Breakfast of Champions

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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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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA 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.

Réalisation
- Alan Rudolph
Scénario
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Alan Rudolph
Casting principal

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4,5/10

8,4 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Alan Rudolph
Scénario
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Alan Rudolph
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
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 et les Indiens (1976) flopped, the project went into turnaround.

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

Crédits fous
In the opening credits, Vonnegut's drawing of an "asshole" (from the novel) is shown when "directed by Alan Rudolph" appears on the screen.

Connexions
Follows Abattoir 5 (1972)

Bandes originales
Stranger in Paradise
Written by Chet Forrest, Bob Wright (after Aleksandr Borodin)
Performed by Martin Denny

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6/10

4.1?

Yes,"Breakfast Of Champions" is a brilliant original literary work by Kurt Vonnegut.No,the film adaptation does not do justice to the multi-layered masterpiece.Sure,maybe Robert Altman,Terry Gilliam,or David Lynch might have made better versions of it than Alan Rudolph.But a 4.1?When derivative pieces like "Disturbia",or mindless action films(I could name 50)are scoring 6's and 7's on IMDb,something is seriously out of whack.The performances alone in Breakfast are worth the price of admission,and it's got some quirky,twisted little comic moments in it.Maybe it didn't quite capture the profundity of the book like Slaughterhouse Five did,but c'mon,let's get real here.I think that maybe hardcore cult film afficianados thought it was too commercial(or something?),and the general audience out there didn't really give a rat's ass either way,so I guess that explains the 4.1.I'm giving it a well-deserved 6.Thanks.