Fight Club (1999)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

David Fincher

Writers (WGA):

Chuck Palahniuk (novel)
Jim Uhls (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

Plot:

An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.

Plot Keywords:

Fight | Club | Boxing | Office | Bare Chested Male Fighting

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

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
Dierdre Downing-Jackson	...	Woman on Plane
Bob Stephenson	...	Airport Security Officer (as Robert J. Stephenson)
Charlie Dell	...	Doorman
Rob Lanza	...	Man in Suit
David Lee Smith	...	Walter
Holt McCallany	...	The Mechanic
Joel Bissonnette	...	Food Court Maitre D'
Eion Bailey	...	Ricky
Evan Mirand	...	Steph
Robby Robinson	...	Next Month's Opponent
Lou Beatty Jr.	...	Cop at Marla's Building
Thom Gossom Jr.	...	Detective Stern
Valerie Bickford	...	Susan, Cosmetics Dealer
Jared Leto	...	Angel Face
Peter Iacangelo	...	Lou
Carl Ciarfalio	...	Lou's Body Guard (as Carl N. Ciarfalio)
Stuart Blumberg	...	Car Salesman
Todd Peirce	...	Man #1 at Auto Shop
Mark Fite	...	Man #2 at Auto Shop
Matt Winston	...	Seminary Student
Joon B. Kim	...	Raymond K. Hessel
Bennie Moore	...	Bus Driver with Broken Nose (as Bennie E. Moore Jr.)
Lauren Sanchez	...	Channel 4 Reporter (as W. Lauren Sanchez)
Pat McNamara	...	Police Commissioner Jacobs
Tyrone R. Livingston	...	Banquet Speaker
Owen Masterson	...	Airport Valet
David Jean Thomas	...	Policeman (as David Jean-Thomas)
Paul Carafotes	...	Salvator, Winking Bartender
Christopher John Fields	...	Proprietor of Dry Cleaners
Anderson Bourell	...	Bruised Bar Patron #1
Scotch Ellis Loring	...	Bruised Bar Patron #2
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Bartender in Halo
Andi Carnick	...	Hotel Desk Clerk
Edward Kowalczyk	...	Waiter at Clifton's
Leonard Termo	...	Desk Sergeant
Van Quattro	...	Detective Andrew
Markus Redmond	...	Detective Kevin
Michael Girardin	...	Detective Walker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jawara	...	Fight Patron Saying 'What's going on?'
Michael Arturo	...	BMW Salesman (uncredited)
Paul Dillon	...	Irvin (uncredited)
Eddie Hargitay	...	Chanting Fighter (uncredited)
Phil Hawn	...	Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Baron Jay	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Jim Jenkins	...	Restaurant Maitre'd (uncredited)
Kevin Scott Mack	...	Passenger Clutching Armrest (uncredited)
Louis Ortiz	...	Fight Patron (uncredited)
Hugh Peddy	...	Fight Club Man (uncredited)
J.T. Pontino	...	Fight Club Man (uncredited)
Chad Randau	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Marcio Rosario	...	Fighter (uncredited)
Gregory Silva	...	Riley Wilde, Fighter (uncredited)
Brian Tochi	...	Fight Bully (uncredited)
Alejandro Valdez	...	Bar Worker saying "His name is Robert Paulsen" (uncredited)

Directed by
David Fincher

Writing credits (WGA)
Chuck Palahniuk		(novel)
Jim Uhls		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ross Grayson Bell	....	producer
Ceán Chaffin	....	producer (as Cean Chaffin)
John S. Dorsey	....	associate producer
Art Linson	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dust Brothers
John King		(as The Dust Brothers)
Michael Simpson		(as The Dust Brothers)

Cinematography by
Jeff Cronenweth

Film Editing by
James Haygood

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Alex McDowell

Art Direction by
Chris Gorak

Set Decoration by
Jay Hart		(as Jay R. Hart)

