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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543044789
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Running Time: 139 minutes
Sales Rank: 6218
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 1999
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''Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing' (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ('12 Monkeys', 'Seven'), Edward Norton ('Primal Fear,' 'American History X') and Helena Bonham Carter ('Mighty Aphrodite,' 'A Room With A View') turn in powerful 'performances of which movie legends are made' (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground 'fight clubs' forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (Bonham Carter) gets in the way and ignites an out-of control spiral toward oblivion.
Amazon.com essential video:
All films take a certain suspension of disbelief. Fight Club takes perhaps more than others, but if you're willing to let yourself get caught up in the anarchy, this film, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, is a modern-day morality play warning of the decay of society. Edward Norton is the unnamed protagonist, a man going through life on cruise control, feeling nothing. To fill his hours, he begins attending support groups and 12-step meetings. True, he isn't actually afflicted with the problems, but he finds solace in the groups. This is destroyed, however, when he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), also faking her way through groups. Spiraling back into insomnia, Norton finds his life is changed once again, by a chance encounter with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), whose forthright style and no-nonsense way of taking what he wants appeal to our narrator. Tyler and the protagonist find a new way to feel release: they fight. They fight each other, and then as others are attracted to their ways, they fight the men who come to join their newly formed Fight Club. Marla begins a destructive affair with Tyler, and things fly out of control, as Fight Club grows into a nationwide fascist group that escapes the protagonist's control.
Fight Club, directed by David Fincher (Seven), is not for the faint of heart; the violence is no holds barred. But the film is captivating and beautifully shot, with some thought-provoking ideas. Pitt and Norton are an unbeatable duo, and the film has some surprisingly humorous moments. The film leaves you with a sense of profound discomfort and a desire to see it again, if for no other reason than to just to take it all in. --Jenny Brown
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - classic!
since the first rule is: do not talk about fight club, i probably should not write a review. but what's not to like about this movie? gritty acting with a dark, well-written story that examines modern life. enjoy!
Rating: - THE BEST MOVIE EVER
This is the best movie ever!!! After years of watching this movie repeatedly, I finally got the collectors addition. Worth every 1 of the 10 dollars I spent!!!
Rating:  - A Predictable B- flick...
If you were a guy, you hated "Girl Interrupted". "Fight Club" is the male equivalent of "Girl Interrupted": Both films were based on a novel by a popular writer, and both are films most members of the opposite sex seem to really hate.
I don't know anything about Chuck Palahniuk or his novels, but after seeing "Fight Club", I would say that he was very successful in communicating to his target audience the idea that he had something to say. Now, it's my turn.
To be blunt, I thought that everything about "Fight Club" was predictable. However, a film with a cult following this big has to be taken seriously.
On the surface, "Fight Club" is about what happens to the male psyche when things break down. That's the synopsis, which gradually proceeds to a plot twist about ¾ of the way into the film.
On another level, "Fight Club" is only going to appeal to males who are attempting to establish an identity for themselves. That's the underlying theme. Not that many guys over the age of thirty are going to be able to relate to this stuff. This film is strictly for the "X box" generation.
It used to be worth it to want acceptance from your peers. Now, it's seen as a sign of weakness. At the beginning of "Fight Club", the Edward Norton character hangs out in 12 Step groups and cancer survivor groups in an attempt to be noticed. (Dude! I can relate!) Eventually, the Edward Norton character gravitates towards self-actualization, culminating ... Read More
Rating: - A Winner!
As a female reviewer of this film, I'm definitely in the
minority. But I really enjoyed this movie....so much so
that I bought it for my best friend from college. His
response was basically, "What were you thinking?" I
think its one of the most creative, symbolically
loaded mixture of male angst and social commentary
I've ever seen. It's funny, scary, witty, creative, dark,
and utterly thought-provoking. I can't wait for the
female version of a movie like this to come out.
Thelma and Louise ran its course. If only film
makers were as daring when it comes to portraying
all the facets of being a woman in modern Western
society. Hopefully, for someone brave and willing
enough, Fight Club will lead the way.
Rating: - Brutal... but sort of hollow
Fight Club is one of the most beloved movies of all time. As of the writing of this, it currently sits at #23 on IMDb's fan-voted greatest movies list. Its Keyser Soze ending is even more famous than than the actual Keyser Soze ending. (If that last sentence means nothing to you, consider yourself priviliged to still have such a great cinematic discovery in front of you, and go rent The Usual Suspects).
I do not contest that Fight Club is great. It's unflinching in its portrayal of inner chaos manifested as brutal violence. It weaves a tapestry of cinema that simultaneously constructs two realities. It's a movie truly deserving of second viewing just so you can observe how intricately constructed the film is, particularly in ways you might not have noticed the full way through.
And yet, I walk away from a second viewing a little underwhelmed and with a few questions.
Why did it have to be so violent? Shock value does not make for good repeated viewings. That's why There's Something About Mary is one of the best comedies of all time only the first time you see it, among others. Perhaps the violence has some thought behind it and is there for thematic purposes? I can see how an argument would be made that the physical violence is a carefully constructed metaphor to the inner violence that takes place within Edward Norton's character.
But the movie is so gruesome that it's sometimes unpleasant to watch. I've made it through some supposedly hard-to ... Read More
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