Breast Men (1997)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Lawrence O'Neil

Writer (WGA):

John Stockwell (written by)

Release Date:

13 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Two young doctors with a dream of making it big...Really big!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Breast Implant | Breasts | Plastic Surgery | Stripper | Breast Massage

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and nudity, language and drug use.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Finland:K-3 | Sweden:11 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Galveston, Texas, USA

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

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.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: 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.

Quotes:

[a board reads "Susan - 36A, Saleswoman." The board claps. With her face out of view, Susan takes her bra off as she starts talking to us]
Susan: I come from a stoic, calvinist background. You didn't complain, unless you had something drastically wrong with you like a broken leg or lung cancer. Well, I feel crippled. I can't go to the beach, I can't get clothes that fit, I can't find a man, Hell, I LOOK like a man. Gloria Steinem doesn't think that breasts are important because she's already got 'em.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "The Phil Donahue Show" (1970)

Soundtrack:

A Hard Day's Night

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.