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  • Actors: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
  • Directors: David Fincher
  • Writers: Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
  • Producers: Arnon Milchan, Art Linson, Ceán Chaffin, John S. Dorsey, Ross Grayson Bell
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Jul 2004
  • Run Time: 134 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (199 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00028493E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,625 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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All films require a certain suspension of disbelief, Fight Club 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. Spiralling 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 is transformed into a nationwide fascist group.

The depiction of violence in Fight Club is unflinching, but director David Fincher's film is captivating and beautifully shot, with camerawork and effects that are almost as startling as the script. The movie is packed with provocative ideas and images--from the satirical look at the emptiness of modern consumerism to quasi-Nietzschean concepts of "beyond good and evil"--that will leave the viewer with much food for thought to take away. Pitt and Norton are an unbeatable duo, and the film has a great sense of humour too. Even if it leaves you with a sense of profound discomfort this is a movie that you'll have to see again and again, if for no other reason than to just to take it all in. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com



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FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or "tourist," the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who immediately gets under his skin. However, while returning from a business trip, he meets a more intriguing character--the subversive Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). They become fast friends, bonding over a mutual disgust for corporate consumer-culture hypocrisy. Eventually, the two start Fight Club, which convenes in a bar basement where angry men get to vent their frustrations in brutal, bare-knuckle bouts. Fight Club soon becomes the men's only real priority; when the club starts a cross-country expansion, things start getting really crazy.
Like Tyler Durden himself, director David Fincher's FIGHT CLUB, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, is startlingly aggressive and gleefully mischievous as it skewers the superficiality of American pop culture. Outstanding performances by Norton and Pitt are supported by a razor-sharp script and an arsenal of stunning visual effects that include computer animation and sleight-of-hand editing. One of the most unique films of the late 20th century, FIGHT CLUB is a pitch-black comedy of striking intensity.

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rule Number One, 7 Dec 2007
By J. Alexander (Chester) - See all my reviews
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Rule Number One, you do not talk about fight club,
Rule Number Two, you do NOT talk about fight club.

Except DO talk about it. Tell everyone! This film is a modern classic.

David Fincher's directorial career had been a bizarre one in the build up to this effort. Alien3 had been heavily altered by the studio, which lead to a poor first feature from the director. He followed it up sometime later, with another modern classic: Se7en. He then proceeded to make the cult film 'The Game', which divided critics and film goers alike.

And then came Fight Club.

It was heavily anticipated, but poor reviews from critic test screenings meant that it flopped at the box office. Only on DVD was it resurrected, when it too became a cult film, before it was finally (and justly), recognised as a classic modern piece.

Due to the nature of the story, it is difficult to give away too much of the plot without spoling it. Suffice to say, the film is a self narrated account of Jack's boring and meaningless life, and how it changes when he meets a rather strange character on a plane... and his house blows up.

Jack and his new friend start a secret underground fight club, which proves suprisingly popular.

Whilst the obvious credit goes to Brad Pitt, for his stunning performance as soap salesman Tyler Duerden, it is Edward Nortons quietly composed performance as 'Jack' which really makes the film, giving it a human face which we can all relate too, while Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf provide crackling support.

With sparkling dialogue, heart pumping action, and a twist that will knock your socks off, Fight Club is possibly one of the most entertaining modern films ever made, and I would recommend it to anyone who isnt of a really sensitive disposition (as some of the fight scenes get quite brutal).

Whether it is a good as Se7en is up for debate, but Brad Pitt's contrasting performances in both films do make them excellent companion pieces.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Moody, 27 Dec 2007
A dark, moody, disturbing and really gripping film, with some great quotes. Ed Norton is absolutely awesome as the 'office monkey' who hits rock bottom spiritual-bankcruptcy as his very being is crushed beneath his soulless existence. Brad Pitt is great as his quirky, twitchy journey-companion.

The whole thing is a very dramatic alternative take on Martha Stout's 'Myth of Sanity' and also is an oblique commentary on the human condition and the edge of the abyss to which he has brought himself.

As others have probably noted, it ends with a spectacular twist. Also, the film stands rewatching in light of knowing what happens at the end, you can then spot all kinds of quirks and anomalies throughout the film that now make sense. Fantastic!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best films ever made, 8 May 2004
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This review is from: Fight Club - 2-disc Special Edition [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
Fight Club, is without a doubt one of the finest thrillers ever made. Directed by David Fincher, who also directed Se7en,(another modern classic) Fight Club stars Edward Norton as a man who suffers from insomnia. After a chance meeting with the mysterious Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), Norton's character (who is unnamed and refered to as "The Narrator" in the credits) befriends the friendly yet slightly sadistic Tyler. As a result, he finds a way to overcome his insomnia and the boredom in his life as the two set up an underground, illegal arena where people meet to relieve their agression and beat each other senseless. However, as the film progresses, it seems that nothing in "the Narrator's" life is what it seems and that Tyler has other secret and more sinister reasons for setting up the Fight Club...

That's as much of the plot as I'm going to explain as to reveal any more would be to ruin a brilliant piece of film making. The films credibiltity is mainly down to the excellent performances of it's two leads (Pitt and Norton) and the fantastic, captivating plot, which finishes with one of the greatest twists that I have ever seen in a film, as it makes you look at the entire film again in a different light. Pitt and Norton are perfectly cast as the two friends who are complete contrasts in character and Fincher provides top class direction for a plot that it is chilling, dark, thrilling and at times, also humorous.

Due to the film's final twist (which completely makes the film), it benefits several more viewings- more the reason to buy the DVD! I completely recommend this film as it is easily one of the best and original films ever made- just don't let anyone tell you the twist to the film before you have seen it for yourself!

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5.0 out of 5 stars BUY FIGHT CLUB!
Who dont know this film, has to buy it immidiatly!
Who knows it but dont own it, has to buy it IMMIDIATLY!
And who owns it, can buy it a second time.
Published 29 days ago by Al P.

4.0 out of 5 stars Rule Number One, you do not talk about fight club
There is not much more I can say then this is a film like no other. Entertaining, thought provoking, and superbly directed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Martyn Poole

1.0 out of 5 stars BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!
Well ok............. i was hoping for this movie to be a class fighting movie for a chilled out friday night... boy was i wrong! Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Vaughan

3.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent but boring at the end
This is a good film. For the first hour and a half that is. It could have easily lost a half hour. Also I thought that the shock value of this movie and the dark humour begins to... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Gary 78

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, clever, sardonic - don't listen to the Whitehouses of this world!!
For those of you who only know the controversy associated with Fight Club, take it from me, it's all for nothing. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Adam J. Levene

5.0 out of 5 stars This is in my top 10 best films
I have this very same box set, and am very happy with it, I would have to class this film as being in my top 10 best films ever, A must see.
Published 10 months ago by Michael Mihalyfi

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant...
fight club is one of my favourite movies and i think this film is one of the best of all time.with its cast and crew this film is extremely powerful. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Yavuz Dademir

5.0 out of 5 stars This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time....
Edward Norton stars as a typical thirty-something bachelor, living in an Ikea furnished apartment and working a job that gives him no satisfaction. Read more
Published 17 months ago by R. Mullaney

5.0 out of 5 stars not nietzschean or fascist
people who claim the philosophy of this film is close to nietzsche's are wrong. the buildings blown up at the end of the film would have been full of the 'botched and bungled' if... Read more
Published 17 months ago by T. Kennedy

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful physiological drama
"How much do you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?" This tagline from Brad Pitt's (Thelma and Louise) character Tyler Durden is both intriguing and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Stampy

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