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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Suitable for Children, Adult Language, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 01/29/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 15 Genres: Comedy Drama, Coming-of-Age, Sports Drama See Also: Breaking Away [Gold O-Ring Packaging]

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 light-hearted 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." ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Dennis Christopher - Dave Stohler
Dennis Quaid - Mike
Daniel Stern - Cyril
Paul Dooley - Mr. Stohler
Jackie Earle Haley - Moocher
Barbara Barrie - Mrs. Stohler

Youth and biking come together in the 1980s classic Breaking Away. Fox's work on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is very nice save for some grain and a small amount of edge enhancement in the image. Sporting solid black levels and even color patterns, this is a very pleasant-looking transfer by Fox. Also included on side B is a full-frame version of the film. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround in English and French and is fairly bland. While there are a few muted directional effects, overall this soundtrack is only filtered though the front and center speakers. Also included on this disc is a Dolby Mono soundtrack in English as well as English and Spanish subtitles. The extra features on Breaking Away are as thin as spandex shorts -- all the viewer gets under the supplemental section of the disc are a few theatrical trailers for various Fox movies, plus a few TV spots for the film. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide