History Trivia / TheBrownBunny

* StarDerailingRole: Vincent Gallo's career stalled following the film's failure, which was worsened by his hostility towards critics (most notoriously getting caught into a vicious war of words with Creator/RogerEbert).

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/ChloeSevigny has vehemently defended her controversial oral sex scene in the past; it eventually reached the point where it became a BerserkButton if anyone brought it up as a way to belittle her (as the hosts of ''The View'' found out).

* BoxOfficeBomb: The film cost $10 million to make. Total Box office and DVD sales, combined, are only $374,000.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/ChloeSevigny has vehemently defended her controversial oral sex scene in the past; it's at the point now where it's a BerserkButton if anyone brings it up as a way to belittle her (as the hosts of ''The View'' found out.)
* TheOtherMarty: Both Creator/WinonaRyder and Creator/KirstenDunst were already on the set, shooting scenes, when director/star Vincent Gallo fired them from the project. Gallo revealed this during a press conference in Cannes 2003. They were originally cast as Rose and Violet respectively.
* StarDerailingRole: Although Creator/ChloeSevigny hasn't been [[JustForPun hard up]] in obtaining TV and movie roles since this film, she has now successfully [[DoubleEntendre blown off]] any mainstream cinematic success in the process. Vincent Gallo's career also went limp following its failure, which was worsened by his hostility towards critics (most notoriously getting caught into a vicious war of words with Creator/RogerEbert).

* StarDerailingRole: Although Creator/ChloeSevigny hasn't been [[JustForPun hard up]] in obtaining TV and movie roles since this film, she has now successfully [[DoubleEntendre blown off]] any mainstream cinematic success in the process. Vincent Gallo's career also went limp following its failure, which wasn't helped by his confrontational attitude towards critics (most notoriously landing into a war of words with Creator/RogerEbert).

* StarDerailingRole: {{Averted}}; the William Morris Agency dropped Chloë Sevigny as a client, predicting that this movie would irrevocably damage her career. She's continued to work steadily, with probably her best-known role, in ''Series/BigLove'', coming a few years later.

* BigNameFan: The film was praised by other filmmakers including Creator/JeanLucGodard, Creator/JohnWaters, Creator/SeanPenn, and Creator/WernerHerzog who called it "the best portrayal of the particular loneliness a man feels."

* BoxOfficeBomb: ''The Brown Bunny'' cost $10 million to make. Total Box office and DVD sales, combined, are only $374,000.

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny'' (Gallo admitted that that reply was ActuallyPrettyFunny).
** Roger Ebert wrote about meeting Gallo in person after praising his re-cut of The Brown Bunny. He said "[[GallowsHumor Your aim is bad. I got cancer in my salival glands, not my colon]]."

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny'' (Gallo admitted that that reply was ActuallyPrettyFunny).

* DoingItForTheArt: Chloë Sevigny has vehemently defended her controversial oral sex scene in the past; it's at the point now where it's a BerserkButton if anyone brings it up as a way to belittle her (as the hosts of ''The View'' found out.)

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny'' (Gallo admitted that Ebert's reply was ActuallyPrettyFunny).

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert then responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny'' (Gallo admitted that Ebert's reply was ActuallyPrettyFunny).

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words then erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert then responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny'' (Gallo admitted that Ebert's reply was ActuallyPrettyFunny).

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words then erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert then responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny''.

* VolleyingInsults: A war of words then erupted between Gallo and film critic Creator/RogerEbert, with Ebert writing that ''The Brown Bunny'' was the worst film in the history of Cannes, and Gallo retorting by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." Ebert then responded, paraphrasing a statement attributed to WinstonChurchill, that "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''." Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer. Ebert then replied that watching a video of his colonoscopy had been more entertaining than watching ''The Brown Bunny''.