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Synopsis: Best friends Dave, Mike, Cyril and Moocher have just graduated from high school. Living in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, they are considered "cutters": the working class of the town so named since most of the middle aged generation, such as their parents, worked at the local limestone quarry, which is now a swimming hole. There is great animosity between the cutters and the generally wealthy Indiana University students, each group who have their own turf in town. The dichotomy is that the limestone was used to build the university, which is now seen as being too good for the locals who built it. Although each of the four is a totally different personality from the other three, they also have in common the fact of being unfocused and unmotivated in life. The one slight exception is Dave. Although he has no job and doesn't know what to do with his life, he is a champion bicycle racer. He idolizes the Italian cycling team so much he pretends to be Italian, much to the chagrin
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Peter Yates
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
91
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG
Year:
1979
101 min
1,068 Views


Buon giorno, Papa!

Come stai?

Friend of yours?

Aren't you glad

we got fired from the A & P?

I mean, right now,

we'd be working.

We didn't get fired, Mike.

You got fired. We quit.

All for one and one for all.

You know, there ain't many places

that are gonna hire all four of us.

You know what I'd like to be?

Smart.

[Laughs]

A cartoon of some kind.

Wouldn't that be great?

You know, when they get

hit on the head with a frying pan...

and their head looks like the frying

pan with the handle and everything?

Then they go boing and...

their head

comes back to normal.

Wouldn't that

be great?

How did you get to be

so stupid, Cyril?

I don't know.

Guess I have a dumb heredity.

What's your excuse, Michael?

[ Chuckles ]

You hear from your folks, Mooch?

Yeah, my dad called. He says there's

a lot more jobs in Chicago.

He hasn't gotten anything yet,

though.

Wanted to know

if the house was sold.

Hmm. He could use the money

something fierce.

You can come live with me

when it's sold.

In Italy, everybody lives together.

[Chuckles] Since you won that Italian

bike, man, you've been acting weird.

You're really getting to think

you're Italian, aren't you?

I wouldn't mind thinking

I was somebody myself.

I think the door's stuck

on that icebox.

I can't see him!

Oh, yoo-hoo! lt's got no back on it.

[Laughs]

Funny sh*t.

Funny.

[ Hooting ]

[Chattering ]

What the hell are they doing here?

[Girls Cheer And Clap]

I've never seen anybody

dive off from up there.

Hey, you bastards!

Who's that?

Hey, cutters!

They got indoor and outdoor pools on

campus, and they got to come here.

It's my goddamn quarry.

This hole, this quarry hole is mine!

Hey, screw you, Cyril.

Come on.

Let's get out of here.

[ Mike] If they're gonna come here,

then we're gonna go to their campus.

[Tires Screech ]

Going to college must do something

to girls' tits, I swear.

Just look at 'em.

Hi there!

What's your major?

[Whistles Blowing ]

Sure look like

they've got it made.

That's because they're rich.

Italians are poor,

but they're happy.

Yeah, maybe in Italy.

Whoa! Whoo!

Hey, good one, Kath.

Go!

Rod, here.

I wonder what it's like to kiss a coed.

Wonder about that a lot.

Whoa!

Hey!

[Tires Screech ]

[Laughs]

[ Rod ]

Come on!

Hey, that bastard's giving us

the finger.

[ Mooch ]

Hey, we're on their turf, Mike.

Come on!

Dumb-ass cutters!

Goddamn bastard-Ilickiin' retards!

Number 1, move!

Hut! 18! Hut!

[Whistle Blows]

I used to think I was

a great quarterback in high school.

Still think so too.

Can't even bring myself

to light a cigarette...

'cause I keep thinking

I got to stay in shape.

Know what really gets me though?

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Steve Tesich

Stojan Steve Tesich (Serbian: Стојан Стив Тешић, Stojan Stiv Tešić; September 29, 1942 – July 1, 1996) was a Serbian American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the movie Breaking Away. more…

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