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Show ___TheSalt I ake Tribune CALENDAR F3 Friday, October 15, 1999 Brainy,Brawny ‘Fight Club’ Goes the Distance Keke Fight Club ‘Story of Us’: WeakJokes, Strong Drama tidbits on life from their friends before you get to the real heart of the movie, Ben and Katie. The movie's trailer gives the impressionthat thestory follo the ups Brutal, dark andfunnyjourney into the psy chology ofmer ingly tiny but important minutiae @ Continuedfrom F-1 BY DEBBIE HUMMEL sitcoms “Si like of life, like when the kids g “Friends” or ample. there are the onmblings of Wilson, who THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE Forall those men out there feeling emasculated by the 20th. century grind: Distanced from innerhunter?Tiredof work: spouts off about everyday occur a job youhate to buystuff you don’t need? Maybewhat you need rolls in the toilet-paper holders. is a good fight rences that wreck relationships, includ) he knuckleheads who don’t replace the old cardboard Profound, huh? Sometimes, there is a laugh or two, but you end up having to wade through a lot of unfunny or would you sel ttle fora ‘good film? neyenle 21, MainKaysille y. His job: to ked automobiles to seeif their dents werea result of product failure. If the car did fail in some way, the company makes a cold, quantitative calcu- lation numberof peoplekilled vs. cost ofrepairing the defect. Is it worth thecost of a recall, or is the company better off paying settle: ments to futurevictims? Preoccupied can’t sleep. with his disturb ing job and finding the perfect dining set from the IKEA catalog, Jack is becoming sleep-deprived and weird. An unsympathetic doctor tells him to visit a Thursday-night testicular-cancer group to see men dealing B ck ignores the sar n and a $ to the group, and af ragood hunter-gatherer sense of the word? What you owneventually owns you, Tyler Posits In Tyler men cango torel andunnecessary responsibilities of consumer-driven daily life by beating each other to bloody pulps. It's not a particularly enlight enedanswer, but the club catches on. Men flock to the underground group searching for their inner missing link. Mischief, may and a tricky endingensue. “Fight Club” js a deft combina: tion of clever narration and dark humor, under good direc David Fincher Game”). Th (Seven, e excellent per formances by Norton and Bonham Carter, who steps out of the period-drama niche with the dirty, disturbed and hilarious Marla. “Fight Club” will have you and o andbrief sexuality touchingifit stuck to the whol: story + THE STORYOF US # RANI EARS laughing,cringing and in the end thinking. Thinking, now that’s enlightened “Fight Club,” rated R for dis. turbing andgre hic depictions of violent antisoc ality and langu: “HARRISON FORD GIVES ONE OF HIS BEST AND MOSI A RECENT PERFORMANCES” eneNIL Ted ehavior, sexu is an edgy and HARRISON FORD thought-provoking depiction of the Chuck Palahniuk novel. And it’s not just for men. KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS eeetLCane reAMSAeSemaTN(a TO SEE THE MOST BELOVED a elae kak *. Aeeeres Roberto g Ina is an actor of rare genius!” AGO TRIBUNE WINNER! groups, too, even the testicular Tyler Durden(Brad Pitt) r sells soap. Tyler is his own Rfor language could havebeen funnier and mori IRONGIANT >G) 7:05 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (PG-13) 9:10 Edward Norton,left, Brad Pitt navigate the maze of modern manhoodin “Fight Club.” cancer one, but she is just in it for man. Tyler knows in what quanti. ties one could combine whenKatie gives birth to their children, are reduced to a 30) second montagenear the end. And he arc of those moments that es a couple. aybe “The Story of Us.” rated 65 ar the entertainment and thefree chicken pox ortheir pets die, or stanWas: EPISODE 1 P ileen {Bob is played by Meat Loaf.) Things are better as long as he has enoug roups catering to grief and anonymity to attend. Dru; dict Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) goes to these coffee. What she doesn’t realize is sheis ruining everythingfor Ja He can’t cry with another faker around, and when he can’t ery, he 't sleep. and downsof a marriage Insi . it’s mostly about the pos sible end of one. All of the seem: perfect world, they never would have met 3 ACADEMYAWARDS BEST ACTOR or TMS PST OCe a ie: ASYINEY POLLAGKtw LIFE's ek ANDOM HEARTS Vinta Social Ch Coming Soon "BOWFINGER| PLAYING nge jut conce make Napalm Why do we [mea aeae ay DTie know what a duvetis? Tyler ques: tions. 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WSVN “A RobReiner classic, This is thestory of all of us!” Jenniffer Weigel, CBS “WONDERFUL!” Jim Ferguson. THE DISH NETWORK "INCREDIBLE! rT) uncomprWTS aeUAT ‘Fight Club’pulls you in, challenges yourprejudices, Rocks your world and leaves you laughing...” Tale emeeRLS UUmCea youve neverbeen before! Its already on my list of TSU BRaaA A IL] SRfuriously Stae Candace Hughes. ASSOCIATED PRI gC his SIZZLING! Movin! “Willis and Pfeiffer aresizzling!” Marian Watvoe, GOOD DAY NEW YORK AaMyTh CemLELa “Run ToSee It! Willis and Pfeiffer deliver!” Kathryn Kinley, WPIX ‘APEERFECrlOt NATIONAL NEWS JEANNE WOLF S HOLLYWOOD IN A MARRIAGE CHARMING!” wm Miller, KDNL SURVIVE 15 YEARS OF MARRIAGE? Bruce WILLIS MICHELLE PFEIFFER. ut = aceil HL tT wwwoaastle-rock.com 4 as a Sous 78 www thestoryolus.net luis Io sy ncaa COL a STARTS TODAY femcme THTUeT PMA+ «74 08 aca CMIPIE OOFOR IAT Oe | (Comins pottn 30) 18 |
