Breaking Away

Breaking Away (1979)

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.

Data lansării
1979-05-24
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (312)
Durată
1 h 41 min
Genuri
Dramă, Comedie
Regizor
Peter Yates

Distribuție

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  • Premii: 2 · Nominalizări: 5. Inclusiv: Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun scenariu original; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Breaking Away is a 1979 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. The film stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, and Robyn Douglass.

Production

The bicycling team is based on the 1962 Phi Kappa Psi Little 500 champions, which featured legendary rider and Italian enthusiast Dave Blase, who provided screenwriter and fellow Phi Kappa Psi team member Steve Tesich the inspiration for the main character in the movie. Blase, together with team manager Bob Stohler, provided the name of this character: Dave Stohler.

The working title of the movie script was Bambino, written in 1978, which originally had Dave's family name as "Blase," which was later changed to "Stohler" for the film.

Location filming in and around Bloomington took place during the summer of 1978.

The abandoned limestone quarry in which Dave and his friends swam, called Rooftop Quarry by locals, is at the end of East Empire Mill Road, off the old State Road 37, in Perry Township, south of Bloomington.

The four main characters in the film, though meant to be 18 year-olds who had just graduated high school, were played by actors whose ages were considerably diverse. At the time of filming, Dennis Christopher (Dave) was 27, Dennis Quaid (Mike) was 24, Daniel Stern (Cyril) was 20, and Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) was just 16.

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