A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
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The telephone number of the Paper Street Soap Company (as printed on the phone the Narrator uses to call the "1888" office building near the end of the movie) is (288) 555-1534. The Paper Street Soap Company's phone number as listed on Tyler's business card is (288) 555-0153. Richard Chesler's (Zach Grenier) business card shows a phone number of (288) 555-0138. At the time of the film's release, area code 288 was "reserved for future use".
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Lou is punching Tyler, Lou punches once and there is blood, it shows Tyler again and there is no blood, and then blood again when he gets punched the second time.
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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. See more »
Crazy Credits
The warning at the beginning of the DVD, after the copyright warnings
reads:
WARNING
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you
read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't
you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly
can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so
impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who
claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think
everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should
want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex.
Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a
fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will
become a statistic. You have been warned...... Tyler
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