DramaComedy

Breaking Away

- The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

Release Date : 1979-05-24

Language :EnglishFrenchItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dave Stoller

Original Name : Dennis Christopher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Dennis Quaid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cyril

Original Name : Daniel Stern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moocher

Original Name : Jackie Earle Haley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evelyn Stoller

Original Name : Barbara Barrie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ray Stoller

Original Name : Paul Dooley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Katherine

Original Name : Robyn Douglass

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rod

Original Name : Hart Bochner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nancy

Original Name : Amy Wright

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Peter Maloney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike's Brother

Original Name : John Ashton

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Girl

Original Name : Lisa Shure

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Jennifer K. Mickel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Suzy

Original Name : P. J. Soles

Gender : Female

Character Name : 500 Race Announcer

Original Name : David K. Blase

Gender : Male

Character Name : 500 Race Official

Original Name : William S. Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : 500 Race Official

Original Name : Howard S. Wilcox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. York

Original Name : J.F. Brière

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Rider

Original Name : Carlos Sintes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Rider

Original Name : Eddy Van Guyse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stone Cutter

Original Name : Alvin E. Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stone Cutter

Original Name : Harold Elgar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stone Cutter

Original Name : Floyd E. Todd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stone Cutter

Original Name : Robert Woolery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stone Cutter

Original Name : Russell E. Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Black Student Leader

Original Name : Jimmy Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fight Spectator

Original Name : Gail L. Horton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Owner of Car Wash

Original Name : Woody Hueston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anthem Singer

Original Name : Jennifer F. Nolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Nora Owens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sports Announcer

Original Name : Douglas Rafferty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Race Starter

Original Name : Bill Ringgenberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : University President

Original Name : John W. Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blond Guy

Original Name : Morris Salzman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Team Captain

Original Name : Tom Schwoegler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homecoming Car Kid

Original Name : Mike Silveus

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Gregg Forrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Dan Levinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Miner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fraternity Jock (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Ohmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Bart A. Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Rider (uncredited)

Original Name : John Vande Velde

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2024-11-18

**_Hanging out at the local quarry the year after high school and much more_** The son of a working class family in Bloomington (Christopher Dennis) is obsessed with Italy and bicycling as he hangs with his three “cutter” buds (Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley and Daniel Stern). He deals with his amusing parents (Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie) while chasing a college lass (Robyn Douglass). Everything leads to the Little 500 bicyclist race at Indiana University. “Breaking Away” (1979) wisely focuses on the characters rather than bicycling and is comparable to “Dead Poets Society” from a decade later. It’s a coming-of-age drama with lighthearted bits, but it’s definitely not a comedy, as I’ve seen it wrongly designated. It’s about young people facing the rest of their lives just after high school and trying to figure out what they’re going to do with their lives. I can relate because, when I was 19, I spent the entire summer bicycling the landscapes. The longest day-trip I took was 60 miles. I was starting to think I was hot stuff until I met a fellow cyclist the next day who was traveling across several states. The scriptwriter graduated from Indiana University in 1965 and drew from his experiences there for the story. The protagonist was modeled after David K. Blase, who had an Italian fixation and led his team to victory in the Little 500. It runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot in Bloomington, Indiana, as well as nearby highway 37 (due south of there). GRADE: B