- Title: USA: Premiere of Brad Pitt's latest film "Fight club"
- Date: 6th October 1999
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 6) (RTV-LA) **CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY** BRAD PITT ARRIVING WITH JENNIFER ANISTON FANS MORE BRAD PITT EDWARD NORTON SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) EDWARD NORTON SAYING It's just a once in a generation kind of a film, I haven't seen this kind of filmmaking, and it's about the Zeitgeist, it's like "The Graduate" or "Strange Love" or something. It's about something that some people might not want to look at but, you know, it should be looked at.
- Embargoed: 21st October 1999 13:00
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
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- Story Text: The Hollywood press corps was out in full force on Wednesday, October 6 to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt as he attended the Los Angeles premiere of his new film "Fight Club," along with co-stars Edward Norton and director David Fincher.
This is the second collaboration between Pitt and Fincher.The first was the stylish serial killer thriller "Seven," with Morgan Freeman and Pitt's then-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow."The Fight Club" shares many of the earlier film's stylish elements and fancy camera work, but not its eerie, gloomy mood.
In "The Fight Club," Edward Norton takes the lead as the unnamed Narrator, a man who is having trouble staying awake during the day at his hum-drum job and even more trouble getting to sleep at night.His life is filled with distracting but ultimately meaningless material possessions and his brain is rapidly deteriorating as a result.
At first he turns to a series of self-help groups, ranging from testicular cancer survivors to shopping addicts anonymous.It's during his addiction to these groups that he meets Marla Singer, another aimless wanderer through life played by Helena Bonham Carter.He also reluctantly befriends Robert Paulsen, a testicular cancer survivor with overdeveloped mammeries played by rock singer MeatLoaf.
But Norton's reliance on these groups is broken when he meets up with Tyler Durden, a part time soap salesman and full time anarchist played by Pitt.Tyler is everything the Narrator wants to be: agressive, idealistic, mischievous, care-free, and, best of all, a sexual powerhouse, especially with Marla Singer.
Together, Tyler and the Narrator co-found a nationwide secret society of men called The Fight Club.As its name implies, it's dedicated to giving otherwise repressed and powerless men the chance to beat the pulp out of each other on a weekly basis.There are only two rules in Fight Club: First Rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.
The Second Rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.
But as Fight Club grows in popularity and strength, so does Tyler Durden's influence over the thousands of men who are involved.Soon, he turns them to a series of dangerous and potentially deadly anarchistic pranks and the Narrator realizes its up to him to stop Tyler before it's too late.
In addition to "Seven," Fincher also made an impression on audiences with his most recent effort, "The Game," starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.His feature film debut came when he directed the stylish sci-fi sequel "Alien 3."
"The Fight Club" opens in cinemas throughout the United States on Friday, October 15. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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