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Breaking Away is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana , who have recently graduated from high school.
The iconic coming-of-age film set in Bloomington during the Little 500 bike race turns 45 this week. Here are a townie's hot takes on "Breaking Away."
He played Moocher in Peter Yates's acclaimed 1979 film Breaking Away and later in the short-lived TV series of the same name. Throughout the 1970s, he often played tough, angry, pimply, long-haired misfits; although in his feature debut, the offbeat 1972 film The Outside Man , he played Eric, a boy so desperately lonely that he tries to impress ...
They subsequently developed a friendship. Blase became the model for the main character in Breaking Away. [7] The working title of the film script was Bambino. [8] The film was a hit, and Tesich won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. [9] He also created a short-lived TV series of the same name.
Breaking Away is a 1980 American comedy-drama television series. Based on the 1979 film of the same name, it was created by Steve Tesich, who wrote the original film, and the film's director Peter Yates served as executive producer. As a prequel, the series was set during the year prior to the events of the film.
Breakaway (cycling), a cycling term for a single rider or group of riders detaching from the peloton to advance their position in front of it Breakaway (ice hockey), a situation in which there are no defenders (except for the goaltender) between an attacking player and the goal
Breaking Away is a 1979 film. Breaking Away may also refer to: Breaking Away, a 1980 series based on the film; Breaking Away (Tantrum album), 2005; Breaking Away (Jaki Graham album), 1986 which includes a song of the same name; Otryvayas (Breaking Away), an album by Mashina Vremeni "Breaking Away", a song by Ratatat from Ratatat
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