a GUM.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Who are you?
<br/>
<br/>  FAT MAN (LOU)
<br/> Who am I?! There's a sign on the
<br/> front that says &quot;Lou's Tavern.&quot; I'm
<br/> fucking Lou. Who the fuck are you?!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Tyler Durden.
<br/>
<br/> Tyler extends his hand for a shake, but Lou SLAPS it away.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Who told you motherfuckers you could
<br/> use my place?
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> We have a deal worked out with Irvine.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Irvine? Irvine's at home with a
<br/> broken collarbone.
<br/>
<br/> Everyone glances guiltily at each other.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> He don't own this place, I do. How
<br/> much money's he getting for this?
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> There is no money.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Really?
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> It's free to all.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Ain't that something?
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Yes, it is.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Look, stupid fuck, I want everyone
<br/> outta here now!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> You're welcome to join our club.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Did you hear what I just said?!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> You and your friend.
<br/>
<br/> Lou SLUGS Tyler in the stomach, doubles him over.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> You hear me now?
<br/>
<br/> Tyler gains his breath, determined. He looks up, turns his
<br/> head, looking to Jack. Jack watches, wide-eyed.
<br/>
<br/> Tyler straightens, facing Lou.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> No, I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
<br/>
<br/> Lou PUNCHES Tyler in the face. Some of the guys move
<br/> forward, but the Thug points his gun. Jack-runs forward
<br/> anyway -- Lou PUNCHES him in the face.
<br/>
<br/> More guys move forward, but Tyler waves them off, facing Lou.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> We really need to use this place.
<br/>
<br/> Lou proceeds to beat the shit out of Tyler, PUNCHING his
<br/> face, his stomach. Tyler collapses to the floor. Lou
<br/> starts KICKING his. Tyler bleeds from the mouth and face.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> That's it.... that's good. Get it
<br/> all out. You'll feel better.
<br/>
<br/> Lou flushes red with exasperation, KICKS more. Finally,
<br/> sweating, bewildered, Lou stops. He looks to the Thug, who
<br/> is just as bewildered.
<br/>
<br/> Suddenly, Tyler SPRINGS UP, grabs onto Lou...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Yes, I am shit and crazy, to you and
<br/> this whole fucking world...
<br/>
<br/> Tyler's blood spatters on Lou. Lou tries to shake Tyler
<br/> off, but Tyler BITES Lou's NECKTIE. The Thug grabs Tyler
<br/> and pulls, the necktie tightening and strangling Lou. Lou
<br/> slaps at Tyler's face, but recoils from the blood. Tyler
<br/> spits and shouts through clenched teeth...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> You don't know where I've been.
<br/>
<br/> Tyler bear hugs Lou, pulls him to the floor. Tyler rubs his
<br/> bloody face into Lou's face. The Thug lifts Tyler. Tyler
<br/> clings to Lou's belt, dragging Lou as he is dragged...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> We need this place. We need it.
<br/> Please let us keep it, please...
<br/>
<br/> Blood dribbles out of Tyler's mouth, spattering Lou.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> What are you doing?!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Pleeeeeease!
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Okay! Okay, fuck it! Use the
<br/> basement! Get off me!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> We need some towels, Lou. We need
<br/> replacement light bulbs.
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Alright, Christ! Fucking let me go!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Thank you. Thank you, sir...
<br/>
<br/>  LOU
<br/> Let go of me!!
<br/>
<br/> Tyler lets go of Lou's belt. Lou scrambles away. The Thug
<br/> drops Tyler, trying to keep clear of the blood. Lou gets to
<br/> his feet, looks at Tyler, then at the rest of the guys. He
<br/> and the Thug back away... slamming the door behind.
<br/>
<br/> Fight club surrounds Tyler. They help him up, move him to
<br/> a crate. Tyler sits slumped for a long moment, his
<br/> breathing labored... then, he sits back, crossing his legs
<br/> and looking to the group, his demeanor businesslike.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> This week, each of you has a homework
<br/> assignment. You're going to go out
<br/> and start a fight with a total
<br/> stranger...
<br/> (pause, drooling blood)
<br/> You're going to start a fight... and
<br/> you're going to lose.
<br/>
<br/> Jack beams in appreciation.
<br/>
<br/> EXT. STREET - DAY
<br/>
<br/> Ricky trips a passing YUPPIE. The Yuppie falls.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK (V.O.)
<br/> Not as easy as it sounds. People'll
<br/> do just about anything to avoid a
<br/> fight.
<br/>
<br/> The Yuppies gets up, angry, and Ricky PUNCHES him...
<br/>
<br/>  YUPPIE
<br/> Hey! Wha... What the hell... what
<br/> are you doing?! Who are you?!!
