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Breaking Away
“The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!”
7.1 / 10• 1979• 1h 41m•PG• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dennis Christopher
Dave Stoller
Lead
Dennis Quaid
Mike
Daniel Stern
Cyril
Jackie Earle Haley
Moocher
Barbara Barrie
Evelyn Stoller
Paul Dooley
Ray Stoller
Robyn Douglass
Katherine
Hart Bochner
Rod
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Yates's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Breaking Away is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
