Breaking Away

Directed by Peter Yates

PG

1979 1h 41mDrama, Comedy,

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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.

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0 1October 6, 2025
It's a classic. character driven story about Midwest kids
Eric BakkeOctober 13, 2024
A classic underdog coming-of-age tale about a bunch of small town middle America kids vs the preppy stuck-up out-of-town college meanies.

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Breaking Away was released on July 20, 1979.

Breaking Away was directed by Peter Yates.

Breaking Away has a runtime of 1 hr 41 min.

Breaking Away was produced by Peter Yates.

The key characters in Breaking Away are Dave Stoller (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern).

Breaking Away is rated PG.

Breaking Away is a Drama, Comedy, Sport film.

Breaking Away has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.

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