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Fight Club (1999)

  • Oct 15, 1999
  • 2 min read

Updated: Aug 10

R | 2 hr 19 min | 8.8/10 | Drama, Thriller

Parental Rating: R (Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)

Storyline

“Fight Club” (1999) follows a disillusioned insomniac (Edward Norton) who finds release by forming an underground fight club with the enigmatic Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). As their makeshift therapy spirals into a subversive cult, the lines between identity and rebellion blur in ways neither of them anticipated.

Why It’s Our Vibe

Raw, vivid, and relentlessly provocative, Fight Club channels existential fury through adrenaline-fueled aesthetics and shifting allegiances. David Fincher’s polished chaos, anchored by Norton’s brittle vulnerability and Pitt’s anarchic swagger, mastermind a cinematic punch to societal complacency. It’s a dark thrill ride that challenges you—criticizing consumerism, masculinity, and the comfort zone in every visceral frame.

Director

  • David Fincher

Writer

  • Jim Uhls (screenplay)

  • Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Starring

  • Edward Norton as The Narrator

  • Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden

  • Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer

  • Meat Loaf as Robert “Robert Paulsen”

  • Jared Leto as Angel Face

  • Zach Grenier as Richard Chesler

Produced by

  • Ross Grayson Bell

  • Ceán Chaffin

  • Art Linson

Production Companies

  • Fox 2000 Pictures

  • New Regency Productions

  • Linson Films

  • Atman Entertainment

  • Taurus Film

Cinematography

  • Jeff Cronenweth

Music by

  • The Dust Brothers

Distributed by

  • 20th Century Fox

Release date

  • October 15, 1999 (wide)

Run Time

  • 2 hr 19 min

Country

  • United States

Languages

  • English

Budget

  • $63–65 million

Box office

  • $100.8 million+


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