Breakfast of Champions (1999) on Netflix
Dwayne Hoover runs Midland City's biggest car dealership and is close to a nervous breakdown. His wife Celia takes pills, and Kilgore Trout, a science fiction author, is traveling to town.
- Netflix2.5/5
- IMDb4.6/108,819 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes28%
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Plot summary
The biggest car dealership in Midland City, Indiana, belongs to Dwayne Hoover, and he is the town's most respected businessman, though he is near a breakdown and has attempted suicide. Celia, his wife, relies on pills. Harry Le Sabre, who manages sales for Hoover and is his closest friend, dreads anyone learning about his fondness for lingerie. Meanwhile Kilgore Trout, a science fiction writer whose books few people have read, is hitchhiking across the country to appear at Midland City's arts festival. Hoover is looking for answers about his own identity, and he decides to go to the festival as well.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- In Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Dwayne Hoover's son Bunny plays piano in the lounge of a Holiday Inn, but for legal reasons Lukas Haas, who cameos as Bunny in the film, plays at a Best Western Inn instead.
