高校を卒業したばかりのデイブ（19歳）は、自転車レースに夢中になっている青年。仲間は、ひょうきんなシリル、心優しいが短気なムーチャー、そして運動神経抜群で気の強いが根は良いマイクの3人。デイブはイタリアの自転車レーサーたちに憧れ、彼らのように走ることを夢見て、イタリア語やイタリア文化にまでのめり込む。その奇妙な情熱は、友人や両親の困惑と苛立ちを招くが、彼の情熱は冷めることがない。
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監督: Peter Yates
脚本: スティーヴ・テシック
音楽: Patrick Williams
制作: Peter Yates
撮影監督: Matthew F. Leonetti
制作会社: 20th Century Fox
**_Hanging out at the local quarry the year after high school and much more_** The son of a working class family in Bloomington (Christopher Dennis) is obsessed with Italy and bicycling as he hangs with his three “cutter” buds (Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley and Daniel Stern). He deals with his amusing parents (Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie) while chasing a college lass (Robyn Douglass). Everything leads to the Little 500 bicyclist race at Indiana University. “Breaking Away” (1979) wisely focuses on the characters rather than bicycling and is comparable to “Dead Poets Society” from a decade later. It’s a coming-of-age drama with lighthearted bits, but it’s definitely not a comedy, as I’ve seen it wrongly designated. It’s about young people facing the rest of their lives just after high school and trying to figure out what they’re going to do with their lives. I can relate because, when I was 19, I spent the entire summer bicycling the landscapes. The longest day-trip I took was 60 miles. I was starting to think I was hot stuff until I met a fellow cyclist the next day who was traveling across several states. The scriptwriter graduated from Indiana University in 1965 and drew from his experiences there for the story. The protagonist was modeled after David K. Blase, who had an Italian fixation and led his team to victory in the Little 500. It runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot in Bloomington, Indiana, as well as nearby highway 37 (due south of there). GRADE: B
