MOVIE INFO

 

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You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there's nothing wrong with you until they're hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either.

 

SYNOPSIS
David Fincher's adrenaline-fueled adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel is a satirical, absurdist romp highlighted by the director's edgy visual flair.

 

CREDITS
Stars: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier, Richmond Arquette

Director: David Fincher

Editor: Jim Haygood

Composer: Dust Brothers




SPECIFICATIONS

Rating: R (MPAA)

Format: VHS

Year Released: n/a

Run Time: 139 min

Color: Color

Notes: Selections

Originally Released: 1999

Notes: Theatrical release: October 15, 1999.

FIGHT CLUB premiered at the CMJ Film Festival on September 21, 1999.

Filmed in Los Angeles, California.

Director David Fincher shot over 1,500 reels of film, which is over three times the usual amount of footage used for most feature-length films.

The house on Paper Street was specifically designed for the film and built from the ground up in a deserted industrial zone.

Edward Norton’s character is actually unnamed, but is sometimes referred to as "Jack," which comes from a medical book he reads in the Paper Street house. In the book, internal body organs speak as characters, saying things like "I am Jack's colon." As the movie progresses, the narrator makes up his own statements such as "I am Jack's raging bile duct."

Subliminal images are present throughout the film. Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) flashes onto the screen in four split-second appearances before actually encountering Edward Norton’s character. Tyler also briefly appears in a television ad (for an upscale restaurant) that "Jack" watches from his hotel room. Later, Tyler is shown splicing pornographic footage into family films while working in a projection booth. At the end of the film, there’s a quick shot of one of these images.

Brad Pitt removed the cap from his chipped front tooth for certain scenes.

Visual effects supervisor Kevin Scott Mack (who designed the elaborate title sequence) appears as a terrified passenger in the scene where the narrator imagines his plane ripping apart in a mid-air collision.

In the house on Paper Street, there’s an issue of Movieline magazine with Drew Barrymore on the cover. Barrymore costarred with Norton in Woody Allen’s EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU.

In addition to the Dust Brothers' score, the film also features the songs "Goin' Out West" by Tom Waits and "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies.

The Online Film Critics Society named FIGHT CLUB Best DVD, Best DVD Special Features, and Best DVD Commentary; Entertainment Weekly named it the second best DVD of 2000.