Costume Design by
Michael Kaplan

Makeup Department
Fríða Aradóttir	....	key hair stylist (as Frida Aradottir)
Jean Ann Black	....	makeup artist: Mr. Pitt (as Jean A. Black)
Rob Bottin	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Rebecca Deleo	....	hair consultant: Mr. Pitt
Rick Glassman	....	special dental effects
Patricia Miller	....	hair stylist (as Patty Miller)
Julie Pearce	....	key makeup artist
Art Pimentel	....	mold maker: Rob Bottin Productions (as Arthur Pimentel)
Margaret Prentice	....	makeup artist
Randy Westgate	....	makeup artist (as Randy S. Westgate)
Lisa Buono	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Zoltan Elek	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Julie M. Anderson	....	production supervisor
Peter Mavromates	....	post-production supervisor
Helen Pollak	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Allen Kupetsky	....	second second assistant director
Michael McCue	....	second second assistant director (as Michael A. McCue)
Mike Topoozian	....	first assistant director
Bob Wagner	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fanée Aaron	....	model maker
Sam Aguilar	....	labor foreman
Craig B. Ayers Sr.	....	greensman
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man (as Scott Bailey)
Charles W. Belisle	....	set dresser
Kai Blomberg	....	set dresser
Max E. Brehme	....	set dresser
David B. Brenner	....	propmaker foreman (as David Brenner)
Thomas E. Brown	....	head paint foreman (as Tom Brown)
Richard K. Buoen	....	illustrator (as Rick K. Buoen)
Bryan Duff	....	assistant property master
Franco Esile	....	set dresser
Brian Ferguson	....	set dresser
Neil Gahm	....	propmaker foreman
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Will Grant	....	set dresser (as William Andrew John Grant)
Chris Grantz	....	set dresser
Bryan Hill	....	set dresser
Luis G. Hoyos	....	set designer
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
Peter J. Kelly	....	set designer
Tani Kunitake	....	illustrator
Tim R. Lafferty	....	construction foreman (as Tim Lafferty)
Larry Laurent	....	paint foreman
John Leone	....	labor foreman
Julia K. Levine	....	set designer (as Julia Levine)
'Butch' Montgomery	....	propmaker foreman
Bryce Moore	....	assistant property master
Roy 'Bucky' Moore	....	property master
Fred O'Connor	....	propmaker
Jeff Passanante	....	construction coordinator
Tyler Patton	....	set dresser
Adam Pearlman	....	set dresser
S. Quinn	....	art department coordinator
Peter A. Ramsey	....	storyboard artist (as Peter Ramsey)
Seth Reed	....	assistant art director
Greg Rocco	....	on-set dresser (as Gregory N. Rocco)
Paul M. Rohrbaugh III	....	paint foreman (as Paul Milton Rohrbaugh III)
Steve Roll	....	propmaker foreman (as Stephen Roll)
Eric Rosenberg	....	graphic designer
Hugo Santiago	....	set designer
Andrew M. Scudier	....	paint foreman (as Andy Scudier)
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Domenic Silvestri	....	set designer (as Domenic H. Silvestri)
Danielle Simpson	....	set dressing buyer (as Danielle M. Simpson)
Bruce G. Smith	....	paint foreman
George Stokes	....	propmaker foreman (as George W. Stokes Jr.)
Clint Taylor	....	propmaker foreman
Manuel Valenzuela	....	labor foreman (as Manny Valenzuela)
Timothy Vierra	....	propmaker foreman
Timothy S. Wiles	....	set dresser (as Tim Wiles)
G. Roger Abell	....	leadman: reshoots (uncredited)
Dianne Chadwick	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Skip Crank	....	props (uncredited)
Tammy DeRuiter	....	painter (uncredited)
Sean Hood	....	swing gang (uncredited)
Jim C. Johnson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Troy Alan Peters	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Kevin Wasner	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jessica Bellfort	....	assistant sound editor
Tom Bellfort	....	adr editor
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound effects editor
Todd Boekelheide	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Boulton	....	adr mixer
Lindakay Brown	....	conforming sound editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Lisa Chino	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	conforming sound editor (as Kyrsten Comoglio)
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
Andre Fenley	....	assistant sound editor (as Andrè Fenley)
Malcolm Fife	....	supervising foley editor
David Gleeson	....	additional sound mixer
Mark C. Grech	....	sound technician
Sara Hegarty	....	assistant sound editor (as Sarah Hegarty)
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Misa Kageyama	....	assistant sound designer
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Ren Klyce	....	sound designer
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer (as Maryjo Lang)
