Breaking Away

Introduction and comments following Breaking Away, 1979, with TCMs Ben Mankiewicz and Guest Programmer U.S.C.G. veteran John Pruitt.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Breaking Away, 1979.

Non-collegiate Bloomington, Indiana bike enthusiast Dave (Dennis Christopher), who’s been enjoying acting like he’s Italian, goes all-in when he sees co-ed Katherine (Robyn Douglass) hopping on a scooter on campus, their first meeting, in Peter Yates’ sleeper hit Breaking Away, 1979.

Bloomington, Indiana locals Moocher, Dave, Mike and Cyril (Jackie Earle Haley, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern) at their main hangout, the quarry, since they don’t attend the college, with some resentments apparent, early in Breaking Away, 1979.

In the opening we met Bloomington, Indian townie Dave and buddies, here we meet his parents, Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie, lamenting his obsession Italy, since he won a bike in a local race, Peter Yates directing from Steve Tesich’s original screenplay, in Breaking Away, 1979.