Breaking Away
1979 · Movie · 1h 41m · PG
DramaComedy
"The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
91/100
Key crew
- Peter YatesDirector
- Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Steve TesichWriter
Cast
- Dennis ChristopherDave Stoller
- Dennis QuaidMike
- Daniel SternCyril
- Jackie Earle HaleyMoocher
- Barbara BarrieEvelyn Stoller
- Paul DooleyRay Stoller
- Robyn DouglassKatherine
- Hart BochnerRod
- Amy WrightNancy
- Peter MaloneyDoctor
- John AshtonMike's Brother
- Lisa ShureFrench Girl
Stills
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Themes
indiana, usasportsbicyclecoming of ageworking classteenage boyserenadequarrycyclingbicycle race