Larry Oatfield	....	conforming sound editor
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor (as Rich Quinn)
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Christopher Scarabosio	....	additional adr editor
Larry Schalit	....	assistant sound editor
Jurgen Scharpf	....	sound mix technician
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor (as Ewa Sztompke-Oatfield)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist
Jeff Wexler	....	sound mixer
Michael J. White	....	wild adr recordist
Doug Winningham	....	apprentice sound editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	adr supervisor
David Abrahamsen	....	sound (uncredited)
John Countryman	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Jonathan Greber	....	sound transfer supervisor (uncredited)
Sean Landeros	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Joan Malloch	....	digital audio transferer (uncredited)
Steve Romanko	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Dee Selby	....	dialogue assistant (uncredited)
Dee Selby	....	digital sound transfers (uncredited)
Mary Works	....	assistant dialogue editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Wayne Burnes	....	special effects technician
Derrick Crane	....	special effects
Glen Hanz	....	sculptor: Rob Bottin Productions, Inc.
Moto Hata	....	sculptor: Rob Bottin Productions, Inc.
Kevin Pike	....	special effects
Edward T. Reiff Jr.	....	special effects
Eric Roberts	....	special effects foreman
Shawn Roberts	....	special effects (as Derrell 'Shawn' Roberts)
Cliff Wenger	....	special effects coordinator
Thomas D. Krausz	....	specialty prop fabricator (uncredited)
Donn Markel	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael McGee	....	special break-away props (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Josh Aller	....	custom software: Image Savant
Debbie Andrews	....	visual effects assistant (as Debbi M. Andrews)
Fritz Archer	....	digital effects editor: Blue Sky Studios
David Bailey	....	matte painter: Gray Matter
Richard 'Dr.' Baily	....	digital animation producer: Image Savant
Richard 'Dr.' Baily	....	digital animation supervisor: Image Savant
James Battersby	....	shot designer: Pixel Liberation Front
Xavier Bec	....	software development: BUF Inc.
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects supervisor: Toybox
Les Bernstien	....	visual effects director of photography
Yann Blondel	....	CG supervisor: BUF Inc.
Alex Boothby	....	digital effects artist: Toybox
Francois Boudaille	....	digital artist: BUF Inc.
Patricia Boulogne	....	producer: BUF Inc.
Nicholas Brooks	....	digital compositor: Pixel Liberation Front
Christopher M. Burrows	....	rotoscoper: Blue Sky Studios
Matthew E. Butler	....	CG supervisor: Digital Domain (as Matthew Butler)
Jeff Campbell	....	digital effects compositor: Toybox
Jaime Castañeda	....	animator: Blue Sky Studios (as Jaime Andres Castañeda)
Olivier Cauwet	....	digital artist: BUF Inc.
Thomas Clary	....	digital effects associate producer: POP Film and Animation
Gregory Creaser	....	digital timer: Pacific Title
Judith Crow	....	opening sequence team lead: Digital Domain
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: POP Film
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer (as Robin D'Arcy)
Nicolas Darques	....	digital artist: BUF
Paolo deGuzman	....	digital paint artist: Digital Domain (as Paolo J. de Guzman)
Valerie Delahaye	....	visual effects: Buf Inc
Eric Deltour	....	digital artist: BUF Inc.
Roy L. Downey	....	pyro foreman: Stirber Visual Network, Inc. (as Roy Downey)
Tanya Doyle	....	production assistant
Christophe Dupuis	....	CG supervisor: BUF Inc. (as Christophe-Oliver Dupuis)
Michael Edland	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Mike 'Fuzzy' Ellis	....	digital film supervisor: Toybox (as Mike Ellis)
Sean Andrew Faden	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Lucio I. Flores	....	software engineer: Digital Domain
Ron Frankel	....	pre-visualization supervisor: Pixel Liberation Front
Michael J. Frick	....	digital artist
Sèverine Garnier	....	digital artist: BUF Inc.
Darin K. Grant	....	software engineer: Digital Domain
Colin Green	....	shot designer: Pixel Liberation Front
Derek Grime	....	CG supervisor: Toybox
Francesco Grisi	....	producer: BUF Inc.
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects supervisor
Isabelle Haulin	....	software development: BUF Inc.
Christopher Holsey	....	scan record supervisor
Stephen Humphrey	....	electrical: Stirber Visual Network, Inc. (as Steve Humphrey)
Mark Joiner	....	digital animation assistant: Image Savant
Katherine Jones	....	medical artist
Michael Kanfer	....	film imaging supervisor: Digital Domain (as Michael D. Kanfer)
