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

The parking garage scene is filmed from the roof of the Continental Center garage, with a building in the former Enron complex in Houston, Texas visible in the right of the shot.

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Goofs

The red corvette that is totaled at the end of the film can clearly be seen as a prop for the film instead of a real car in excellent condition that Dr. Saunders would be driving. When it rolls over red overspray can be seen all over the undercarriage indicating a fast and cheap paint job done for prop purposes. Also, when the car rolls over you can clearly see it is missing the fuel tank that should be located at the rear between the mufflers on the exhaust system. Again, this is done for the prop to prep it for the crash scene. It could be said this is a factual error because the car would not have been able to be driven if there is no fuel tank at all. However, this was clearly a crash prop used in place of the real corvette that is in the film.

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Quotes

Male Interviewer: Arlene - Mary Kay Rep.
[claps board]
Arlene: Can I borrow your pencil?
[With her face out of view, Arlene receives a pencil, then opens her blouse, baring her breasts. She talks to us]
Arlene: This is called the pencil test. It's supposed to fall to the floor.
[She puts the pencil under her left breast. The pencil doesn't fall]
Arlene: I love my children, but I'm a little resentful for what they did to my breasts.
[She removes the pencil and returns it]
Arlene: Thanks. It's like someone blew up a balloon and then they let all the...

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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

"Boogie Oogie Oogie"
Written by Perry Kibble and Janice Marie Johnson
Performed by A Taste of Honey
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets

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.