Breaking Away is a 1979 film which tells the story of a group of local boys from Bloomington, Indiana who put together a bicycle racing team to compete against teams from Indiana University. It stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie and Paul Dooley. The movie was written by Steve Tesich and directed by Peter Yates.

It is the story of four teenagers who are out of high school and not sure what they want to do with their lives. They live in a college town and are often getting into fights with some of the male college students. In an effort to beat a group of frat boys at their own game, the four guys race in the IU Little 500. They race under the name "Cutters" in reference to stonecutters who worked in the limestone quarries in southern Indiana.

It won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Barbara Barrie), Best Director, Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score and Best Picture.

In 1980, a television series version of Breaking Away was released. It starred Shaun Cassidy, Vincent Gardenia, Barbara Barrie, Jackie Earle Haley, Thom Bray and Tom Wiggin.

The Little 500, the bicycle race that forms the centerpiece of the plot, is an actual race held annually at IU.

The film shows a harsh relationship between the students of IU and the people of the town.

Where the Cutters go to swim is known as the "Quarries", where the limestone quarries used to be but now are abandoned and filled with water. It is illegal to swim there, as well as highly unsanitary because of the water. However, diving and swimming there is a tradition of the students as something IU students must do before they graduate.

The film holds the 8th place on the List of America's 100 Most Inspiring Movies arranged by The American Film Institute in 2006.

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1979 films | Sports films | Best Picture Academy Award nominees | Comedy-drama films | Coming-of-age films | 1980s TV shows in the United States | ABC network shows | Fox Television Studios shows

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