Breaking Away details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, Robyn Douglass, Hart Bochner, Amy Wright |
| Director: | Peter Yates |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure, Drama - General, Sport - Cycling |
| Studio: | METRODOME GROUP |
| Name | Discs | |
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Breaking Away |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 28 Jun 2010 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Outstanding
By ugaritic99 (10 reviews) from Cobham , 02 Apr 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
Don't be put off by the cycling pictures and references that accompany the marketing of this film. It is not about cycling. That is only incidental. It is a very good rights-of-passage film involving love, frienship and class divisions. With a neat portrayal of the way we learn lessons from life. Very well acted, moving and funny. Interesting characters and very original.
I notice that Halliwells film guide, incredibly, only gave it 1 star. You should know that Radio Times Guide to Films gave it 4 stars- Was this review helpful to you?
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(15)Short shorts... and not about cycling
By FoxRoy (13 reviews) , 28 Jan 2013[Highly rated reviewer]
This is an enjoyable film. Not sure it should be rated as one of the most inspiring movies, but quite fun and funny in parts. Completely devoid of sex, swearing and graphic violence. But with some truly shocking 1970's fashion and hair cuts. The most unconvincing sections were the cycle races...- Was this review helpful to you?
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Original and best Cycling movie
By uniqueness (79 reviews) from Glasgow , 15 Nov 2012There is no other Cycling movies that beat this one.
This is the original and best.
If your a cyclist then why haven't you already seen this movie??
If your not a cyclist, well theres loads of cycling but the plot is a good one and i think most people who like dramas will still like this film.
Wonderful movie- Was this review helpful to you?
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Good albeit a bit dated and naive...
By SiSlayRD500 (136 reviews) from Solihull , 13 Sep 2012I thought this was good albeit being a bit dated and naive.
Basically an uplifting, pleasant basic film although (as mentioned above) I think many may find it a bit too dated and naive - however, if you go back to 1979 it was a lot more like depicted anyway!
Overall recommended if you go in expecting and accepting the above etc.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Adolescence brilliantly captured
By a customer from Hertfordshire , 20 Mar 2012Oh the difficulty of being adolescent, and the occasional glory when things go right! The sound quality of our disc was appalling, but even so the movie was the epitome of feelgood. We really liked it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Worth a watch
By a customer , 01 Sep 2011Although this film is a litle dated now it still has an innocence about it which is endearing. Its your classic underdog story, a little contrived in places but still leaves you with a warm feeling. Worth a watch.- Was this review helpful to you?
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