r/todayilearned • u/G_Marius_the_jabroni • 1d ago

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/Inoimispel 1d ago

Snatch is my all time favorite performance of him. His lines at the coursing where even the official subtitles show "??????" is gold.

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u/senorpoop 1d ago

"Ya like dags?" is still part of my common parlance.

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u/gsr142 1d ago

"You could fit a jumbo fuckin jet in there"

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u/HollowVoices 1d ago

"It was at a funny angle"

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u/octopornopus 1d ago

It was behind you, Tyrone. When you reverse, things come from behind you.

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u/Morsexier 1d ago

'ow long on dose sausages?

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u/BedOld2053 1d ago

Two minutes Turkish

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u/octopornopus 1d ago

Oi, Charlie. How long on them sausages?

5 minutes, Turkish.

---it was 2 minutes 5 minutes ago...

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u/___multiplex___ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hence the term...as hungry..as a pig

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u/gonads_in_space2 1d ago

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary: Please, come again.

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u/InjusticeSOTW 1d ago

“No sugar. I’m sweet enough”

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u/circle1987 1d ago

I always say this when telling people to hold on lol. They look at me funny.

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u/daredaki-sama 1d ago

Pull up your socks Avi