{"id":8936,"date":"2015-01-31T17:42:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T01:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2015-01-31T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T01:43:11","slug":"review-breakingaway-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/01\/review-breakingaway-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Breaking Away BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Breaking Away<\/em><\/strong> is a well done coming-of-age drama featuring four solid performances from up-and-comers and excellent direction by Peter Yates. The Blu-ray released by Twilight Time offers adequate video\/audio transfers and a nice commentary track in the bonus material department.<\/p>\n

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Breaking Away<\/span>
\n(1979)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama
\nTwilight Time | PG \u2013 101 min. \u2013 $29.95 | January 20, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/strong>Peter Yates
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Steve Tesich (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, Robyn Douglass<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, TV Promos, Theatrical Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>26.2 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Breaking Away<\/em><\/strong> is an endearing coming-of-age story about a quartet of recent high school graduates\u2014working class \u201ctownie\u201d kids in the university town of Bloomington, Indiana\u2014trying to sort out their possibilities. Dave (DENNIS CHRISTOPHER), Mike (DENNIS QUAID), Cyril (DANIEL STERN and Moocher (JACKIE EARLE HALEY) are a group coming to terms with their outsider status and realizing that they won\u2019t be able to depend on each other forever.<\/p>\n

Director David Yates gives a sunlit interpretation of Steve Tesich\u2019s Oscar-winning screenplay, which zeroes in on Dave, his eternally exasperated father (PAUL DOOLEY), and his understanding mother (BARBARA BARRIE), the result is a film that presents us with the Middle America of all our dreams.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Inside the case is the regular 6-page essay booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Actor\/Star Dennis Christopher and Film Historians, and Twilight Time regulars, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman, provide an insightful track outlying the themes of Breaking Away<\/em><\/strong> as Christopher also recounts his time on location.<\/p>\n

Academy Booster (0:32; SD)<\/span><\/strong> and Road to Adulthood (0:32; SD)<\/span><\/strong> are short television promos and Dennis Christopher\u2019s Fellini Story (12:53)<\/span><\/strong> is an audio-only (presumably) radio interview.<\/p>\n

Theatrical Trailer (2:57; SD)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Breaking Away<\/em><\/strong> was released through Twilight Time presented with a 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. While this film is going on 35 years, it\u2019s not the prettiest looking picture where definition can be a tad soft, even with close-up shots, and colors are a bit drab and not entirely bright. Still, for a movie that might never had looked the best, and rather than unnecessarily spending a boatload of money for a full restoration, it\u2019s as good as it\u2019ll ever look.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The movie comes with an adequate if not underwhelming DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 track. Considering the bulk of the movie is dialogue, that element comes through well enough although at times it wasn\u2019t the clearest audio I\u2019ve come across. The track on the whole doesn\u2019t have much depth but it\u2019s not necessary for a film like this.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Breaking Away<\/em><\/strong> is a well done coming-of-age drama featuring four solid performances from up-and-comers and excellent direction by Peter Yates. The Blu-ray released by Twilight Time offers adequate video\/audio transfers and a nice commentary track in the bonus material department.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>01\/31\/2015<\/p>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n