Breakfast of Champions Movie Review 1998

Messy adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 satire on American greed and commercialism. Relentlessly upbeat salesman Dwayne Hoover (Willis) runs the most successful car dealership in middle America's Midland City. A leading citizen, who stars in his own garish TV commercials, Dwayne has alienated his tube-addicted wife, Celia (Hershey), and his aspiring lounge singer son, Bunny (Haas). Dwayne also thinks he's going nuts and his one hope for salvation lies with Kilgore Trout (Finney), an eccentric hack sci fi writer/philosopher. Oh yeah, and Nolte is around as Dwayne's sales manager Harry, who likes to wear women's lacy lingerie beneath his suits.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Kurt Vonnegut, Satire & Parody, Salespeople, Writers, Family Ties

Screenplay

Alan Rudolph

Cast

Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas, Omar Epps, Buck Henry, Vicki Lewis, Ken H. Campbell, Will Patton, Chip Zien, Owen C. Wilson, Alison Eastwood, Shawnee Smith, Kurt Vonnegut

Cinematography

Elliot Davis

Director

Alan Rudolph

Music

Mark Isham

Producer

David Blocker, Buena Vista