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Overview
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Release Date:
15 October 1999 (USA)
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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
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14 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(545 articles)
Review: ‘Youth in Revolt’
(From Reel Loop. 7 January 2010, 9:59 PM, PST)
Know your film product placement
(From The Guardian - Film News. 7 January 2010, 3:20 PM, PST)
(From Reel Loop. 7 January 2010, 9:59 PM, PST)
Know your film product placement
(From The Guardian - Film News. 7 January 2010, 3:20 PM, PST)
User Reviews:
A rare film that challenges the viewer to come up with his own interpretations
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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 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Fight Club (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language.
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Runtime:
139 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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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:
Edward Norton's apartment building, Pearson Towers, which he returns to at the beginning of the film to find his possessions strewn all over the sidewalk is actually Promenade Towers located at 123 South Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles. The apartment building's slogan in the movie is "A Place to be Somebody" while the actual apartment building's slogan is "A City in a City".
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Goofs:
Continuity: In the first scene, when Tyler looks outside the window, the projector that lights his gun is on at first, but seconds later it's off, without anyone touching it.
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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.
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[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:
Referenced in Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
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Soundtrack:
GIRL FROM YPSILANTI
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FAQ
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSSo, if the film is not about fighting, what does the fighting represent?
What was the author's reaction to the movie?
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Faithfully following Chuck Palahniuk's acerbic satire, Fight Club presents the vast emptiness of modern existence- ridden as it is with shallow values, rampant consumerism, empty of meaning, feeling and life itself- in a slick and ironically consumer oriented fashion. In a different vein from American Beauty, Fight Club explores the solutions to the veritable sleepwalking existence that plagues modern life. The film is violent, but it is not gratuitous violence, and any reviewer who claims that the film is promoting violence has missed the entire point of the film. A very black comedy, it is sure to provoke much conversation- it is definitely a film to see with friends. The film is fast-paced, densely packed and merits a second viewing, just to take it all in, especially if you haven't read the book. In typical Fincher style, you the viewer are left to draw your own conclusions. He feels no impetus to tell you how to interpret what you've seen, appropriate since the film condemns falling victim to the strictures of what society tells us to think and to value. My only criticism is that the editing is not as tight as it could be in the middle section of the film, it drags just a bit then picks up again. Other than that, it should definitely be an Oscar contender.