A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.
Directed by Alan Rudolph
indiana, usa
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
success
car salesman
author
extramarital affair
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Cast
Bruce Willis
Dwayne Hoover
Albert Finney
Kilgore Trout
Nick Nolte
Harry Le Sabre
Barbara Hershey
Celia Hoover
Glenne Headly
Francine Pefko
Lukas Haas
George 'Bunny' Hoover
Omar Epps
Wayne Hoobler
Vicki Lewis
Grace Le Sabre
Buck Henry
Fred T. Barry
Ken Hudson Campbell
Eliot Rosewater / Gilbert
Jake Johannsen
Bill Bailey
Will Patton
Moe The Truck Driver
Crew
Alan Rudolph
Director
Alan Rudolph
Screenplay
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
David Blocker
Producer
Steve Kelso
Stunt Driver
Stephen J. Eads
Associate Producer
Kurt Vonnegut
Novel
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
Glockie3k
6.0★ · 11/19/25
I see but I won’t ask any questions I’ll just let it be what it is for what it’s worth
I see but I won’t ask any questions I’ll just let it be what it is for what it’s worth
Davis Carroll
7.0★ · 11/18/25
I just finished "Breakfast of Champions" by Vonnegut yesterday and wanted to see how it was adapted by Rudolph. I was pleasantly surprised. It has to change a lot but it still has the core of the story while also changing the ending to be a bit more hopeful for Hoover and Trout. I think the novel still wins out by a wide margin because of the meta narrative aspect that can't be translated to the silver screen but this movie is pretty solid.
I just finished "Breakfast of Champions" by Vonnegut yesterday and wanted to see how it was adapted by Rudolph. I was pleasantly surprised. It has to change a lot but it still has the core of the story while also changing the ending to be a bit more hopeful for Hoover and Trout. I think the novel still wins out by a wide margin because of the meta narrative aspect that can't be translated to the silver screen but this movie is pretty solid.
