in July of that year Breaking Away was first showing in Colorado Springs. As a cyclist at the time, I was all in. I was passionate about riding, and anything to do with cycling, I would watch. The movie was more that I ever expected. It was NOT just movie about a bike race. It was much more. 
Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern), and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley)—known as “Cutters,” a term referring to the local stonecutting industry. (That term was invented for the film because the real-world pejorative “stonies” was deemed at the time unusable for its perceived link to marijuana.)
romance her. One evening, he serenades “Caterina” outside her sorority house by singing Friedrich von Flotow‘s aria M Apparì Tutt’ Amor, with Cyril providing guitar accompaniment. 
The climax of Breaking Away centers around the Little 500, a real-life bicycle race at Indiana University. The race becomes a metaphor for overcoming societal divisions and personal limitations, culminating in an exhilarating and emotional finish that underscores the film’s themes of perseverance and unity.
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