1.
Who Wrote Fight Club?
Chuck Palahniuk.

2.
What Other Books has Chuck Palahniuk Written?
Three: Survivor, Invisible Monsters and the forthcoming Enabler

3.
Is all the anarchist stuff for real?
Yes, although the publisher made him pull a "Macguyver" and change one ingredient on each recipe to keep them from working.

4.
What are the Rules of Fight Club?
The Rules of Fight Club:
First Rule - You Do NOT Talk About Fight Club.
Second Rule - You Do NOT Talk About Fight Club.
Third Rule - When Somebody Says 'STOP', taps out or Goes Limp, The Fight is OVER
Fourth Rule - Only 2 Guys TO A Fight Fifth Rule - ONE FIGHT at a time
Sixth Rule - No Shirts, No Shoes
Seventh Rule - Fights Go On AS LONG as They Have To.
Eighth Rule - If This Is Your First Night At Fight Club, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT

5.
How do Tyler and Jack steal the fat in the book?
Unlike the film, where they steal the soap from a plastic surgery clinic's dumpster, they steal the fat from Marla instead. She makes the mistake of keeping her mother's liposuctioned fat that she's saving for her own plastic surgery in the Paper Street Soap Company's fridge.

II. The Film:
1.
Who directed Fight Club?
David Fincher. Click here for his IMDB profile.

2.
What other films has David Fincher directed?
Alien 3, Se7en and The Game.

3.
What are the rules of Project Mayhem?
The first rule of Project Mayhem is that you do not discuss Project Mayhem.

4.
What is Ed Norton's character's name?
He has no name, he is reffered to as "The Narrator" in the script. In the book it's not mentioned either. He is reffered to as "Jack" though, because of his identifying with the "I am Jack's..." articles he reads and uses to describe his feelings. "I am Jack's Feeling of Rejection".

5.
Did Brad Pitt really chip his tooth?
Brad Pitt chipped his front tooth during filming. He did not have the tooth capped until after the movie was completed because he felt it added to his character.

6.
What was the song that played at the end of the film, it's not on the soundtrack?
"Where is My Mind?" by the Pixies.

7.
What's the siginifigance of the names of the three detectives?
As an inside joke, Fincher named the three detectives who try and casturate Jack, Detective's Andrew, Kevin and Walker. A little dedication to his Se7en screenwriter.

8.
What was the name of the soap company started by Tyler Durden?
The Paper Street Soap Company.

9.
What's the deal with Starbucks® and the film?
David Fincher has said that in literally every shot of Fight Club there is, somewhere in the frame, a cup of Starbucks.
In fact, Starbucks had no problem with being made fun of in Fight Club. Which is why they let Fincher use their name. But they finally had to draw the line in the coffee shop destruction scene. And so, when the giant art sculpture (the rolling ball) comes crashing through the front window of that cafe, you don't see a Starbucks sign anywhere.

-Speaking of Andrew Kevin Walker, he did an uncredited rewrite on the Fight Club script during its final stages.

-Fox exec Laura Zizkin is one of the few who had faith in Fincher and Palahniuk's vision from the beginning. Which is why she tolerated so much of the content in the film. But when she heard Marla's line to Tyler, "Oh, Tyler. I want your abortion." she was shocked and appalled. She finally had to confront Fincher, urging him to remove the line. Fincher, because she had been such a good sport, did change the line. The new one read, "I haven't been fucked that hard since grade school." When Ziskin heard the new line, she was even more appalled and begged Fincher to replace the scene withthe old line. But Fincher said no way.

-Besides the removal of the "abortion" line, the only other notable cut that was made in the film is a quick shot of Angel Face's (Jared Leto) nose being, literally, split open down the center as Jack pummels him. The prosthetic that Leto had to wear was so gruesome that other crew and cast members were seen avoiding him on set that day.

-Fincher wanted Fight Club to have a new brand of promotional pieces. Which is why the soap bar became the logo for the film. In fact, in the beginning, the soap bar was the only thing he wanted on the poster. But Fox made him change it to include Pitt and Norton's faces. But if you pay attention to all the different posters, magazine ads as well as the cover of the movie tie in book, you'll notice a few changes in each regarding the ancient map in the background. In the official poster, it appears behind Ed Norton. On the cover of the paperback, it appears behind Brad Pitt. And in the magazine ads, it appears behind neither of them.

-Fincher also shot two "public service anouncements" in which Pitt and Norton addressed the audience about proper theater procedures. Each announcement, however, would end with some awkward, sudden line. Pitt saying, "Did you know urine is sterile? That's right, you can drink it." and Norton saying, "And remember, nobody has the right to touch you in the bathing suit area."

-But that's not all. Fincher also shot a 15 minute video of Pitt and Norton playing guitar on the steps of the Paper Street House while Spacemonkey's are cleaning in the background. The two co-stars are singing a duet of the Frankie Avalon hit "Venus." Only their version is an ode to Marla entitled "Penis." With lyrics like "Penis, oh peeeeenis/Penis if you will/Send a little girl for me to thrill..." (The Face, Dec '99)

-Speaking of Pitt, when Marla and Jack argue outside of the resturant, you can see a movie theater in the background displaying "Seven Years in Tibet." In fact, Fincher went so far as to have, across the street, another theater showing "The People vs. Larry Flint" and "Wings of the Dove." The only problem is a parked truck, which obscures them from the frame. -

-tinylife.com, tylerdurden.com and projectmayhem.com all lead to Twenthith Century Fox's Offical Web Site.

-Project Mayhem is based after the local chapter of the Cacophony Society in which, author Chuck Palahniuk is a proud member.

-Director David Fincher shot over 1500 reels of film, more than three times the normal amount

-In Tyler Durden's house there is a Movieline magazine cover featuring Drew Barrymore, a close friend of Edward Norton

-The extra songs not found on the soundtrack CD:
"Goin' Out West" Tom Waits
"Where is my Mind?" The Pixies

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