FIGHT CLUB (script)

INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

Jack bursts inside, out of breath, runs to grab the phone,punches a number, doesn't bother to turn on the lamp.

INTERCUT WITH...

INT. MARLA'S ROOM - SAME

Marla answers.

MARLA: Yeah?

JACK: Marla, it's me. Have we... have we ever had sex?

MARLA What kind of stupid question is that?!

JACK: Because the answer's "yes" or because the answer's "no?"

MARLA: You mean, you want to know if I think we were just having sex or making love?

JACK: Answer the question!

MARLA: You fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me your sensitive side, then you turn into a total asshole! Is that a pretty accurate description of our relationship, Tyler?

JACK (V.O.): We've just lost cabin pressure.

JACK: What did you say... ?

MARLA: What is wrong with you?

JACK: Say my name.

MARLA: What... ?

JACK: Say my name! What's my name!?

MARLA: Tyler Durden! Tyler Durden, you fucking freak. What's going on? I'm coming over there...

JACK: Marla, no, wait...

As Marla HANGS UP. Jack stares at the receiver, dazed...

Jack spins, dropping the phone -- TYLER sits beside him.

JACK: What's this all about, Tyler? Why do people think I'm you?

TYLER: You broke your promise. You talked to her about me.

JACK: Why do people think I'm Tyler Durden?

TYLER: Why did you do that?

JACK: Answer me, Tyler.

TYLER: Why do people think anything?

JACK: I don't know! Tell me!

Tyler shakes his head in disgust, extremely irritated.

TYLER: People think that you're me, because you and I happen to share the same body.

JACK: What... ?

TYLER: Is this really news to you?

JACK: What are you talking about...?

TYLER: Sometimes I control it, and you imagine yourself watching me...

FLASHBACK - HALLWAY - NIGHT

Commissioner Jacobs checks his tie in a mirror, goes to open the door of the MEN'S BATHROOM -- face to face with JACK.

FLASHBACK - LOU'S BAR BASEMENT - NIGHT

JACK stands surrounded by eager fight club MEMBERS, under the bare bulb, talking and behaving like Tyler...

JACK: The first rule of fight club is -- you don't talk about fight club.

INT. HOTEL ROOM - RESUMING

TYLER: And, sometimes you control it...

FLASHBACK - EXT. PAPER STREET HOUSE - DAY

Jack stands in the yard, VODKA in hand, yells at Marla.

JACK: He's not here! Tyler's not here anymore! He's gone away!

INT. HOTEL ROOM - RESUMING

TYLER: You can see me and hear me, but no one else can...

FLASHBACK - CURBSIDE - NIGHT

JACK sits alone on the curb, watching the nearby freeway.He talks to someone beside him, but nobody's there.

JACK: Anyone?(thinks)My boss, probably.(pause) Who would you fight?

Jack listens, looks at the empty space beside him.

JACK: Oh, yeah.(nodding)I didn't really know my Dad...

INT. HOTEL ROOM - RESUMING

TYLER: But, when you fall asleep, I do things without you...

FLASHBACK - TYLER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

JACK is on top of Marla, sweating, making violent love...

INT. HOTEL ROOM - RESUMING

TYLER: I go places without you. Get things done...

FLASHBACK - BUILDING - NIGHT

The Parker Morris Building.

JACK, Bob, Ricky, Angel Face and another GUY rappel down the side, SPRAYING PAINT. JACK is "TYLER" in demeanor, mannerisms, speech...

JACK:(shouting) You are not your job. You are not how much money you have in the bank.

TWO WINDOWS SHATTER OUTWARD -- TWO MEN look out and yell:

BRUISED MAN #1: I am not my job!

BRUISED MAN #2: I am not how much money I have in the bank!

INT. HOTEL ROOM - RESUMING

Jack's having trouble catching his breath. Tyler stands.

TYLER: There! Happy? I asked for one thing from you... one simple promise. Now look what you've done!

JACK: This isn't possible...

TYLER: We're going to have to do something about Marla...

JACK: What... what are you saying?

TYLER: It's okay. We okay... a little codependent, sure, but...

Jack shakes his head in disbelief, in denial...

JACK: No! This isn't true. We... we were around other people, together, both of us...

TYLER: You never talked to me in front of anyone else.

JACK: Wrong, wrong -- what about the car crash... the two guys in the backseat?

TYLER: What about them? They're lunatics.

JACK: You took me to the house.

TYLER: The house is rented in your name.

JACK: You have jobs.

TYLER: Night jobs -- while you were sleeping.

JACK: What about Marla?

TYLER: What about Marla?

JACK: She's... you... you're fucking her.

TYLER: Um, well... technically, no.

Jack stands, trying to absorb, feeling ill, trying to find words, then -- he suddenly FAINTS to the floor, OUT COLD.

JACK (V.O.):It's called a "changeover." The movie goes on, and nobody in the audience has any idea.