It’s time to talk about Fight Club.
This month marks 25 years since David Fincher‘s influential film arrived in theaters, and to celebrate, the filmmaker is overseeing a new 4K Ultra HD remaster of the New Regency and 20th Century Fox film. Fincher is also planning a theatrical re-release early next year, though details — such as a date or the number of theaters — are being kept under wraps.
In addition, Fincher will release a 25th anniversary art book, including new interviews, rare behind-the-scenes material and unearthed visuals. The book arrives via Insight Editions and New Regency.
Fight Club was considered a box office disappointment, earning $100 million, but it quickly grew into a cult hit. It helped cement Fincher as a defining director of his generation and helped 1999 become considered one of the great years in movie history.
The film starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter and was based on the novel from Chuck Palahniuk, telling the story of a disaffected white collar worker (Norton) whose life is changed when he encounters Tyler Durden (Pitt), setting him on a path of anarchy.
In the original review from The Hollywood Reporter, critic Patrick Z. McGavin wrote, “Fight Club has the primary requisites of success: commercially proven director, big-name stars, edgy material to attract young crowds and the inevitable controversy engendered by the subject matter. But its appeal is as limited as the film is confused, and the movie is bound to polarize critics and audiences.”
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