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Breaking Away

1979 101 min Drama, Comedy

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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1 win

  • 1979 WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Steve Tesich

4 nominations

budget $2,300,000 earnings $20,000,000 return 8.7x

director Peter Yates

writer Steve Tesich

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