BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (1999)

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Based on the classic Kurt Vonnegut novel, this film is a portrait of a fictional town in the mid west that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy car dealership owner that's on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.

Bruce Willis (Dwayne Hoover), Albert Finney (Kilgore Trout), Nick Nolte (Harry Le Sabre), Barbara Hershey (Celia Hoover), Glenne Headly (Francine Pefko), Lukas Haas (Bunny Hoover), Omar Epps (Wayne Hoobler), Buck Henry (Fred T. Barry), Vicki Lewis (Grace Le Sabre), Ken Hudson Campbell (Eliot Rosewater/Gilbert), Jake Johannsen (Bill Bailey), Will Patton (Moe), Chip Zien (Andy Wojeckowzski), Owen Wilson (Monte Rapid), Alison Eastwood (Maria Martimo), Shawnee Smith (Bonnie MacMahon), Michael Jai White (Howell), Keith Joe Dick (Vernon Garr), Diane Willson Dick (Rosemary Garr), Michael Clarke Duncan (Eli), Lahmard J. Tate (Elmoro), Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Commerical Director), Dawn Didawick (Lottie).

IN A WORLD GONE MAD, YOU CAN TRUST DWAYNE HOOVER.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Alan Rudolph.

WRITER: Alan Rudolph.

Based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. PRODUCERS: David Blocker and David Willis. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Sandra Tomita. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Isham. DISTRIBUTOR: Hollywood Pictures.

FACTS

CRITICAL COMMENTS

RELEASE DATE: September 17th, 1999 (USA)

"Unwatchable!" -- Owen Gleiberman, E.W

BOX OFFICE OPENING: $42,326 (USA)

"A misfire." -- Jay Carr, Boston Globe

BOX OFFICE RESULT: $175,370 (USA) BUDGET: $12 million (USA)

"A ghastly misfire that brings out the self-indulgent worst in everyone involved." -- Joe Leydon, MSNBC