Agent Dale Shelby (Janeane Garofalo) spends the night in a hotel room with three films taken from the crime scene she visited that day. The films are Alien (1979), True Romance (1993) and Swingers (1996). "Alien" was directed by this film's Producer Ridley Scott, "True Romance" was directed by Tony Scott, also a Producer on this film and Ridley Scott's brother, and "Swingers" starred this film's lead actor, Vince Vaughn.
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Brad Pitt says he did not want his parents to see the movie, but he could not convince them not to watch it. They changed their minds after watching the chemical burn scene.
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When the film stock was processed, several techniques were applied to alter the look of the footage and increase the 'grubbiness' of the image. Under the supervision of director David Fincher and director of photography Jeff Cronenweth, the contrast was stretched, the print was underexposed, re-silvering was used to increase density, and high-contrast print stocks were stepped on the print to create a layer of 'dirt', which Fincher likens to a "dirty patina."
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David Fincher turned down an offer to direct 8MM (1999) due to his commitment to directing this film.
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Six years earlier, David Fincher had been originally slated to direct Meat Loaf's video for "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," but left the project over a budget dispute with production company Propaganda Films.
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[1:18:25]The zip code on Richard Chesler's (Zach Grenier) business card is 198090 (shown briefly in the scene where The Narrator beats himself up in the office). In the shot where we see Tyler Durden's business card (just before The Narrator calls him), The Narrator's thumb is hiding the 6th digit. All we are able to see is 19808...then it's all thumb. Also, the email address shown on the card is [email protected]. Telnex is also the name of the company that made the payphone that the narrator used to talk to Tyler Durden.
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Marla Singer's phone number, 555-0134, is the same as Teddy's number in Memento (2000). It is also the same as the Hong Kong Restaurant in Harriet the Spy (1996), Eddie Alden's in Someone Like You... (2001) and a Mental institution in an episode of Millennium (1996).
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Although many believe it is ''Jack'', the name of Edward Norton's character in Fight Club is never mentioned a single time.
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When Tyler and the Narrator meet at the bar, the conversation topic lands on "consumers." Brad Pitt's input in the conversation, very much resembles his monologue to Bruce Willis about consumers in 12 Monkeys (1995).
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[1:18:25]The Narrator works at Federated Motor Corporation, in the Compliance and Liability division. FMC is located at 39210 North Pennfield Boulevard in Bradford (the state is not specified).
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In an unusual move, David Fincher approached leading advertising firm Weiden + Kennedy to come up with a way to promote the film that was different from the usual methods. They came up with the iconic image of a bar of pink soap with the words FIGHT CLUB embossed into it. 20th Century Fox were perplexed by this approach.
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The telephone number of the Paper Street Soap Company (as printed on the phone the Narrator uses to call the "1888" office building near the end of the movie) is (288) 555-1534. The Paper Street Soap Company's phone number as listed on Tyler's business card is (288) 555-0153. Richard Chesler's (Zach Grenier) business card shows a phone number of (288) 555-0138. At the time of the film's release, area code 288 was "reserved for future use".
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When Tyler Durden leaves the airport following the flight on which the Narrator first meets him, he gets into his car and drives away. A man can be seen in the background running after the car as if it was just stolen.
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Three detectives in the film are named Detective Andrew, Detective Kevin, and Detective Walker. Andrew Kevin Walker was the writer of the David Fincher film Se7en (1995) (also starring Brad Pitt), and did some uncredited work on this movie's script.
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[1:58:18]In the dinner scene when the Narrator asks Marla for, "15 seconds," a bell is clearly heard after 15 seconds.
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Fight Club - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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