Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 15, 2009

Fight Club is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher, based on Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel of the same name. The film stars Edward Norton (pictured), Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays a nameless white-collar employee who is disillusioned with his way of life. He meets soap salesman Tyler Durden, played by Pitt, and they start a fight club that other disillusioned men also join. Fincher described the film as a coming of age film for people in their 30s. The fight clubs were intended to represent men resisting their marginalized lives in 1990s American society; they fight to overcome their numbness and experience feeling. The clubs become an anti-materialist organization that commits acts of vandalism. Fight Club's violence upset studio executives at the film's screenings, and they debated marketing strategies to find the best audience for the film. When Fight Club debuted in theaters on October 15, 1999, critics were divided about the purpose of the film's violence. While the film did not perform well at the box office, its DVD release was more successful, establishing it as a cult film. (more...)

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