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# Breaking Away [DVD]

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Breaking Away
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2011*

"When you're 16, they call it `Sweet Sixteen,' when you're 18, you get to drink, vote, and see dirty movies. What the hell do you get to do when you're 19?" That's the main question the four protagonists of the movie-Dave, Mike, Cyril, and Moocher- try to figure out. Breaking Away was released in 1979 and filmed by English director Peter Yates, who also  directed the Steve McQueen movie, Bullitt. Although the movie did poorly in the box office, it received critical acclaim  and ended up being nominated for Best Picture in the 1980 Academy Awards, and won Best Original Screenplay. Breaking Away centers on these four friends as they struggle to come to terms with life after high school, and an inner desire to be somebody.The plot plays out like this: Dave Stoller and his friends have just graduated from high school having no intentions of going to college and not worrying about the future whatsoever. They live in the small, college town of Bloomington, Indiana, home to Indiana University, Bloomington. To the college kids, the four guys are called, "Cutters" the nickname given to the townies of Bloomington. There's a rivalry between the townies and college kids that is seen throughout the movie, especially to Mike, who sees them as "rich" kids who get everything they want. The film mainly focuses on Dave, who is a cyclist and becomes obsessed with the Italian bicycling team, as he himself attempts to turn himself Italian, which drives his parents insane.Breaking Away is an engaging coming of age movie that tells a story of a group of friends living in a small town, and are unsure of whether they actually want to "break away" from their small town lives. The film gives the audience something relatable; points in life where we ask the questions: Where does life take us after high school? Am I really ready to be an adult? Where do I belong in the world? Through the point of view of these four friends, especially Dave, the audience sees these characters try to find an identity and a place to belong. Their plan is to "waste their lives together," they soon recognize that eventually things do change.Writer by Steve Tesich, who won  Best Screenplay in 1980, gave Breaking Away that witty, smart and heartfelt charm that makes it the great movie it is. There are so many quotes I can pick from, but yet don't know where to start! I like the scenes where the friends hang out in the quarry, their usual meeting place, and just joke around with each other. In the beginning, Cyril stomps on the stone and says, "STOP...It was somewhere along here where I lost all interest in life...AHA! It was right here, this is where I saw Delores Rineky and Fat Marvin! WHY DELORES WHY!"  Or another great quote from Cyril, after Mike asks him how he got so stupid, is, "I don't know... I guess I just have a dumb heredity. What's your excuse, Michael?" Anything Cyril says cracks me up (which I will get to later!)The heartwarming scenes definitely come from Dave's parents, who play an integral part of the film. They are bewildered by Dave's desire to be  Italian. Most importantly, Ray, Dave's dad, is worried about Dave and his future. A line that always gets me is, "When I was young, I was tired and miserable." A shot that is so heartbreaking is the look on Dave's face when the Italians cheat in the big race in Indianapolis. One of the Italians used a stick to hit Dave's bike, causing him to fall. Dave is heartbroken and distraught; he can't believe that his idols have done something like this. Upon coming home, Dave, all teary-eyed, says to his dad, "Everybody cheats. I just didn't know it." It's a realization for Dave, and his father starts to understand how important this race was for him.The bike scenes are great moments, too.  Whenever Dave races, the same song always plays (`Symphony No. 4 in A major (Italian Symphony), Opus 90') and it intensifies the scene. The camera focuses on Dave and particular the movement of his legs, which shows how dedicated Dave is to bicycling. The ending is by far the best racing scene, you just want them to beat the college students so bad, and I end up cheering every time they win!The movie wouldn't be great without these four characters, each one serves a purpose and audiences can find something in common with. Dennis Christopher (Dave), a very young Dennis Quaid (Mike), Daniel Stern (Cyril), and Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) give notable performances. And Dave's parents, Barbara Barrie as Evelyn Stoller and Paul Dooley as Ray Stoller, also provide terrific performances. Dave acts as the determined and dedicated friend, Mike is the rebel and no-nonsense guy of the bunch, Cyril is the witty and smart guy, who mainly serves as the comic relief, and finally Moocher is the optimistic and easy-going guy (but don't call him "Shorty!") Dave's passion is cycling. Ever since he won an Italian bike in a race, he practically transformed