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Breakfast of Champions
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Synopsis
In a small American town called Midland City, Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) -- a loyal father, a successful car dealer, and a respected member of the community --lives with his wife Celia (Barbara Hershey), who's addicted to pills and TV shows, and his son Bunny (Lukas Haas), who is a weakling. What's more, his best friend and employee Harry Le Sabre (Nick Nolte) is a paranoid red-lace-lingerie fetishist. Dwayne finds short-term consolation in the arms of his secretary and mistress, Francine (Glenne Headley). As the American Dream slowly becomes his nightmare, Hoover begins to retreat into a fantasy world, filled with strange voices and fearful visions. It takes only the arrival of third-rate science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney) -- whose novels are turned into fourth-rate porno comics -- at the Midland City Art Festival for things to explode. Hoover's only hope is Kilgore, whom he has raised to the status of a guru in his fantasies. However, the two men meet when time, space, and reality have already lost their meaning. Now it is only nonsense that makes sense and madness that reigns; the American dream has turned into lunacy. Breakfast of Champions, which had its world premiere during the 49th International Berlin Film Festival in 1999, is the outcome of a project in the making for over twenty years. Director Alan Rudolph wrote the script when the novel by Kurt Vonnegut was first published. However, it took all this time (and perhaps the casting of someone like Bruce Willis in order to get it financed) for the project to be realized. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide

Cast

Alison Eastwood Maria Maritmo
Omar Epps Wayne Hoobler
Albert Finney Kilgore Trout
Lukas Haas Bunny Hoover
Glenne Headly Francine Pefko
Barbara Hershey Celia Hoover
Nick Nolte Harry Le Sabre
Will Patton Moe
Shawnee Smith Bonnie MacMahon
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Commercials Director
Bruce Willis Dwayne Hoover
Chip Zien Andy Wojeckowzski
Buck Henry Fred T. Barry
Jake Johannsen Bill Bailey
Owen Wilson Monte Rapid
Vicki Lewis Grace Le Sabre
Ken Campbell Eliot Rosewater/Gilbert

Production Crew

Randy Eriksen Art Director
Sandra Tomita Associate Producer
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Book Author
Pam Dixon Casting
Elliot Davis Cinematographer
Mark Isham Composer (Music Score)
Rudy Dillon Costume Designer
Alan Rudolph Director
Suzy Elmiger Editor
Cara Giallanza First Assistant Director
David Blocker Producer
David Willis Producer
Nina Ruscio Production Designer
Alan Rudolph Screenwriter
K.C. Fox Set Decorator
Eliza Paley Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Soucek Sound/Sound Designer
Janet Muswell Visual Effects Supervisor
Year: 1999
Runtime: 110
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for sexuality and some language
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Sound
Dolby Digital

Produced by
Flying Heart Films
Sugar Creek Productions
Summit Entertainment

Release
September 17, 1999 (USA)