One of my favorite coming of age movies filmed in Bloomington in the late 70's. Love their school song. I hope they play it ad we pummel them.
OT: Breaking Away
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Definitely one of those "under the radar" movies that you don't realize how good it is, until you watch it some years later.
I heard one of the Cutters would later get arrested in Illinois as part of the infamous Wet Bandits crime duo.
While not exactly a "True Story" - it is deeply rooted in real experiences and events - they really did have a regular "Little 500" bicycle race at IU
- have a friend who was there at the time - told me that the movie used all of the regular participating frats as 'extras' to comprise the racing field - but his frat team was really good & got replaced by the actors playing the dominant 'frat team' .
- have a friend who was there at the time - told me that the movie used all of the regular participating frats as 'extras' to comprise the racing field - but his frat team was really good & got replaced by the actors playing the dominant 'frat team' .
I remember once I was inside the IU student Union building and there was a framed photo of a guy holding up an Oscar. It was STeve Tesich.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Tesich
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Tesich
Classic!
Funny... I always think Jim Mora was channeling the "Refund! Refund!" line in Breaking Away when he was replying to the playoffs questions in his press conference...
My daughter lived in the sorority house where they filmed the scene of Dave serenading Katherine. The House is located on E. 3rd Street.
Something that I just learned recently, is that the actor who played the lead frat guy later played Ellis on Die Hard.
Hans bubby...
Hans bubby...
I was in high school when this movie came out. I remember seeing it with a female acquaintance of mine, who happened to be wearing a denim skirt and button-down blouse for the occasion.
Basketball flick, right?
Basketball flick, right?
I remember when Olympic 10,000m runner, Billy Mills, showed up for his college work study groundskeeper job only to find out that the sprinklers in the football stadium we're on a timer. Later on, he slept with his TA, between practices with Penny Hardaway and Shaq.
"With a red hot poker..."
odd - that same guy got tangled up in a botched attempt to fix a championship game for the Celtics ...
If you become an All-American, they'll pay you to keep alligators out of the gym.
OK, imagine that soft feminine voice of Robby Benson, disturbing in its Marilyn Monroe-like quality, leaning in from across the desk to say this to The Godfather senator from Nevada turned basketball coach:
“Coach, about the scholarship. All the way up with a red hot poker. I can play anywhere I want.”
One on One was pretty bad compared to BA...but I still watched it a few times...those movies always suck me in...
One movie that wasn't so good but I always liked a lot was Vision Quest...not
sure why but a real coming of age favorite way back...hell Madonna wasn't even a hag yet in it...
One movie that wasn't so good but I always liked a lot was Vision Quest...not
sure why but a real coming of age favorite way back...hell Madonna wasn't even a hag yet in it...
Great flick and those IU students were such dicks in the film, so this is payback for the Cutters!
Movie came out in 1979, sophomore year in HS. My best friend Jon was training to race bicycles. He wanted to be the first American to win the Tour de France. Kid could fly. Was so strong he cracked a couple of cranks, and wore out bottom bracket races.
Breaking Away was his movie. We saw it at least three times that year. On 08NOV79, a Thursday and teacher work day/no school, we were supposed to go on a traing ride at 9:00am. I overslept, he went without me. He was killed on Jockey Hollow Road by an 18 wheeler that morning. I had a hard time watching the movie about 10 years ago. Sorry for being a downer, but a great movie for sure.
Breaking Away was his movie. We saw it at least three times that year. On 08NOV79, a Thursday and teacher work day/no school, we were supposed to go on a traing ride at 9:00am. I overslept, he went without me. He was killed on Jockey Hollow Road by an 18 wheeler that morning. I had a hard time watching the movie about 10 years ago. Sorry for being a downer, but a great movie for sure.
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