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Point Break

Point Break is a 1991 American action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey and Lori Petty. The title refers to the surfing term "point break", where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. The film features Reeves as an undercover FBI agent who…

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Box office
$83.5 million
Budget
$24 million
Cinematography
Donald Peterman
Country
United States
Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
Distributed by
20th Century Fox

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Point Break

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Point Break

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related to Legacy · 18
Point Break → Although, Assassin's Creed IV, Best Surfing Scenes, Black Flag, Bodhi, Edward Kenway, Entertainment Weekly, Furious, Paul Walker, Reeves, Rolling Stone, Swayze, Swayze's, The Daily Telegraph, The Fast, Ubisoft, Vibe, Western
related to Critical response · 15
Point Break → Absurd, Audiences, Bigelow, Chicago Sun-Times, CinemaScore, Ebert's, Gene Siskel, Metacritic, On, On Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert, She, The, They, TV
related to In popular culture · 15
Point Break → Between, Hot Fuzz, In The Avengers, In Thor, JAWNY, Johnny Utah, Nick Frost's, Quinjet, Ragnarok, Stark, Swayze's, Thor, Thor's, Tony Stark, Utah
related to Home media · 13
Point Break → Blu-ray, December, DVD, Fox Video, It, January, July, October, Shout Factory's Shout Select, The, Ultra HD Blu-Ray, United States, VHS
related to Box office · 11
Point Break → Bigelow's, Boyz, Hood, James Cameron, Judgment Day's, July, North America, One Dalmatians, One Hundred, Terminator, With
related to Score album · 8
Point Break → Bigelow, Dan Goldwasser, Isham, It, La-La Land Records, Mark Isham's, On February, This
related to Remake · 6
Point Break → Alcon Entertainment, BoJesse Christopher, Ex-Presidents, FBI, James LeGros, Warner Bros
Starring · 4
Point Break → Gary Busey, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Patrick Swayze
related to External links · 4
Point Break → Box Office MojoPoint Break, IMDbPoint Break, Metacritic, Rotten TomatoesPoint Break
Produced by · 2
Point Break → Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy

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film utah break point bodhi swayze reeves fbi bigelow iliff surfing released wrote peter johnny surfers 1991 bank script million

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Point BreakBox office$83.5 million1.00infobox
Point BreakBudget$24 million1.00infobox
Point BreakCinematographyDonald Peterman1.00infobox
Point BreakCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Point BreakDirected byKathryn Bigelow1.00infobox
Point BreakDistributed by20th Century Fox1.00infobox
Point BreakEdited byHoward Smith1.00infobox
Point BreakLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Point BreakMusic byMark Isham1.00infobox
Point BreakProduced byPeter Abrams1.00infobox
Point BreakProduced byRobert L. Levy1.00infobox
Point BreakProduction companiesLargo Entertainment1.00infobox
Point BreakProduction companiesJohnny Utah Productions1.00infobox
Point BreakRelease datesJuly 10, 1991 (1991-07-10) (Westwood)1.00infobox
Point BreakRelease datesJuly 12, 1991 (1991-07-12) (United States)1.00infobox
Point BreakRunning time122 minutes1.00infobox
Point BreakScreenplay byW. Peter Iliff[a]1.00infobox
Point BreakStarringKeanu Reeves1.00infobox
Point BreakStarringPatrick Swayze1.00infobox
Point BreakStarringGary Busey1.00infobox
Point BreakStarringLori Petty1.00infobox
Point BreakStory byRick King1.00infobox
Point BreakStory byW. Peter Iliff1.00infobox
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