Joshua I. Kolden	....	visual effects
Patrick Lachaux	....	digital artist: BUF Inc.
Ryan Laney	....	visual effects technical director
Richard Lea	....	model foreman: Stirber Visual Network, Inc.
Dan Lemmon	....	digital artist: Digital Domain (as Daniel Lemmon)
Alexander Levenson	....	modeler: Blue Sky Studios
Matt Linder	....	digital artist
Lauren A. Littleton	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Lauren Littleton)
Dave Lockwood	....	compositor: Gray Matter
Dave Lockwood	....	roto artist: Gray Matter
Ken Locsmandi	....	digital artist
Richard Lund	....	translite photographer
Margaux Mackay	....	visual effects producer: Gray Matter
Kevin Scott Mack	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain (as Kevin Mack)
Martha Snow Mack	....	digital paint artist: Digital Domain
Gray Marshall	....	lead compositor: Gray Matter
Gray Marshall	....	visual effects supervisor: Gray Matter
S. Scott McCaulley	....	facilities supervisor: Digital Domain
John McCunn	....	pipeline engineer
Leslie McMinn	....	visual effects assistant
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	visual effects still photographer
Suzanne Mitus-Uribe	....	translite matte artist (as Suzanne Mitus)
Eileen Moran	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Stephane Naze	....	CG supervisor: BUF Inc. (as Stèphane Naze)
Geoffrey Niquet	....	CG supervisor: BUF Inc.
Bradley Parker	....	digital artist: Digital Domain (as Brad Parker)
Brian Peyatt	....	technical coordinator
Darren Poe	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Darren M. Poe)
David Prescott	....	opening sequence team lead: Digital Domain (as David W. Prescott)
Jeff Pyle	....	model foreman: Stirber Visual Network, Inc. (as Jeff S. Pyle)
Christine Rivard	....	visual effects
Jim Rutherford	....	3D animator: Toybox
Carlos Saldanha	....	animation supervisor: Blue Sky Studios
Todd Sarsfield	....	scanning and recording operator
Christopher Scollard	....	senior digital effects producer: Blue Sky Studios
Irka B. Seng	....	digital effects coordinator: Blue Sky Studios
Patrick Shearn	....	producer: BUF Inc.
John Siczewicz	....	senior digital artist: Blue Sky Studios
Carey Len Smith	....	visual effects post producer
Laurent Soudrie	....	software development: BUF Inc.
David Stearn	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain (as David Stern)
John K. Stirber	....	miniture pyrotechnics supervisor: Stirber Visual Network, Inc.
Todd Stone	....	visual effects: John Stirber FX
Rich Thorne	....	production executive
Mike Thurmeier	....	animator: Blue Sky Studios
Zachary Tucker	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Pènèlope Vandecave	....	digital artist: BUF Inc.
David Verbeke	....	CG supervisor: BUF Inc.
Carey Villegas	....	digital compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Dave Walvoord	....	senior lighting & effects artist: Blue Sky Studios
Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Kieran Woo	....	production controller: pre-production, Digital Domain
Rachel Wyn Dunn	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Rachel Dunn)
Leon Xiao	....	chief systems administrator
Chris Y. Yang	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
John Attard	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
S. Kai Bovaird	....	runner (uncredited)
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Drake Conrad	....	digital film assistant: Toybox (uncredited)
Francisco De Jesus	....	shader writer: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Shane Glading	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Mitch Goldstrom	....	systems administrator: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Rob Gyorgy	....	digital effects compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
Craig Halperin	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Michael Hatton	....	digital effects compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
Elizabeth Holmes	....	digital effects compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
Rebecca Lilienfeld	....	assistant visual effects editor: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Michael Manza	....	3D animator (uncredited)
Brandon McNaughton	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Rob Menapace	....	motion control operator (uncredited)
J. Brent Poer	....	digital manager: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Josa Leah 'SDB' Porter	....	in-house coordinator: Toybox (uncredited)
Kyle Robinson	....	previs artist (uncredited)
Scott Ross	....	general manager: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Ed Ulbrich	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Dan Weeks	....	production programmer: Blue Sky Studios (uncredited)

