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Breaking Away is a 1979 comedy drama film set in Bloomington, directed and produced by Peter Yates from a screenplay by Steve Tesich. It stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern and Jackie Earle Haley, with cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti, production design by Patrizia von Brandenstein, and a score by Patrick Williams.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director, part of an overall tally of one Oscar from eleven wins and fourteen nominations. It also received the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films honor. Distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix, it had a budget of 2,300,000 and earned 20,000,000 at the box office. It runs 101 minutes and is rated PG.
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7.2Dave, 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.
Cast
- Dennis Christopher as Dave Stoller
- Dennis Quaid as Mike
- Daniel Stern as Cyril
- Jackie Earle Haley as Moocher
- Barbara Barrie as Evelyn Stoller
- Paul Dooley as Ray Stoller
Themes
- indiana, usa
- sports
- bicycle
- coming of age
- working class
- teenage boy
- serenade
- quarry
- cycling
- bicycle race
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
26,889 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
91/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 14 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Yates
- Screenwriter
- Steve Tesich
- Cast member
- P. J. Soles
- Composer
- Patrick Williams
- Producer
- Peter Yates
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Matthew F. Leonetti
- Narrative location
- Bloomington
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 303738
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-03-07
- title
- Breaking Away
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- production designer
- Patrizia von Brandenstein
- review score
- 7.7/10
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