himself to be Italian. He starts to speak Italian, listen to Italian music, sings Italian songs-the whole nine yards. He even pretends to be an Italian exchange student to impress a college girl he likes! Mike is the guy who takes no gruff from anyone; he does not care about his plans whatsoever and does what he pleases. A part of him though is scared of what he is going to become. As I said before, Cyril is the comic relief, usually trying to make situations lighthearted. (I must add another line of what he says! After Mike's older cop brother asks how the guys are doing, Cyril replies, "Well, we're a little disturbed by developments in the Middle East, but..."). And lastly, there's Moocher. Moocher is a short guy, and all his life he has been made fun of as a midget. If someone calls him "shorty," he will immediately start a fight! But otherwise, I think Moocher is the only one who has his mind straight of what he wants to do. He marries his high school sweetheart, Nancy, and realizes that they all have to go on their own ways. In the course of the summer, the guys figure out together where they belong and search for an identity.The main themes that are presented in Breaking Away are growing up, identity, and friendship. The four guys are so confused about what they want to do; they would rather just do nothing and stick together until the end, since that's their only plan they have so far. Cyril puts it best, as he says, "I wouldn't mind I was somebody myself" as the guys try to be `a somebody.' I think their feeling of being someone stems from the college students of IU, who to them, are seen as kids "who've got it made," but Mike says, "that's because they're rich." Mike is definitely the one who wants to prove to these college kids that the "cutters" are somebody; to prove that they are better. Mike was somebody in high school; he was a football quarterback. He's tired of reading about some hot-shot college kid in the newspaper every day, and that it's never going to him. He puts it best by, "Cutters...to them it's a dirty word...to me it's something I never got the chance to be." Cyril also deals with that fact that his father thinks he's a failure. Cyril thought he was going to get a basketball scholarship, but didn't, his dad "loves to be understanding when he fails.Dave is probably the most disillusioned of them all, as he becomes Italian! I think Dave does this because he thinks Italians are winners, and he wants to be a winner, too, so if he acts Italian, he will be somebody. But acting Italian makes him lose a sense of who he is. When he meets Kathy, Dave says his name is Enrico, and speaks in an Italian accent. He is afraid that she wouldn't like him because he is a townie. Being a "townie" I think makes the four friends afraid in a sense they'll stay there for the rest of their lives and not live out to be something greater.There's this scene of when the guys are in the quarry and they argue about the future. Moocher screams at Mike, "You're not the quarterback here, Mike!" Mike says, "At least I was one! Better being a midget my whole life!" This brings that Mike is afraid of the college kids, now that high school is over; his shot of being "someone" is over. He detests the college students because they are smart and successful. The guys realize that their dream of "wasting the rest of their lives together" will not last for long, and that eventually they have to grow up and go their own ways sometime.In the end though, the guys know that they'll always be each other's friends and they will have each other's backs, At the Indy 500 race, Moocher, Mike, and Cyril agree to help Dave win the race. All four of them participate in the race, with Dave of course, winning it for them. In that moment, they were somebodies. They helped each other out and pushed each other to achieve that moment of victory and triumph. The moment they stand up on the podium, receiving that trophy, was a feeling of defiance; they proved that they were proud to be "cutters." For them, "cutters" is who they are, and all along they were somebody.Breaking Away is that little film that is not widely popular, but upon discovering it, it's a piece of cinema that strings your heart and takes you to a place in life where you felt like a Dave, or a Mike, a Moocher, or a Cyril. Peter Yates' vision and Steve Tesich's writing present a film where life does go on after high school. It's a terrifying and exciting journey, a journey that helps you find your niche in the world and individuality. Somewhere along the way though, there's recognition that in life, you have to grow up and settle down.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Classic!
  

*by J***M on Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024*

Coming of age and cycling...doesn't get any better.  We can watch this one anytime.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Loved this movie
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024*

It was released 40 years ago but seems so timely.  Light comedy dealing with serious issues.

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