Where to watch Fight Club (1999)

Trivia & production notes

• Fox purchased the film rights to Chuck Palahniuk's novel for just $10,000 after a studio executive listened to an audio recording of the script.
• David Fincher initially hesitated to direct Fight Club because of a negative experience making Alien 3 for Fox, the same studio producing this film.
• The script originally had no narration, but Fincher found it unsatisfying and had it rewritten to include the Narrator's voice-over.
• Brad Pitt voluntarily had his front teeth chipped by a dentist during filming so his character wouldn't have perfect teeth, and the chips were restored afterward.
• Edward Norton was contractually obligated to make a film for Paramount Pictures before he could accept the Fight Club role, an obligation he later fulfilled with The Italian Job in 2003.
• Janeane Garofalo accepted the role of Marla Singer but was dropped from the project because Edward Norton believed she was unsuitable for it, despite Fincher's initial choice being her.
• Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and director David Fincher collaborated with screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker to create five script revisions over the course of a year.
• Fincher deliberately preserved homoerotic overtones from the novel to make audiences uncomfortable and enhance the impact of the film's plot twist.
• The film's ending diverged from the novel by giving the Narrator redemption through rejecting Tyler Durden, whereas the book ends with the Narrator institutionalized.
• The cast trained in boxing, taekwondo, grappling, and soapmaking to prepare for their roles.

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