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An insomniac office worker meets a charismatic soap salesman who offers a radical escape from consumer culture. Together, they create an underground fighting group that spreads rapidly, drawing in frustrated men and pushing their rebellion toward increasingly dangerous consequences.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier, Holt McCallany, Eion Bailey, Richmond Arquette, David Andrews, George Maguire, Eugenie Bondurant
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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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