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Breaking Away won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Tesich, and received nominations in four other categories, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Barrie). It also won the 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best Film
1979 Peter Yates: Breaking Away: Nominated 1980 Timothy Burrill Tess: Nominated Shared with Claude Berri. 1981 David Puttnam Chariots of Fire: Won 1982 Richard Attenborough: Gandhi: Won 1983 Peter Yates The Dresser: Nominated 1984 David Puttnam The Killing Fields: Nominated John Brabourne Richard Goodwin: A Passage to India: Nominated 1986 ...
Nominations Title 8 Kramer vs. Kramer: 6 Being There: 5 The China Syndrome: The Rose: 10: 4 Apocalypse Now: Breaking Away: Starting Over: 3 Norma Rae: 2 The Champ: Chapter Two: Hair: Ice Castles: A Little Romance: Promises in the Dark: Yanks
Like any self-respecting Hoosier, I hold a tremendous amount of affection for "Breaking Away," the Oscar-winning 1979 coming-of-age film about the Little 500 bike race at Indiana University.It's ...
In September 1979, the academy hired film producer Howard W. Koch to produce the telecast for the sixth time. [17] Upon being named producer, Koch responded in a press release, stating, "I plan to involve all the professional and creative talents of the motion picture community in this program, as the Academy Awards, in the public's mind ...
Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) [1] is an American actor and director. [2] His earliest roles included Moocher in Breaking Away (1979) and Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears (1976), The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978).
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) [1] is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in Breaking Away (1979), The Right Stuff (1983), The Big Easy (1986), Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire!
Jones was the first African American to pen the score for a major motion picture, 1964’s “The Pawnbroker,” and went on to receive seven Oscar nominations for best original score and song.