Fight Club (1999)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

David Fincher

Writers (WGA):

Chuck Palahniuk (novel)
Jim Uhls (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | 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:

Basement | Villain Played By Lead Actor | Nudity | Machismo | Self Harm

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:
Michael Arturo	...	BMW Salesman (uncredited)
Paul Dillon	...	Irvin (uncredited)
Eddie Hargitay	...	Chanting Fighter (uncredited)
Phil Hawn	...	Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Jawara	...	Fight Patron Saying "What's going on?" (uncredited)
Baron Jay	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Kevin Scott Mack	...	Passenger Clutching Armrest (uncredited)
Louis Ortiz	...	Fight Patron (uncredited)
Hugh Peddy	...	Fight Club Man (uncredited)
J.T. Pontino	...	(uncredited)
Chad Randau	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Marcio Rosario	...	Fighter (uncredited)
Gregory Silva	...	Riley Wilde, Fighter (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)
Dianne Chadwick	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Skip Crank	....	props (uncredited)
Tammy DeRuiter	....	painter (uncredited)
Sean Hood	....	swing gang (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
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
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)
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: "b" camera (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 co