Chuck Palahniuk Rampage (a public Christmas party involving pranks and drunkenness) in Portland, Oregon. His participation in the Society inspired some of the events in his writings, both fictional and non-fictional. Most notably, he used the Cacophony Society as the basis for Project Mayhem in "Fight Club". In May 1999, Palahniuk's father and a woman the father was dating were murdered by the woman's ex-partner. Palahniuk was asked to help determine the sentence for the man who killed his father; he asked for the death penalty. Palahniuk came out as gay after an interview with Karen Valby, a reporter for "Entertainment Weekly".
The Settlement (1999 film) The Settlement (1999 film) The Settlement is a 1999 film directed by Mark Steilen, starring John C. Reilly and William Fichtner. The film was screened at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in April 1999. Pat (John C. Reilly) and Jerry (William Fichtner) work on the fringes of the insurance industry in what are called "viatical settlements," which allow terminal patients the option of cashing in their life insurance policies before death for a reduced payment. In the 1980s, with AIDS cutting short what might have been long and healthy lives, business is booming for Pat and Jerry's firm, Viable