Stunts
Damon Caro	....	stunt double
Damon Caro	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunts
David Leitch	....	stunts
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunt coordinator
Damon Caro	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)
Richard Cetrone	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Debbie Evans	....	stunts (uncredited)
James M. Halty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Imada	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Hiro Koda	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Leitch	....	stunt double: Brad Pitt (uncredited)
Chris O'Hara	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Denney Pierce	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Wald	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Arvanitis	....	best boy electric: Fox (as Mike Arvanitis)
Larry J. Aube	....	rigging key grip (as Larry Aube)
Nico Bally	....	company grip
Nico Bally	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Martin Bosworth	....	rigging gaffer (as Marty Bosworth)
Michael Brennan	....	dolly grip
John P. Cleveland	....	company grip
Alan Colbert	....	lighting technician
John T. Connor	....	first assistant camera (as John Connor)
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip
Ken Cottengim Jr.	....	company grip
Charles Crivier	....	rigging best boy grip: Fox
David Diamond	....	rigging best boy electric (as Dave Diamond)
Lisa Guerriero	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Lisa 'Coconut' Guerriero)
Chris Haarhoff	....	Steadicam operator
Conrad W. Hall	....	camera operator
Mitchell K. Hiniker	....	grip
Craig Horwitz	....	set lighting
Gregory Irwin	....	key first assistant camera: second unit
Wilfried Jeanblanc	....	video operator
Gary Kanner	....	camera loader
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Clement Lush	....	tape operator
Brett Mabry	....	best boy
Brett Mabry	....	best boy: second unit
Ed Maloney	....	best boy electric (as Eddy Maloney)
Niles McElroy	....	rigging electric
Claudio Miranda	....	gaffer
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
James P. Noble	....	company electrician (as James Noble)
Robert J. Reilly	....	best boy rigging grip
Clive Richards	....	company electrician
Brian Rosso	....	grip
Michael Santoro	....	rigging best boy grip
Harold Skinner	....	company electrician (as Harold J. Skinner)
Thomas Sugg	....	company electrician (as Tom Sugg)
Wayne Tidwell	....	video assist operator (as Wayne R. Tidwell)
Anthony Van Dyk	....	company electrician (as Anthony Van Dyke)
Jerald L. Wilson	....	rigging electrician
Steve Wolfe	....	assistant camera
Rhett Wooden	....	best boy grip: Fox
Daniel Page McDonough	....	assistant camera: day player (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting
Christie Cean George	....	casting assistant
Mickie McGowan	....	voice casting
Karen Meisels	....	casting associate (as Karen Miesels)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Terry Anderson	....	set costumer
Elinor Bardach	....	costume supervisor
Wendy M. Craig	....	set costumer
Amanda Friedland	....	set costumer
Wendy J. Greiner	....	key costumer (as Wendy Greiner)
Rhona Meyers	....	key costumer
Sloane Morrison	....	costumer (as Sloane Perry Thorne)

