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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.
Breaking Away was written by Steve Tesich, an Indiana University graduate who served as an alternate rider on the Phi Kappa Psi Little 500 Team in 1962.He was teammates with Blase and used him as an inspiration for the Dave Stohler character in the film, and for the overall story.
'Swanky' and his chums take on bike thieves. Onna Keirin-ō: 1956 Keirin Vive le Tour: 1962 Short Tour De France For A Yellow Jersey: 1965 Short A Sunday in Hell: 1977 Documentary Road racing Chronicles the 1976 Paris–Roubaix race. Breaking Away: 1979 Comedy-drama Road racing and Little 500: Four Bloomington, Indiana friends team up in Little ...
Lawrence of Arabia (1962). David Lean’s First World War epic about TE Lawrence remains a filmmaking milestone, the movie that Steven Spielberg rewatches before starting each new film.
A Bollywood movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, based on the Little 500 and an adaptation of Breaking Away, was made in the year 1992, starring Aamir Khan. Highlights of the 1981 race were shown on ESPN and the first major coverage was by CBS Sports Saturday for the 1982 race.
Tesich's screenplay for Breaking Away (1979) had its origins in his college years. He had been an alternate rider in 1962 for the Phi Kappa Psi team in the Little 500 bicycle race. Teammate Dave Blase rode 139 of 200 laps and was the victorious rider crossing the finish line for his team. They subsequently developed a friendship.
"That was me on a bike on a crane arm on a soundstage with a blue screen behind me," the now-50-year-old actor tells Yahoo Entertainment ahead of E.T.'s fortieth anniversary. "I was just up and ...
Bill Armstrong Stadium is a 6,500-capacity soccer-specific stadium and velodrome located in Bloomington, Indiana and owned by the Indiana University Bloomington.The stadium is home to the Indiana Hoosiers men's and women's soccer teams.