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FIGHT CLUB SCRIPT EXCERPT:
INT. WAREHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
A giant corrugated METAL DOOR opens.
JACK (V.O.) On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Two TECHNICIANS lead Jack to the BURNT-OUT SHELL of a WRECKED AUTOMOBILE. Jack sets down his briefcase, opens it and starts to make notes on a CLIPBOARDED FORM.
JACK (V.O.) I'm a recall coordinator. My job is to apply the formula. It's a story problem.
TECHNICIAN #1 Here's where the infant went through the windshield. Three points.
JACK (V.O.) A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 miles per hour. The rear differential locks up.
TECHNICIAN #2 The teenager's braces around the backseat ashtray would make a good "anti-smoking" ad.
JACK (V.O.) The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now: do we initiate a recall?
TECHNICIAN #1 The father must've been huge. See how the fat burnt into the driver's seat with his polyester shirt? Very "modern art."
JACK (V.O.) Take the number of vehicles in the field, (A), and multiply it by the probable rate of failure, (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement, (C). A times B times C equals X...
CUT TO: INT. AIRPLANE CABIN - MOVING DOWN RUNWAY
Jack is speaking to the BUSINESSWOMAN next to him.
JACK If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
BUSISNESS WOMAN Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
JACK Oh, you wouldn't believe.
BUSINESS WOMAN Which...car company do you work for?
JACK A major one.
FIGHT CLUB SCRIPT EXCERPT:
INT. WAREHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
A giant corrugated METAL DOOR opens.
JACK (V.O.) On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Two TECHNICIANS lead Jack to the BURNT-OUT SHELL of a WRECKED AUTOMOBILE. Jack sets down his briefcase, opens it and starts to make notes on a CLIPBOARDED FORM.
JACK (V.O.) I'm a recall coordinator. My job is to apply the formula. It's a story problem.
TECHNICIAN #1 Here's where the infant went through the windshield. Three points.
JACK (V.O.) A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 miles per hour. The rear differential locks up.
TECHNICIAN #2 The teenager's braces around the backseat ashtray would make a good "anti-smoking" ad.
JACK (V.O.) The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now: do we initiate a recall?
TECHNICIAN #1 The father must've been huge. See how the fat burnt into the driver's seat with his polyester shirt? Very "modern art."
JACK (V.O.) Take the number of vehicles in the field, (A), and multiply it by the probable rate of failure, (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement, (C). A times B times C equals X...
CUT TO: INT. AIRPLANE CABIN - MOVING DOWN RUNWAY
Jack is speaking to the BUSINESSWOMAN next to him.
JACK If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
BUSISNESS WOMAN Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
JACK Oh, you wouldn't believe.
BUSINESS WOMAN Which...car company do you work for?
JACK A major one.