Editorial Department
Babette Dickerson	....	second assistant editor
Martha Anne Francis	....	second assistant editor
Robert Longstreet	....	apprentice editor (as Robert Longstreet Wheeler)
Michael Matzdorff	....	first assistant editor
Michelle Mendenhall	....	second assistant editor
Stephen Nakamura	....	spirit colorist
Alex Olivares	....	first assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Joëlle Taar	....	conforming editor
Angus Wall	....	editorial consultant
John Venzon	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Lisa K. Fowle	....	music editor intern
Charles Goodan	....	score co-producer
P.J. Hanke	....	composer: additional music
Art Hodge	....	score co-producer
John King	....	score arranger
John King	....	score mixer
John King	....	score recordist
Brian Richards	....	music editor
Michael Simpson	....	score arranger
Michael Simpson	....	score mixer
Michael Simpson	....	score recordist

Transportation Department
Jim Alfonso	....	transportation captain
Manny Demello	....	driver
Scott Howard	....	transportation
Tom Marshall	....	transportation captain (as Thomas F. Marshall)
Dave Robling	....	transportation coordinator
Frank Roughan	....	transportation captain
Marilyn Tasso	....	transportation office assistant
Gina August	....	driver (uncredited)
Prentis Woods	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Alison Anne Abrohams	....	assistant: Ms. Chaffin (as Alison Abrohams)
Shauna Beal	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan
Carrie Best	....	construction accountant
Robert M. Bouffard	....	consultant
Deborah Brighton	....	animal trainer
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service
Trisha Burton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Karen Chalk Wheeler	....	post-production accountant
David J. Cofini	....	accounting assistant
Scott Colomby	....	additional adr voice
Kimberly Cooper	....	production executive: Fox
Brandon M. Cox	....	production assistant
Jim Davidson	....	production accountant (as Jim C. Davidson)
Hasina Deary	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan
Kim Delgado	....	adr loop group
Eileen M. Dennis	....	second assistant accountant
Robb Earnest	....	production coordinator
Kareem Elseify	....	production associate
Kieron Estrada	....	production assistant
Karman Graham	....	post-production accounting assistant
Joe Hartwick Jr.	....	first assistant accountant
Camilla Henneman	....	key person: Bob suit
Michael Herron	....	set production assistant
Pamela Hill	....	stand-in: Helena Bonham Carter
Mitch Kelleher	....	set production assistant: additional photography
Chad Keller	....	stand-in
Ryan Krayser	....	production assistant
Susan B. Kreutz	....	craft service
Rich Malchar	....	assistant: Mr. Pitt
Flint Maloney	....	location manager
Maria Mantia	....	set production assistant
Bill McCue	....	stand-in
David McKimmie	....	assistant production coordinator
Robert Mehnert	....	aerial unit director
Cindy Nevins	....	payroll accountant
Julia P. Pitt	....	assistant: Mr. Norton
Derek Plaza	....	production assistant
Buz Presock	....	set production assistant
Patti Roberts-Nelson	....	associate: Art Linson (as Patti Roberts Nelson)
Richard Schuler	....	location manager (as Rick Schuler)
Carrie Shaw	....	production office assistant
Julie Ann Snow	....	second assistant accountant
Greg Solomon	....	prosthetic technician: Rob Bottin Productions Inc.
Mike Sudrow	....	weapons specialist
Patrick Thornhill	....	production assistant
Dina Waxman	....	script supervisor
Jeff Woods	....	production assistant (as Jeffrey Roderick Woods)
H. Leah Amir	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Amanda Brand	....	publicist (uncredited)
Andrea Carter	....	clearance coordinator (uncredited)
Chris Castaldi	....	set production assistant: re-shoots (uncredited)
Lori Evans	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Chris Gutierrez	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Jeff Imada	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)
Damiana Kamishin	....	production assistant: re-shoots (uncredited)
Jack Robinson	....	location scout (uncredited)
Christian von Burkleo	....	video services (uncredited)

Thanks
Johann Benét	....	thanks
Raymond Bongiovanni	....	in memory of
P. Scott Makela	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Art Linson Productions
• Fox 2000 Pictures
• Regency Enterprises
• Taurus Film

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1999) (USA) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (video)
• 20th Century Fox (1999) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Medusa Distribuzione
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2000) (Germany) (video)

Special Effects

• BUF (special visual effects and digital animation) (as BUF Inc.)
• Blue Sky Studios (special visual effects and digital animation)
• Command Post Toybox (digital film scanning) (digital visual effects)
• Digital Domain (special visual effects and digital animation)
• Gentle Giant Studios
• Gray Matter FX (special visual effects)
• Image Savant (special visual effects and digital animation)
• POP Film (digital transitions)
• Pixel Liberation Front (pre-visualization)
• Rob Bottin Productions (special makeup effects)
• Stirber Visual Effects Network (miniature pyrotechnics)

Other Companies

• Aero Mock-Ups  airline interiors
• Bill Dance Casting  extras casting
• Brenner Construction  tool rental
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Custom Film Effects  end titles
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• EFilm  scanning and recording
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Los Angeles Center Studios  location
• Nickerson Research  stock footage
• P. Scott Makela  main title design
• PCP Labs  score recorded and mixed at
• Panavision  camera and lenses
• Restless Records  soundtrack published by
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Fight Club (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

139 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | Dolby Digital | DTS-ES

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Art Linson Productions

Trivia:

The 'soap slam on dish' shot used in the trailer took 41 takes to get right. After the 40th take, director David Fincher realized that the soap was sliding out of frame and so he settled for a fake soap prop.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Narrator is in the bathroom whistling, you can see he has a black eye on his right side, when the previous scene it shows him getting punched in the left eye.

