Steve Tesich’s Breaking Away (1979) and American Flyers (1985)
Reviews of Steve Tesich’s two cycling films, the Oscar-winning Breaking Away (1979) on Blu from Twilight Time, and American Flyers (1985) on DVD from Warner Home Video.
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BR: Breaking Away (1979)
Dubbed by one of the film’s actors as a production akin to ‘catching lightening in a bottle’ and transcending box office odds by being unconventional and critically and financially successful, Breaking Away is also the classic sleeper hit – a movie that few expected would become not only popular, but remain beloved more that 35 years since its theatrical release…
DVD: American Flyers (1985)
Whether screenwriter Steve Tesich was compelled to revisit the world of cycling or was lured by producers to pen a script building on the success of his Oscar-winning Breaking Away (1979), the resulting American Flyers may have been a modest success upon its original release but…
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