An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 12 wins & 38 nominations total
Meat Loaf
- Robert Paulsen
- (as Meat Loaf Aday)
Tim DeZarn
- Federated Motor Co. Inspector Bird
- (as Tim deZarn)
Bob Stephenson
- Airport Security Officer
- (as Robert J. Stephenson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAuthor Chuck Palahniuk first came up with the idea for the novel after being beaten up on a camping trip when he complained to some nearby campers about the noise of their radio. When he returned to work, he was fascinated to find that nobody would mention or acknowledge his injuries, instead saying such commonplace things as "How was your weekend?" Palahniuk concluded that the reason people reacted this way was because if they asked him what had happened, a degree of personal interaction would be necessary, and his workmates simply didn't care enough to connect with him on a personal level. It was his fascination with this societal 'blocking' which became the foundation for the novel.
- Goofs(at around 1h 15 mins) When The Mechanic (Holt McCallany) sprays the Seminary Student (Matt Winston) with a hose, the camera briefly shakes because the cameraman was laughing uncontrollably.
- Quotes
Tyler Durden: [31:14] The things you own end up owning you.
- Crazy creditsThe 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
- Alternate versionsThe version available for streaming in China has around a minute of footage of material from sex scenes were removed. Also, for a period the closing scene of the buildings being destroyed was replaced with an English-language text card reading, "The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding. After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum [sic] receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012." After this ending gained press notice, drawing attention to Chinese censorship, the original ending was reinstated.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Arrivals (2008)
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Because you'll probably be confused the first time around. It's not a coincidence it stars some of the greatest actors of our time.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- El club de la pelea
- Filming locations
- 240 North Neptune Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(Tyler's House)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $63,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,030,102
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,035,485
- Oct 17, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $101,321,009
- Runtime2 hours 19 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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