<P> Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk . The film was directed by David Fincher , and stars Brad Pitt , Edward Norton , and Helena Bonham Carter . Norton plays the unnamed protagonist , referred to as the narrator , who is discontented with his white - collar job . He forms a `` fight club '' with soap maker Tyler Durden , played by Pitt , and they are joined by men who also want to fight recreationally . The narrator becomes embroiled in a relationship with Durden and a dissolute woman , Marla Singer , played by Bonham Carter . </P>
<P> Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk . The film was directed by David Fincher , and stars Brad Pitt , Edward Norton , and Helena Bonham Carter . Norton plays the unnamed protagonist , referred to as the narrator , who is discontented with his white - collar job . He forms a `` fight club '' with soap maker Tyler Durden , played by Pitt , and they are joined by men who also want to fight recreationally . The narrator becomes embroiled in a relationship with Durden and a dissolute woman , Marla Singer , played by Bonham Carter . </P>
who is the main character in fight club
who is the main character in fight club
unnamed protagonist , referred to as the narrator ,
unnamed protagonist , referred to as the narrator ,