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Breaking Away
1979
Peter Yates' Oscar-winner is a heart-warming coming-of-age story that has also taken its place as the greatest sports movie about cycling ever made. Funny, moving and inspiring, Breaking Away is one of the most loved feel-good films in cinema history. Four friends graduate from high-school and find themselves looking at an .. Read more
| Starring | Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley |
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| Director | Peter Yates |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Sport |
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Breaking Away
Peter Yates' Oscar-winner is a heart-warming coming-of-age story that has also taken its place as the greatest sports movie about cycling ever made. Funny, moving and inspiring, Breaking Away is one of the most loved feel-good films in cinema history.
Four friends graduate from high-school and find themselves looking at an uncertain future in small-town America. Dave's passion is cycling and his dream is to be a world-class champion like the Italians he idolizes. Despite being disillusioned when he finally races against his heroes, his passion for cycling takes on new meaning when he and his friends face a team from the local college in the town's annual bike race, the Little 500. Looked down on by the students Dave faces his greatest challenge yet, one that will test his endurance and spirit to the limit.
| Starring | Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, Robyn Douglass, Hart Bochner, Amy Wright |
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| Director | Peter Yates |
| Studio | METRODOME GROUP |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Sport |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1979 To Rent: DVD: 28 Jun 2010 |
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Andy Hardy would have felt at home in this fragmented comedy of the American hinterland; 1979 audiences found it a welcome relief from the stronger brews to which they had become accustomed.
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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 ... read more »
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- 02 Apr 2008 at 14:25
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Although 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... read more »
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All-time classic
Watched it with family. My eldest daughter says it is her favourite film of all-time. Fantastic film. Three-dimensional characters - the Dad is hilarious!
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This is a good-natured rites of passage Amercian yarn.It's very soft at the edges and utterly predictable and formulaic but it's also sweet and fun.
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- 12 Jul 2011 at 20:28
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Peter Yates' Oscar-winner is a heart-warming coming-of-age story that has also taken its place as the greatest sports movie about cycling ever made. Funny, moving and inspiring, Breaking Away is one of the most loved feel-good films in cinema history.
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