensional composition of over 100 photographs of Los Angeles and Century City by special effects photographer Michael Douglas Middleton. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the Narrator is quitting his job, the thermostat changes between silver and black as the shot cuts back and forth between him and his boss. Also, the distance between the chair and the desk in the background changes between shots. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[Tyler points a gun into the Narrator's mouth]
Narrator: [voiceover] People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.
Tyler Durden: Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
Narrator: ...i... ann... iinn... ff... nnyin...
Narrator: [voiceover] With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels.
[Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator's mouth]
Narrator: I can't think of anything.
Narrator: [voiceover] For a second I totally forgot about Tyler's whole controlled demolition thing and I wonder how clean that gun is.
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Movie Connections:
References Seven Years in Tibet (1997) more
Soundtrack:
NO LOVE, NO NOTHIN' more

FAQ

Can the Space Monkeys hear both Tyler Durden and The Narrator, or just The Narrator?
Did The Narrator blow up his own apartment?
Is the film a direct adaptation of the book?
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472 out of 635 people found the following comment useful.
a dangerously brilliant film that entertains as well as enlightens., 10 May 2000
10/10
Author: J.D. Lafrance (j.d._lafrance@ridley.on.ca) from St. Catharines, Canada

"Fight Club" an aggressive, confrontational, often brutal satire that is quite possibly a brilliant masterpiece. Taking the "Choose life," anti-consumerism rant at the beginning of "Trainspotting," and carrying it to its logical -- albeit extreme -- conclusion this is a big budget, mainstream film that takes a lot of risks by biting the hand that feeds it. The film's narrator (Edward Norton) is an insignificant cog in the drab, corporate machine, dutifully doing his job and what he's told without question. He's an insomniac slave to his IKEA possessions and only finds joy in going to as many self-help/dealing with terminal diseases sessions as he can. It provides him with an escape from his sleepless nights. That is, until Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), a trashy chain-smoking poser, enters his life and upsets his routine. The narrator also meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a charismatic soap salesman whose straightforward honesty, candor and sleazy lounge-lizard outfits are a breath of fresh air. One night, after the two men have bonded over beers, Tyler asks the narrator to hit him. At first, it seems like an absurd request but after they pound on each other for a bit, a strange feeling overcomes them. They feel a kind of release and satisfaction at inflicting pain on one another. In a world where people are desensitized to everything around them, the physical contact of fighting wakes them up and makes them feel truly alive. Others soon join in and pretty soon Fight Club becomes an underground sensation. However, it becomes readily apparent that Tyler has more elaborate plans than just organizing brawls at the local bar. David Fincher has taken the dark, pessimistic worldview of "Seven" and married it with the clever plot twists and turns of "The Game" and assembled his strongest effort to date. "Fight Club" is a $50+ million studio film that remains true to its anti-consumer, anti-society, anti-everything message -- right up to the last, sneaky subliminal frame. What makes "Fight Club" a subversive delight is not only its refreshing anti-corporate message but how it delivers said message. As Fincher has explained in interviews, you don't really watch the film but rather download it. Its structure is extremely playful as it messes around with linear time to an incredible degree. The narrative bounces back and forth all over the place like a novel, or surfing on the Internet -- even making a hilarious dead stop to draw attention to itself in a funny, interesting way that completely works. Yet Norton's deadpanned narration holds everything together and allows the viewer to get a handle on what's happening. This is the way films should be made. Why must we always have to go through the A+B+C formula? "Fight Club" openly rejects this tired, clearly outdated structure in favour of a stylized frenzy of jump cuts, freeze frames, slow motion and every other film technique in the book that only reinforces its anarchistic message. A film like this would have never been greenlighted by a major studio if Brad Pitt had not been attached to the project. Once you see the film, it becomes obvious that he was the only choice for Tyler Durden. Like he did with "Kalifornia" and "Twelve Monkeys", Pitt grunges himself down and disappears completely into his role to a frighteningly convincing degree. During many of the brutal fight scenes, he is transformed into a bloody, pulpy mess that'll surely have the "Legends of the Fall" fans running for the exits. It is an incredible performance -- probably his best -- for the simple fact that he becomes the character so completely. If Pitt has the flashy, gonzo role, Edward Norton is his perfect foil as the seemingly meek yet sardonic narrator. It's a deceptively understated performance as the last third of the film reveals but Norton nails it perfectly. He is clearly our surrogate, our introduction into this strange world and his wry observations on our consumer-obsessed culture are right on the money. They are the perfect setup for Tyler's introduction and his view on the world which is clearly a call to arms of sorts, a manifesto that rejects the notion that we are what we own. And ultimately, that is what "Fight Club" tries to do. The film is a cinematic punch to the head as it challenges the status quo and offers a wakeup call to people immersed in a materialistic world where those who have the most stuff, "win." I think that Fincher's film wants us to tear all that down, reject corporate monsters like Starbucks and Blockbuster, and try to figure out what we really want out of life. It's almost as if the film is suggesting salvation through self-destruction. And it is these thought-provoking ideas that makes "Fight Club" a dangerously brilliant film that entertains as well as enlightens.

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