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Breaking Away actor Paul Dooley will participate in a Q&A at the NoHo following the January 14 screening.
Breaking Away
A wonderfully sunny, funny, goofy, intelligent movie that makes you feel about as good as any movie in a long time. It is, in fact, a treasure.
Part of Anniversary Classics Series film series
Breaking Away
Dennis Christopher stars as a recent high school graduate in Bloomington, Indiana, who is caught with his friends -- Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley -- coasting between high school and deciding what to do with the rest of their lives. The four friends are snobbishly looked down upon by the college students of the town as "cutters," since they were born in Bloomington and their parents worked in the local limestone quarries that built the university. Dennis Christopher's character Dave wants to be a champion bicycle racer and he idolizes the Italian racing team -- so much so that he speaks, thinks, and acts Italian, all to his father's (Paul Dooley) forlorn exasperation. Dave falls for a college girl (Robyn Douglass), but is ashamed to admit he is a cutter and poses as an Italian exchange student to impress her. Dave is particularly excited when his heroes -- the Italian racers -- come to town for a race. But they are even more snobbish than the college students and rely on dirty tricks to keep Dave from winning a race against them. After that ordeal, Dave throws away his false identity and convinces his friends to enter the university's "Little 500" bicycle race against the college students. This lighthearted and heartwarming tale was a surprising word-of-mouth success at the box-office and won several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
Genre
Comedy,
Drama,
Sport,
Anniversary Classics
Runtime
100
Language
English
Director
Peter Yates
Writer(s)
Steve Tesich
Cast
Dennis Christopher,
Dennis Quaid,
Daniel Stern,
Jackie Earle Haley,
Barbara Barrie,
Paul Dooley
Awards:
Nominee, Best Picture, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Director, Academy Awards
Winner, Best Writing (Original Screenplay), Academy Awards
Nominee, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Directors Guild of America
Nominee, Best Screenplay, New York Film Critics Circle
MOREOpening at
NoHo 7 on Jan 14th
Played at
NoHo 7 2.12.14 - 2.12.14
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Note: There were no showtimes for Mon, Dec 16th,
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