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24/05/1979 Drama, Comedy 1h 41m
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The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!

Overview

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.

  1. Peter Yates

    Director

  2. Steve Tesich

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Dennis Christopher

    Dave Stoller

  2. Dennis Quaid

    Mike

  3. Daniel Stern

    Cyril

  4. Jackie Earle Haley

    Moocher

  5. Barbara Barrie

    Evelyn Stoller

  6. Paul Dooley

    Ray Stoller

  7. Robyn Douglass

    Katherine

  8. Hart Bochner

    Rod

  9. Amy Wright

    Nancy

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2024-11-18
**_Hanging out at the local quarry the year after high school and much more_**

The son of a working class family in Bloomington (Christopher Dennis) is obsessed with Italy and bicycling as he hangs with his three “cutter” buds (Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley and Daniel Stern). He deals with his amusing parents (Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie) while chasing a college lass (Robyn Douglass). Everything leads to the Little 500 bicyclist race at Indiana University.

“Breaking Away” (1979) wisely focuses on the characters rather than bicycling and is comparable to “Dead Poets Socie...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,300,000.00

Revenue
$20,000,000.00

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