Breakfast of Champions (New 4K Restoration)
November 24, 2024
This delirious adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel takes place in a fictional town (filmed in Twin Falls, Idaho) where wealthy Pontiac dealer Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) meets Vonnegut’s signature character, philosopher Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney) and goes from an All-American business leader to a man with a deep existential crisis.
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Filmmaker Q&A: Breakfast of Champions
Director Alan Rudolph scheduled to attend for a post-film Q&A on November 24. Q&A included with admission.
Breakfast of Champions tells the story of Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis), a famous car dealer and the most respected man in Midland City. The American success formula has left Dwayne rich and famous, but also empty and suicidal. He suspects dark motives emanating from his wife (Barbara Hershey), his sales manager (Nick Nolte), and his lover/secretary (Glenne Headly). When Dwayne has a volatile, astonishing encounter with outrageous science fiction writer Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney) at the Midland City Fine Arts Festival, neither they nor the city is ever the same.
- Director: Alan Rudolph
- Principal Cast: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Albert Finney
- Country: USA
- Year: 1999
- Running Time: 110 min.
- Producer: David Blocker, W. Mark McNair, David Willis
- Screenplay: Alan Rudolph
- Cinematographers: Elliot Davis
- Editors: Suzy Elmiger
- Music: Mark Isham
- Language: English