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Synopsis: This story of four working-class kids in a small industrial town--who go their separate ways after high school in the innocence of 1961 and come together again at the end of the turbulent Sixties--is as much about the coming of age of America as it is about the changes the characters go through. The four friends of the title are thoughtful Danilo, a Yugoslavian immigrant with dreams of being a writer and a scholar; Tom, good-looking and athletic, who is bound for the army; cautious David who has mixed feelings about staying in town and joining the family mortuary business; and lovely, ditzy, exasperating Georgia, who tries to inspire all of them with her longings for a life of Bohemian adventure. It is told through the eyes of Danilo, whose story is loosely based on the writer Tesich's own life growing up in Bloomington, Indiana.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Arthur Penn
Production: Filmways Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1981
114 min
103 Views


we have to stop.

And if we can't find it, let's just keep going.

We can hardly do that.

Then why did you ask me, kiddo?

And what kind of funeral arrangements...

did you make with your father

to get this car, kiddo?

I made a decision.

My days as a virgin are drawing to a close.

And away we go.

Danilo.

Hi. Look at the moon, Danilo.

- It's nice.

- "Nice"? Puppy dogs are nice.

A moon like this is... beautiful.

"And I, like the tide, am moved by the moon

"moaning with desire"

I wrote that.

That's real nice. Beautiful.

I feel inspired.

I can't finish my poem

till I know what love is...

and I came here to find out.

Help me in.

No, we can't. My father's room

is right next to mine and he's asleep.

Let him sleep. We'll do it quietly.

It's a big step.

I love big steps, love them.

That word "love" keeps coming up.

No, Georgia. We can't do this.

We can't. Not now, not like this.

We're not even...

Not with you.

No.

I felt like Christmas all the way here.

I was bringing you a gift

and you don't want it.

- Well, I...

- You'll be sorry, Danilo.

The moment's gone.

- No.

- Lower your shade more.

Damn!

Since we are justifiably proud to be called

the Steel Capital of the Nation...

it gives me great pride to present

Mr. Jack Bellknap...

representing the steel companies

of America.

Thank you.

I don't think it's an exaggeration at all...

to begin by saying that

America was built by steel.

That is not an exaggeration, it's a lie.

America was not built!

It grew out of a dream. This is a school!

It's an institution of learning!

It is not an employment agency!

- Tell it to him!

- Fellow students...

don't be misled by those people.

We're not fodder for their mills.

We're seekers of destiny...

- with a spark of genius inside each of us!

- Get him out.

They've turned this temple of knowledge

into a den of thieves!

Hallelujah, brother Danilo!

...that free men might serve in bondage.

- Let us get quiet.

- Just forget him. He's a foreigner.

Sit down! Jack.

As I was saying...

the steel industry offers job opportunities

for all of us.

No more

Hit the road, Jack

and don't you come back no more

Girl, what you say?

Hit the road, Jack

and don't you come back no more, no more

Hit the road, Jack

and don't you come back no more

Let's get quiet.

Please! Not at table.

Bigmouth in school.

He thinks he's better.

He thinks he's better than I am.

You are not better.

You are nothing.

You make me humiliated.

Son who is a Communist.

They tell me at factory.

Fight back!

You coward.

Fight back!

You are like many of them I knew.

You want to hide from life...

but life will find you, you will see...

and step on you.

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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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