<br/>
<br/> The Yuppie backs away. Ricky follows...
<br/>
<br/>  YUPPIE
<br/> Get away from me! Keep away!
<br/> NO... !
<br/>
<br/> Ricky TACKLES the Yuppie. The Yuppie struggles spastically.
<br/>
<br/>  YUPPIE
<br/> Who are you!? Why are you attacking
<br/> me... ?!
<br/>
<br/> Having no recourse, the Yuppie begins trading blows.
<br/>
<br/> EXT. AUTO SHOP - DAY
<br/>
<br/> A MECHANIC WITH A BATTERED FACE uses a hose to wash the
<br/> sidewalk. As MEN pass, he jerks the hose up and SPRAYS them.
<br/>
<br/>  FIRST MAN
<br/> Hey... hey...
<br/>
<br/>  SECOND MAN
<br/> Watch out, jackass!
<br/>
<br/> These men continue on their way.
<br/>
<br/> The Mechanic sprays a third man, a SEMINARY STUDENT, who
<br/> looks down, stunned.
<br/>
<br/>  SEMINARIAN
<br/> You... you did that on purpose!
<br/>
<br/> The Mechanic DOUSES the Seminarian. The Seminarian grabs
<br/> the hose, wrestling the Mechanic for it. The Mechanic
<br/> shoves the Seminarian, who responds with a half-assed PUNCH.
<br/> The Mechanic purposely takes it. The Seminarian starts to
<br/> run away. The Mechanic sprints after him, PUNCHING the
<br/> Seminarian in the back of the neck. They fight.
<br/>
<br/> INT. RECORD STORE STOCKROOM - NIGHT
<br/>
<br/> A FIST smashes a JAW. Guys CHEER. An arm snakes around a
<br/> neck and squeezes, blood and sweat dripping. It's the
<br/> YUPPIE and the SEMINARIAN fighting. Tyler walks around the
<br/> perimeter of the circle.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK (V.O.)
<br/> Now nobody was the center of fight
<br/> club except the two men fighting.
<br/> The leader walked around in the
<br/> crowd, out in the darkness.
<br/>
<br/> Tyler hands ENVELOPES out to the crowd.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK (V.O.)
<br/> Everyone took a homework assignment.
<br/>
<br/> EXT. STREET - LATE NIGHT
<br/>
<br/> Ricky and another FIGHT CLUBBER paste up a BILLBOARD which
<br/> reads: &quot;DID YOU KNOW? YOU CAN USE YOUR OLD MOTOR OIL TO
<br/> FERTILIZE YOUR LAWN! -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.&quot;
<br/>
<br/> INT. PAPER STREET HOUSE
<br/>
<br/> HANDS use a MARKER, writing on a FILE: &quot;Disinformation.&quot;
<br/>
<br/> EXT. LARGE PARKING LOT - DAY
<br/>
<br/> Jack and Tyler, in work gloves, armed with TOOLS, work
<br/> together to lift the entire METAL PLATE of EXIT SPIKES from
<br/> the ground. They reverse it, then replace it.
<br/>
<br/> MOMENTS LATER
<br/>
<br/> Jack and Tyler walk away, each carrying a 4x4 plank of WOOD.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> There's fight club in Delaware City.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> I heard. Local 15, Monday nights.
<br/>
<br/> As they pass PARKED CARS, they SWING the planks against
<br/> front bumpers -- activating ALARMS and INFLATING AIR BAGS...
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> Local 8 just started in Penns Grove.
<br/> And, Bob said he was at fight club in
<br/> Newcastle last week.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Newcastle? Did you start that one?
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> I thought you did.
<br/>
<br/> In the background, a CAR quickly EXITS the parking lot --
<br/> front tires EXPLODING, wheel rims throwing sparks.
<br/>
<br/> INT. FAMILY HOUSEHOLD -- NIGHT
<br/>
<br/> FATHER, MOTHER, YOUNG DAUGHTER and SON, eat dinner, watching
<br/> TELEVISION. Suddenly, the TV IMAGE turns to SNOW and static.
<br/>
<br/> Family members stop eating. Father picks up the REMOTE,
<br/> points it -- all channels are SNOW.
<br/>
<br/> Father turns the TV OFF. He and his family members look at
<br/> each other, utensils in hand, uncomfortable.
<br/>
<br/> EXT. CITY ROOFTOPS - NIGHT
<br/>
<br/> The Yuppie SWINGS a BASEBALL BAT -- DESTROYS a digital
<br/> SATELLITE DISH. The Yuppie and the Seminarian move on,
<br/> climbing to a neighboring rooftop. They come upon another
<br/> DISH. The Seminarian takes the bat, takes a SWING...
