Breast Men (TV 1997)

A movie about two doctors who created breast implants as it follows them over the years.

Director:

Lawrence O'Neil

Writer:

John Stockwell

Stars:

David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Emily Procter

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Kevin Saunders
Chris Cooper	...	Dr. William Larson
Emily Procter	...	Laura Pierson
Matt Frewer	...	Gerald Krzemien
Terry O'Quinn	...	Hersch Lawyer
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Timmi-Jean Lindsey
John Stockwell	...	Robert Renaud
Lisa Marie	...	Vanessa
Louise Fletcher	...	Mrs. Saunders
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Harry
Michael Chieffo	...	Dave
Patrick Cronin	...	Committee Head (as Pat Cronin)
Amanda Foreman	...	Lola
Lyle Lovett	...	Research Scientist
Julie McCullough	...	1970's Head Receptionist

Storyline

A young plastic surgery intern gets tired of watching exciting developments in other fields (artificial hearts, etc). He finds a new, safe type of breast implants. All he has to do is convince his supervising surgeon it will work, and find a volunteer for the first patient.

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Plot Keywords:

breast implant | stripper | plastic surgery | swimming pool | freedom of choice | 

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Taglines:

Never before has one invention given America such a lift

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality and nudity, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Big Tits

Filming Locations:

Galveston, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Star Drug Store has been a Galveston fixture since 1917. Its exterior, with its distinctive ceramic Coca-Cola sign, is seen in several scenes, and Schwimmer's character uses a pay phone in the back of the soda fountain. It burned in 1998, shortly after the movie was released, and was closed for several years before reopening in 2001.

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Goofs

In the final minutes of the film the blonde woman Dr. Saunders glances at is driving a Mustang convertible in what is supposed to be the late 1980s. However, in the windshield of the Mustang there can be seen a registration and safety inspection sticker. The registration sticker had been located on the license plate until 1994 in Texas. Also, the safety inspection sticker is in the shape of the state of Texas. This also was introduced in the mid 1990s. Prior to that the safety inspection sticker was rectangular (the rectangular inspection sticker was reintroduced in 2002 with the Texas silhouette in the center). In slow motion a "7" can be seen in the sticker indicating it expires in 1997 and was issued sometime in 1996.

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Quotes

Terri: Yeah? Well it wasn't so funny to me.

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Crazy Credits

The following is basically a true story, slightly augmented.

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Connections

Spoofs Larry King Live (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Chevy Van"
Written by Sammy Johns
Performed by Sammy Johns
Courtesy of Curb Records

User Reviews

More interesting than it sounds

I started to watch "Breast men" completely accidentally because it just simply happened to be on and by chance I was suffering from a slight hangover so I was way too lazy to change the channel or even close my eyes. If I would have seen a warning newspaper in advance that said that they're going to show a true, tragicomical story about a two doctors who invented breast implants (starring David Schwimmer) I would have probably avoided the movie at all costs. Now when I was practically forced to watch it, I must admit that I kind of liked it. This is the type of a film you have to see all the way through once you've started. There was a lots of nudity (topless girls) and that's always a nice element in a film and surprisingly Schwimmer wasn't bad, actually this was an incredibly good performance from him. Best of all the story was definitely much more interesting than it sounds.