Breaking Away
1979 · directed by Peter Yates
- Rating
- 82/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Breaking Away (1979), directed by Peter Yates, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Dennis Christopher
- Dennis Quaid
- Daniel Stern
- Jackie Earle Haley
- Barbara Barrie
- Paul Dooley
- Robyn Douglass
- Hart Bochner
- Amy Wright
- Peter Maloney
Crew
- Matthew F. Leonetti — Director of Photography
- Cynthia Scheider — Editor
- Patrick Williams — Original Music Composer
- Steve Tesich — Writer
More from Peter Yates
- The Dresser (1983) — 83/100 · hit
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) — 80/100 · hit
- Bullitt (1968) — 79/100
- Robbery (1967) — 73/100
- The Hot Rock (1972) — 70/100
- The House on Carroll Street (1988) — 66/100
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