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Breaking Away is a 1979 American comedy-drama film about four working-class friends in Indiana who join a bicycle race. The film won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and features a famous scene of the Little 500 race.
Breaking Away: Directed by Peter Yates. With Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley. A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Peter Yates
- 1979-07-20
A movie about four local kids in Bloomington, Ind., who face the choices of life after high school. Dave, a bicycle fanatic, falls for a college girl and pretends to be an Italian exchange student.
Breaking Away (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dave (Dennis Christopher) and his working-class friends Cyril (Daniel Stern), Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) and Mike (Dennis Quaid) spend their post-high school days in Bloomington, Indiana ...
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- Peter Yates
- PG
- Dennis Christopher
In Bloomington, Indiana, recent high school graduate Dave Stoller (Dennis Christopher) carries a cycling trophy as he walks through the woods with his friends Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern), and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley), on their way to swim at an abandoned, water-filled quarry.
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