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Breaking Away (Widescreen Edition) |  | Actors: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
Buy New: $9.98
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Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 3799
Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 024543029090
UPC: 024543029090
EAN: 0024543029090
ASIN: B0009HLD0K
Theatrical Release Date: July 20, 1979
Release Date: January 29, 2002
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Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/10/2007
Amazon.com
Peter Yates's flag-waving film stands with To Kill a Mockingbird and American Graffiti as one of the best films about small-town Americana. Steve Tesich won an Oscar for his semi-biographical screenplay about four 19-year-olds who don't know what to do after high school. Dave Stohler (Dennis Christopher) and his three friends--ex-football star Mike (Dennis Quaid), wily comedian Cyril (Daniel Stern), and tough kid Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley)--are doomed to live in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, where the local kids (nicknamed "Cutters"--a derogatory reference to quarry workers and their blue-collar families) are looked down on by the uppity students of nearby Indiana University. Stohler escapes into a world of Italian bicycling, picking up the lingo, the accent, and a good share of the talent of his heroes. He is also the scourge of his father's life. The used-car salesman (Paul Dooley) doesn't understand his son's affection for bicycling or, for that matter, his pride in being a "Cutter." Breaking Away rehabilitates the word heartwarming as Tesich's uncommonly intelligent script gives us well-rounded characters and a potent sense of place. The grandstanding finale--the real life "Little 500" bike race--gives the film a perfect, crowd-pleasing end. However, the film never sacrifices the development of characters for the action. Dooley is especially effective in one of those once-in-a-lifetime roles. The lifelong character actor's place in film history is established with this indispensable performance. --Doug Thomas
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 Cutters!!!! August 5, 2010
sabrina west (texas)
Love this movie I remember it from growing up and bought it and it was still a great movie...go cutters
 Breaking Away - disappointed with ending :( July 18, 2010
MaryJane
The movie is great! but why did they cut off the ending? This is where they have in writing what all the boys did with their lives. I was very disappointed.
Just what I ordered June 29, 2010
J. Gonzales (Dallas,Texas)
My husband had been searching for this movie for a while and finally I found it. It plays perfect and I love it. Fast and accurate service like it should be.
My favorite movie April 1, 2010
napenda chapati
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My absolute favorite movie. Anyone who is a fan of cycling will love this movie. Certainly worth watching, well directed and great acting. I don't know what else to say, its just great!
Last summer of adolescence December 6, 2009
Mart Leaf (Malmo, Sweden)
In short a super movie about growing up and breaking free in midwest America.
Loved the comradeship of the boys "the Cutters" and the star whose adolescent, happy-go-lucky, was such a comic relief and nicely counterweighed by the gloomy Dennis Quaid as young as you ever seen him on film.
The soundtrack was especially memorable and never has Puccini been put in such good use in a film before.
I have seen many movies, in many different genres and this is in my top ten for sure! I cannot but smile thinking of this movie.
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