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.

Movie Connections:

References "Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I)

Soundtrack:

GOIN' OUT WEST

a dangerously brilliant film that entertains as well as enlightens.

"Fight Club" an aggressive, confrontational, often brutal satire that is quite possibly a brilliant masterpiece. Taking the "Choose life," anti-consumerism rant at the beginning of "Trainspotting," and carrying it to its logical -- albeit extreme -- conclusion this is a big budget, mainstream film that takes a lot of risks by biting the hand that feeds it. The film's narrator (Edward Norton) is an insignificant cog in the drab, corporate machine, dutifully doing his job and what he's told without question. He's an insomniac slave to his IKEA possessions and only finds joy in going to as many self-help/dealing with terminal diseases sessions as he can. It provides him with an escape from his sleepless nights. That is, until Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), a trashy chain-smoking poser, enters his life and upsets his routine. The narrator also meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a charismatic soap salesman whose straightforward honesty, candor and sleazy lounge-lizard outfits are a breath of fresh air. One night, after the two men have bonded over beers, Tyler asks the narrator to hit him. At first, it seems like an absurd request but after they pound on each other for a bit, a strange feeling overcomes them. They feel a kind of release and satisfaction at inflicting pain on one another. In a world where people are desensitized to everything around them, the physical contact of fighting wakes them up and makes them feel truly alive. Others soon join in and pretty soon Fight Club becomes an underground sensation. However, it becomes readily apparent that Tyler has more elaborate plans than just organizing brawls at the local bar. David Fincher has taken the dark, pessimistic worldview of "Seven" and married it with the clever plot twists and turns of "The Game" and assembled his strongest effort to date. "Fight Club" is a $50+ million studio film that remains true to its anti-consumer, anti-society, anti-everything message -- right up to the last, sneaky subliminal frame. What makes "Fight Club" a subversive delight is not only its refreshing anti-corporate message but how it delivers said message. As Fincher has explained in interviews, you don't really watch the film but rather download it. Its structure is extremely playful as it messes around with linear time to an incredible degree. The narrative bounces back and forth all over the place like a novel, or surfing on the Internet -- even making a hilarious dead stop to draw attention to itself in a funny, interesting way that completely works. Yet Norton's deadpanned narration holds everything together and allows the viewer to get a handle on what's happening. This is the way films should be made. Why must we always have to go through the A+B+C formula? "Fight Club" openly rejects this tired, clearly outdated structure in favour of a stylized frenzy of jump cuts, freeze frames, slow motion and every other film technique in the book that only reinforces its anarchistic message. A film like this would have never been greenlighted by a major studio if Brad Pitt had not been attached to the project. Once you see the film, it becomes obvious that he was the only choice for Tyler Durden. Like he did with "Kalifornia" and "Twelve Monkeys", Pitt grunges himself down and disappears completely into his role to a frighteningly convincing degree. During many of the brutal fight scenes, he is transformed into a bloody, pulpy mess that'll surely have the "Legends of the Fall" fans running for the exits. It is an incredible performance -- probably his best -- for the simple fact that he becomes the character so completely. If Pitt has the flashy, gonzo role, Edward Norton is his perfect foil as the seemingly meek yet sardonic narrator. It's a deceptively understated performance as the last third of the film reveals but Norton nails it perfectly. He is clearly our surrogate, our introduction into this strange world and his wry observations on our consumer-obsessed culture are right on the money. They are the perfect setup for Tyler's introduction and his view on the world which is clearly a call to arms of sorts, a manifesto that rejects the notion that we are what we own. And ultimately, that is what "Fight Club" tries to do. The film is a cinematic punch to the head as it challenges the status quo and offers a wakeup call to people immersed in a materialistic world where those who have the most stuff, "win." I think that Fincher's film wants us to tear all that down, reject corporate monsters like Starbucks and Blockbuster, and try to figure out what we really want out of life. It's almost as if the film is suggesting salvation through self-destruction. And it is these thought-provoking ideas that makes "Fight Club" a dangerously brilliant film that entertains as well as enlightens.