Fight Club is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Norton plays the unnamed narrator, who is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms a "fight club" with soap salesman Tyler Durden, and becomes embroiled in a relationship with a destitute woman, Marla Singer. Palahniuk's novel was optioned by Fox 2000 Pictures producer Laura Ziskin, who hired Jim Uhls to write the film adaptation. Fincher was selected because of his enthusiasm for the story. He developed the script with Uhls and sought screenwriting advice from the cast and others in the film industry. He and the cast compared the film to Rebel Without a Cause and The Graduate, with a theme of conflict between Generation X and the value system of advertising.
Director | David Fincher |
Produced by | Art Linson, Ceán Chaffin, Ross Grayson Bell |
Screenplay by | Jim Uhls |
Starring | Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto |
Music | The Dust Brothers |
Cinematography | Jeff Cronenweth |
Edited by | James Haygood |
Production, company | Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises, New Regency, Linson Films |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Released | September 10, 1999 (Venice), October 15, 1999 (United States) |
Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $63 million |
Box office | $101.2 million |
Netflix ID | 26004747 |
About Fight Club
A man suffering from insomnia and his boring life meets an interesting soap salesman. Together, they start an underground fight club to liven things up.
Achievement of Fight Club
The film is based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton learned how to make soap before filming began.
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Latest information about Fight Club updated on July 28 2021.