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Breakfast of Champions

  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
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Bruce Willis in Breakfast of Champions (1999)
A rich car dealer is losing his mind. His son lives in the bomb shelter. His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager.
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A rich car dealer is losing his mind. His son lives in the bomb shelter. His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager.A rich car dealer is losing his mind. His son lives in the bomb shelter. His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager.A rich car dealer is losing his mind. His son lives in the bomb shelter. His suicidal wife has an affair with his transvestite sales manager.

  • Director
    • Alan Rudolph
  • Writers
    • Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    • Alan Rudolph
  • Stars
    • Bruce Willis
    • Nick Nolte
    • Albert Finney
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    8.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alan Rudolph
    • Writers
      • Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
      • Alan Rudolph
    • Stars
      • Bruce Willis
      • Nick Nolte
      • Albert Finney
    • 138User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Bruce Willis stars as Dwayne Hoover
    Nick Nolte co-stars as Harry Le Sabre
    Dwayne & Francine
    Kilgore Trout and Wayne Hoobler
    Lukas Haas appears as Bunny
    Omar Epps appears as Wayne Hoobler
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    Director and writer Alan Rudolph
    Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. poses with Bruce Willis and Director Alan Rudolph
    Breakfast of Champions (1999)
    Breakfast of Champions (1999)
    Bruce Willis in Breakfast of Champions (1999)

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    Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis
    • Dwayne Hoover
    Nick Nolte
    Nick Nolte
    • Harry Le Sabre
    Albert Finney
    Albert Finney
    • Kilgore Trout
    Barbara Hershey
    Barbara Hershey
    • Celia Hoover
    Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly
    • Francine Pefko
    Lukas Haas
    Lukas Haas
    • George 'Bunny' Hoover
    Omar Epps
    Omar Epps
    • Wayne Hoobler
    Vicki Lewis
    Vicki Lewis
    • Grace Le Sabre
    Buck Henry
    Buck Henry
    • Fred T. Barry
    Ken Hudson Campbell
    Ken Hudson Campbell
    • Eliot Rosewater
    • (as Ken Campbell)
    • …
    Jake Johannsen
    Jake Johannsen
    • Bill Bailey
    Will Patton
    Will Patton
    • Moe the Truck Driver
    Chip Zien
    Chip Zien
    • Andy Wojeckowzski
    Owen Wilson
    Owen Wilson
    • Monte Rapid
    Alison Eastwood
    Alison Eastwood
    • Maria Maritimo
    Shawnee Smith
    Shawnee Smith
    • Bonnie MacMahon
    Michael Jai White
    Michael Jai White
    • Howell
    Keith Joe Dick
    Keith Joe Dick
    • Vernon Garr
    • Director
      • Alan Rudolph
    • Writers
      • Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
      • Alan Rudolph
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      After the success of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s novel was bought by Producer Dino De Laurentiis for Altman. Altman's cast for the film included Peter Falk as Hoover, Alice Cooper as his son Bunny, Sterling Hayden as Kilgore Trout, and Ruth Gordon as Eliot Rosewater (as Rosewater was to be portrayed as an old man, Altman thought it didn't matter that Gordon was a woman, as he believed gender differences were not as strong in the elderly). After the De Laurentiis-produced Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) flopped, the project went into turnaround.
    • Quotes

      Dwayne Hoover: It's all life until you're dead.

    • Crazy credits
      In the score listings - "Borrowed Borodin" by K.Trout (The main tune of this movie is "Stranger in Paradise", which is a "remake" of A.P.Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from "The Prince Igor". K.Trout is one of the principal characters of the movie)
    • Connections
      Follows Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Stranger in Paradise
      Written by Chet Forrest, Bob Wright (after Aleksandr Borodin)
      Performed by Martin Denny

    User reviews138

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    This is not what you think it is
    I have been reading these comments and it seems to me that this is indicative of the problem with the film-going public today. How can you NOT know about Breakfast of Champions? How could you expect a standard Hollywood movie? Someone here said that Willis should have spent his time making Die Hard 4 - Well, budy, I got news for ya - YOU SHOULDN't HAVE RENTED THIS MOVIE!!! Do a little research and you would havce known that this movie was based on a fairly subversive piece of literature, that it is completely non-linear - oh yeah - and ThAT IT WAS BAD!!
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 17, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Desayuno de campeones
    • Filming locations
      • Twin Falls, Idaho, USA
    • Production companies
      • Flying Heart Films
      • Hollywood Pictures
      • Rain City
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $178,278
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $42,326
      • Sep 19, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $178,278
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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