<br/>
<br/> INT. PAPER STREET HOUSE
<br/>
<br/> HANDS place NEWS CLIPPINGS into a FILE: &quot;Mischief.&quot;
<br/>
<br/> INT. AIRPLANE CABIN - ON GROUND - DAY
<br/>
<br/> Two AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE,MEN, with bruised faces, rip open
<br/> a box from a PRINT SHOP. They dig up AIRPLANE SAFETY
<br/> INSTRUCTION CARDS and begin inserting them into each
<br/> seatback. We SEE a CARD - it shows passengers SCREAMING
<br/> and FLAILING ABOUT IN TERROR.
<br/>
<br/> INT. BUSINESS OFFICE - NIGHT
<br/>
<br/> Huge office. Rows and rows of desks. FIGHT CLUB MEMBERS
<br/> work: one guy moving from COMPUTER MONITOR to COMPUTER
<br/> MONITOR, using a DRILL to drill a hole into the top of each.
<br/>
<br/> Other guys follow behind, with FUNNELS and CANS of GASOLINE,
<br/> filling each monitor with gasoline.
<br/>
<br/> INT. PAPER STREET HOUSE
<br/>
<br/> Files and newspaper clippings are piled up. HANDS write on
<br/> a new FILE FOLDER: &quot;Arson.&quot;
<br/>
<br/> EXT. ROOFTOP -- DAY
<br/>
<br/> The Yuppie crumbles a loaf of stale bread into a bucket,
<br/> stirring it with a big spoon, mixing in a BOTTLE of EX-LAX.
<br/>
<br/> Nearby, Rob throws handfuls of wet BREADCRUMBS to PIGEONS...
<br/> HUNDREDS of PIGEONS -- a rooftop feeding-frenzy.
<br/>
<br/> EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
<br/>
<br/> Tyler and Jack cross the parking lot, towards the
<br/> convenience store. Jack wears a BACKPACK.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Let me have that a minute...
<br/>
<br/> Tyler takes the BACKPACK, unzips it, searching the contents.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> What are we doing?
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Homework assignment.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> What is it?
<br/>
<br/> Tyler takes out a HANDGUN, hands the backpack back.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Human Sacrifice.
<br/>
<br/> Jack turns white, staring at the gun.
<br/>
<br/> EXT. BEHIND THE CONVENIENCE STORE - MOMENTS LATER
<br/>
<br/> The BACK DOOR opens and Tyler brings the store's CLERK out
<br/> at gunpoint, forces him to his knees. Jack follows,
<br/> freaked. Tyler points the gun at the Clerk.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK (V.O.)
<br/> On a long enough time line, the
<br/> survival rate for everyone drops to
<br/> zero.
<br/>
<br/>  CLERK
<br/> Please... don't...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Give me your wallet.
<br/>
<br/> The Clerk fumbles his wallet out of his pocket and Tyler
<br/> snatches it. Tyler pulls out the DRIVER'S LICENCE.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Raymond K. Hessel. 1320 SE Benning,
<br/> apartment A. A small, cramped
<br/> basement apartment.
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> How'd you know?
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> They give basement apartments letters
<br/> instead of numbers. Raymond, you're
<br/> going to die.
<br/>
<br/> Tyler rummages through the wallet.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Is this a picture of Mom and Dad?
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> Yesssss...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Your mom and dad will have to call
<br/> kindly doctor so-and-so to dig up
<br/> your dental records, because there
<br/> won't be much left of your face.
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> Please, God, no...
<br/>
<br/> Raymond begins to weep, shoulders heaving.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> Tyler...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> An expired community college student
<br/> ID card. What did you used to study,
<br/> Raymond K. Hessel?
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> S-S-Stuff.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> &quot;Stuff.&quot; Were the mid-terms hard?
<br/>
<br/> Tyler rams the gun barrel against Raymond's temple.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> I asked you what you studied.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> Tell him!
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> Biology, mostly.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Why?
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> I... I don't know...
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> What did you want to be, Raymond K.
<br/> Hessel?
<br/>
<br/> Raymond weeps and says nothing. Tyler COCKS the gun.
<br/> Raymond GASPS.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> The question, Raymond, was &quot;what did
<br/> you want to be?&quot;
<br/>
<br/> A beat.
<br/>
<br/>  JACK
<br/> Answer him!
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> A veterinarian!
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Animals.
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> Yeah ... animals and s-s-s ---
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Stuff. That means you have to get
<br/> more schooling.
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> Too much school.
<br/>
<br/> Tyler shoves Raymond's wallet back into Raymond's pocket.
<br/>
<br/>  TYLER
<br/> Would you rather be dead?
<br/>
<br/>  RAYMOND
<br/> No, please, no, God, n