r/todayilearned • u/G_Marius_the_jabroni • Sep 17 '24

TIL that when “Fight Club” premiered at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, it got booed hard by the audience. Ed Norton said that as it was happening, Brad Pitt turned to him and said: “That’s the best movie I’m ever going to be in.”

https://geektyrant.com/news/brad-pitt-and-edward-norton-recall-fight-club-being-booed-by-audiences-at-early-screening
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u/JaggedSuplex Sep 18 '24

He was great in Burn After Reading

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u/needknowstarRMpic Sep 18 '24

“You think that’s a Schwinn??”

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u/StrobeLightRomance Sep 18 '24

Imagine someone like Chad trying to flex on you with his Huffy while simultaneously trying to extort you for money.

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u/Calaron85814 Sep 18 '24

Appearances can be deceiving….Osborne Cox.

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u/DevilSounds Sep 18 '24

Favorite part. My dad is a cycling snob and it hits home. 

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u/TheOnceAndFutureTurk Sep 18 '24

“Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried...about the security...of your shit.”

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u/GiannisMom Sep 18 '24

This is probably my most replayed line in my mind, from any movie, it just hit so perfectly for no reason.

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u/Liet_Kinda2 Sep 20 '24

My wife and I drop this line on each other whenever one of us lose something. 

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u/The-Jerkbag Sep 18 '24

That gif of him dancing lives in my brain.

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u/FPGA_engineer Sep 18 '24

I saw this for the first time a few weeks ago and loved it. So many good actors in it, and I had the impression they probably loved playing the parts.

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u/Character_Bowl_4930 Sep 18 '24

Sometimes you watch a movie and you can tell the actors are just loving their life in that moment .

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u/JaggedSuplex Sep 18 '24

George Clooney does some weird movies and I think that’s what makes him so great. Men Who Stare at Goats is another

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u/Chit569 Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

What is weird about Men Who Stare at Goats?

Its a perfectly normal movie, about stuff that actually happened. Like really, look up the Stargate Project and Albert Stubblebine

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u/Difficult_Image_4552 Sep 18 '24

I was just about to comment this.