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Plot:
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys r...( read more 
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:August 2, 2008
A film that was a very pleasant surprise upon viewing it for the first time. I enjoyed it very much.
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MCT:July 19, 2008
It's been quite awhile since I've seen this, don't remember much, so that'll explain the average rating.
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MCT:July 15, 2008I love it. Funny, but serious at the same time. It's a movie that doesn't get a lot of recognition, but is definitely amazing in it's simplicity.
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MCT:June 19, 2008
A little rough around the edges, but I guess that represents the cutters. Dave, his three friends and his parents are each unique characters. I thought it was VERY strange but also funny that Dave wants to become Italian, and works toward that goal with such conviction. His Italian bicycling idols turn out to be really nasty though. It's a coming of age story about losing innocence, maturing, standing up for yourself, and discovering your place in the world.
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MCT:May 28, 2008Good film. Its a more meaningful "teen" film of the day. It stars Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern who were very young at the time. Its just a unique story of a group of friends hanging out and doing their own thing in late 70's Indianapolis. Dennis Christopher (?) plays the cycling fafnatic and his buddy shave to help him win the Littel 500" race and try tp prove to the preppy kids that average kids arent lwer than the anyone else.It eventually goes into a meaningful moral about not having to prove anything to anyone but yourself. At least thats the way i see it. I dunno. Enuff babbling here!
I think it deserved more than a Best Screenplay Oscar. For real. Check it out. -
MCT:October 3, 2007
This was the first film that I saw that I would call very inspirational. Dennis Christopher and Dennis Quaid gave memorable performances that were of the best quality. Their acting skills were far beyond their years. The parents, played by Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie gave just outstanding performances. This film was for the rest of us, who weren't popular at school and had jobs that just sucked after school. Bravo! This film is number 12 on my list of the 20 greatest U.S. sound films of all time.
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MCT:September 1, 2007
In "Breaking Away" we follow the exploits of four misfits just out of high school who contentedly contemplate a future as dead-enders. They aren't particularly smart, athletic, or good-looking, and they lack any sense of direction in their lives. Moreover, as townies, or "cutters" in a college town, they wear a spell of invisibility in their dealings with the students--the differences are painfully obvious. When they hang out on campus or lamely try to chat up the co-eds, they might as well be ghosts haunting a town they used to inhabit. Something happened when they graduated from high school and didn't go on to college: they became cutters, no better than servants, in their own confused eyes. The cutters are played superbly by Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern and Jackie Earle Haley. There is not a false note in any of their performances with Quaid and Christopher special stand-outs. "Breaking Away" is a rich visual tapestry of life lived outside the spotlight. The characters are not fancy or sophisticated, and their life goals are simple and well within reach. It is themselves they struggle with, and their perceptions of themselves. "Breaking Away" is the story of kids who had let their own self-image degrade to the point that a fantasy world, and a life of bitter resentment, seemed like their best option.
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MCT:August 18, 2007
A great show! GO Indiana University! Dennis Quaid did an great job in this film! One of the best sports movies of all time!
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MCT:July 24, 2007
A film about a guy that wants to win a bike race, doesn't sound too good, but it is a real feel good movie. Peter Yates went on to make other decent films, but this was probably his best
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MCT:July 12, 2007
This is one of my favorite movies of all time! A 70's coming of age story, but the characters are really cool!
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MCT:July 5, 2007i don't quite see why this is considered a classic, but i did find it to be amusing at times. a tad predictable, but i could say that about many movies i love, too...oh well.
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MCT:May 12, 2007
A genuinely exuberant film about the joys of getting up and GOING. Captures the close-knit yet stifling nature of a small college town, Breaking Away provides top shelf entertainment and sports thrills.
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MCT:May 2, 2007
This movie is a great underdog film. With a young Dennis Quaid. This film is touching and funny. It has a great message in this film. Highly reccomended.
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MCT:May 1, 2007
This is a wonderful movie about following your dreams and not settling for second best. The ensemble cast asembled for this film work perfectly together. Without each one this film would not be the same. The script for this film is very good. It evokes laughter, sorrow, heart ache, joy, and above all else it inspires you to do great things!
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MCT:April 26, 2007
won oscar for best screenplay
a very good family film interesting to see Quaid and Stern in these early roles
Paul Dooley's speach to his son on campus is delivered very well -
MCT:February 25, 2007
Breaking Away arrived in 1979, just before the 80s would produce many films that dealt with similar themes. Yates' movie looks at the alienation four 19 year old's feel in their town as they are ridiculed by the college kids that attend the university. Stuck in between ideas of leaving home, relationships, working life, family and the pursuit of happiness and a sense of place, these four characters use their friendship to beat their demons.
This excellent teen coming-of-age film is a great introduction to what was to come out of the genre in the 1980s with the likes of Better Off Dead, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Say Anything, and Sixteen Candles. -
MCT:January 15, 2007
It's not just about the bike in this touching story about growing up and finding yourself. Beautiful sentiments throughout. And the biking looked good too!
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MCT:January 10, 2007
dennis quaid got popular after he made this movie. i like this movie and watch it over and over again. its perfect.
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MCT:June 23, 2006One of the best sports films of all time. Also very inspirational. Not inspirational to get me off my lazy ass and ride a bike, but inspirational none-the-less.
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MCT:May 18, 2006
This is my friend Gwen's all-time favorite movie. It turned her into a bike fanatic. Great early work from a young Dennis Quaid. My how time flies.
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