Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Breaking Away

 Breaking Away
type
 TVTItem
 Breaking Away
label
 Breaking Away
 Breaking Away
page
 breakingaway
 Breaking Away
comment
 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Breaking Away is a 1979 Dramedy directed by Peter Yates and starring Dennis Quaid, Dennis Christopher, Jackie Earle Haley and Daniel Stern.In Bloomington, Indiana, Dave Stoller (Christopher) and his friends Mike (Quaid), a former star high school quarterback, Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley), who's kind but with a Hair-Trigger Temper, and Cyril (Stern), a lovable loser, mostly hang out at the local swimming hole. They can't afford to go to college (the local college is Indiana University), and they're looked down on by the students, who call Dave and his friends "cutters" (they're sons of the stone cutters who built the buildings at the university). The cutters in turn, especially Mike, have a chip on their shoulder involving the college students.Dave, however, is different in some ways from his friends. He was a sickly boy until he started riding around on a bicycle, and has since become a championship racer. He's also become obsessed with the Italian race team, to the point where he starts acting Italian, to the bemusement of his mother Evelyn (Barbara Barrie) and the consternation of his father Ray (Paul Dooley), a used car salesman. It's also to the point where Dave passes himself off as an Italian exchange student when he becomes attracted to Katherine (Robyn Douglass), a student at the university. Dave is especially excited when he hears the Italian team is coming to Indiana for a major bicycle race. He's less excited when the cutters get entered into the Indiana University Little 500 bicycle race, but events soon change his mind about that.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (for Barrie) and Best Adapted Score. While it was well received by critics, it wasn't a big hit at the box office, but it has become a favorite over the years, usually showing up on lists of best sports movies and most inspirational movies.
 Breaking Away
fetched
 2018-10-13T08:48:28Z
 Breaking Away
parsed
 2020-06-25T17:20:05Z
 Breaking Away
isPartOf
 DBTropes
 Breaking Away / int_bc74ef27
type
 Berserk Button
 Breaking Away / int_bc74ef27
comment
 Berserk Button: Do not, under any circumstances, make fun of Moocher's height. Especially don't call him "Shorty". Don't invade Mike's swimming hole. Don't serve Ray any "ini" food. And above all, don't tell him he should give a refund for a bad car (REFUND?!?).
 Breaking Away / int_bc74ef27
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Breaking Away / int_bc74ef27
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Breaking Away / int_bc74ef27
 Breaking Away / int_f6e10f3e
type
 Big-Lipped Alligator Moment
 Breaking Away / int_f6e10f3e
comment
 Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: In-universe:
 Breaking Away / int_f6e10f3e
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Breaking Away / int_f6e10f3e
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Breaking Away / int_f6e10f3e
 Breaking Away / int_name
type
 ItemName
 Breaking Away / int_name
comment
 Breaking Away / int_name
featureApplicability
 1.0
 Breaking Away / int_name
featureConfidence
 1.0
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Breaking Away / int_name
 Breaking Away / int_name
itemName
 Breaking Away

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 BreakingAway
sameAs
 Breaking Away
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Babies Ever After / int_2535fc8b
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Conversational Troping / int_2535fc8b
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Fauxreigner / int_2535fc8b
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Honest John's Dealership / int_2535fc8b
 Breaking Away
hasFeature
 Serenade Your Lover / int_2535fc8b