Breakfast of Champions (film)

Breakfast of Champions
US DVD cover
Directed byAlan Rudolph
Screenplay byAlan Rudolph
Based onBreakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Produced byDavid Blocker
David Willis
Starring
CinematographyElliot Davis
Edited bySuzy Elmiger
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • September 17, 1999 (1999-09-17)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million
Box office$178,278

Breakfast of Champions is a 1999 American satirical black comedy film adapted and directed by Alan Rudolph, from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s 1973 novel. The film starred Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas and Omar Epps. Though the producers entered it into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, critics negatively received the film and was a box-office bomb that was withdrawn from theatres before going into wide release. While it was released on VHS and DVD in 2000, it was not given a digital release until February 4, 2025.

Filmmaker Ron Mann, under his company Films We Like, subsequently acquired rights to the film from Willis, partnering with Shout! Studios in the United States to theatrically release a 4K restoration on November 1, 2024.