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Breaking Away

Breaking Away is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. The film stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern (in his film debut), Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara…

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Box office
$20 million
Budget
$2.3 million
Cinematography
Matthew F. Leonetti
Country
United States
Directed by
Peter Yates
Distributed by
20th Century-Fox

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Breaking Away

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Breaking Away

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related to Reception · 16
Breaking Away → Critic Dave Kehr, Dennis Christopher, Here, However, It, Janet Maslin, Movies, Paul Dooley, Pauline Kael, Peter Yates, Released, Roger Ebert, The, The New York Times's, The New Yorker, Variety
related to External links · 10
Breaking Away → AFI Catalog, Bambino, Box Office MojoBreaking Away, Feature FilmsBreaking Away, IMDbBreaking Away, June, Original, Rotten TomatoesGoogle Maps, Steve Tesich, TCM Movie Database
related to Legacy · 9
Breaking Away → Ashton, Barrie, Cutters, Haley, One, Shaun Cassidy, Stay Positive, The, The Hold Steady
related to Editing · 5
Breaking Away → Batteries Not Included, Cynthia Scheider, The Men's Club, Trace, Without
is a · 3
Breaking Away → 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich, delightful treat, thoroughly delightful light comedy
Box office · 1
Breaking Away → $20 million
Budget · 1
Breaking Away → $2.3 million
Cinematography · 1
Breaking Away → Matthew F. Leonetti
Country · 1
Breaking Away → United States
Directed by · 1
Breaking Away → Peter Yates

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Breaking AwayBox office$20 million1.00infobox
Breaking AwayBudget$2.3 million1.00infobox
Breaking AwayCinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti1.00infobox
Breaking AwayCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Breaking AwayDirected byPeter Yates1.00infobox
Breaking AwayDistributed by20th Century-Fox1.00infobox
Breaking AwayEdited byCynthia Scheider1.00infobox
Breaking AwayLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Breaking AwayMusic byPatrick Williams1.00infobox
Breaking AwayProduced byPeter Yates1.00infobox
Breaking AwayRelease dateJuly 13, 1979 (1979-07-13)1.00infobox
Breaking AwayRunning time101 minutes1.00infobox
Breaking AwayStarringDennis Christopher Dennis Quaid Daniel Stern Jackie Earle Haley Barbara Barrie Paul Dooley Robyn Douglass1.00infobox
Breaking AwayWritten bySteve Tesich1.00infobox
Breaking Awayis a1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich0.90text
Breaking Awayis athoroughly delightful light comedy0.90text
Breaking Awayis adelightful treat0.90text

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