Q 01/05

Who directed Fight Club?

A) David Fincher

B) Darren Aronofsky

C) Christopher Nolan

D) Paul Thomas Anderson

Answer · why

A) David Fincher

He was coming off Seven and The Game, and 20th Century Fox released the result on October 15, 1999.

Q 02/05

Who wrote the 1996 novel the film is based on?

A) Bret Easton Ellis

B) Chuck Palahniuk

C) Irvine Welsh

D) Don DeLillo

Answer · why

B) Chuck Palahniuk

It was his first published novel, and it began life as a seven-page short story in a 1995 anthology.

Q 03/05

Which actor plays the unnamed Narrator?

A) Jared Leto

B) Brad Pitt

C) Edward Norton

D) Matt Damon

Answer · why

C) Edward Norton

The studio had wanted a 'sexier marquee name' such as Damon or Sean Penn; Fox eventually offered Norton $2.5 million.

Q 04/05

What does Tyler Durden claim to sell for a living when the Narrator meets him?

A) Encyclopaedias

B) Insurance

C) Cars

D) Soap

Answer · why

D) Soap

The soap is made from fat stolen from liposuction clinics, sold back to the department stores whose customers supplied it.

Q 05/05

Which actress plays Marla Singer?

A) Helena Bonham Carter

B) Winona Ryder

C) Courtney Love

D) Reese Witherspoon

Answer · why

A) Helena Bonham Carter

The other three were all considered; Fincher thought Witherspoon too young and cast Bonham Carter after The Wings of the Dove.

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