Breakfast of Champions
| When | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 from 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
|---|---|
| Where | Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor View directions |
| Event type | Film Screening |
Watch the 1999 movie Breakfast of Champions (1hr 40min), and stay for a post-screening Q&A with Director Alan Rudolph. Purchase tickets from the Michigan Theater.
Twenty-five years after its initial release, Kurt Vonnegut’s biting portrayal of America’s mad chaos returns in a restored 4K version. Directed by the brilliant Alan Rudolph and starring Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, and Albert Finney, this zany and incisive film has been overlooked for far too long.
"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.
Presented by the Michigan Theater; the University of Michigan Department of Film, Television, and Media; and the University of Michigan Library.
Bruce Willis and Albert Finney in Breakfast of Champions, directed by Alan Rudolph, 1999.
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Philip A Hallman · phallman@umich.edu
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