Breaking Away (1979 film)
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Breaking Away (1979 film) is a 1979 coming-of-age sports comedy-drama about a group of working-class friends in Indiana, centered on a bicycle-obsessed teen confronting class divisions and personal identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Breaking Away (1979 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9340840 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Breaking Away (1979 film) Context triple: [Jackie Earle Haley, workedOn, Breaking Away (1979 film)]
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A.
Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age teen comedy film directed by John Hughes that follows a girl whose sixteenth birthday is overshadowed by her sister’s wedding and family chaos.
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B.
A Break Away!
A Break Away! is a famous 1891 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts that vividly depicts a mob of sheep being driven to water during a drought, and is considered a landmark work of Australian Impressionism.
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C.
Night Moves
"Night Moves" is a 1976 rock album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band that became his commercial breakthrough and features the nostalgic title track often regarded as one of his signature songs.
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D.
Night Moves
Night Moves is a 1975 neo-noir mystery film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Gene Hackman as a private detective drawn into a complex and morally ambiguous case.
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E.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 coming-of-age teen comedy film, based on Cameron Crowe’s book, that became a cult classic and helped launch the careers of several young actors including Sean Penn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Breaking Away (1979 film) Target entity description: Breaking Away (1979 film) is a 1979 coming-of-age sports comedy-drama about a group of working-class friends in Indiana, centered on a bicycle-obsessed teen confronting class divisions and personal identity.
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A.
Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age teen comedy film directed by John Hughes that follows a girl whose sixteenth birthday is overshadowed by her sister’s wedding and family chaos.
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B.
A Break Away!
A Break Away! is a famous 1891 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts that vividly depicts a mob of sheep being driven to water during a drought, and is considered a landmark work of Australian Impressionism.
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C.
Night Moves
"Night Moves" is a 1976 rock album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band that became his commercial breakthrough and features the nostalgic title track often regarded as one of his signature songs.
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D.
Night Moves
Night Moves is a 1975 neo-noir mystery film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Gene Hackman as a private detective drawn into a complex and morally ambiguous case.
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E.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 coming-of-age teen comedy film, based on Cameron Crowe’s book, that became a cult classic and helped launch the careers of several young actors including Sean Penn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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sports film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Steve Tesich ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Matthew F. Leonetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Peter Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | Cynthia Scheider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Bloomington, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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coming-of-age ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptation | Breaking Away (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cyril
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Stoller NERFINISHED ⓘ Enrico Gismondi NERFINISHED ⓘ Evelyn Stoller NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike NERFINISHED ⓘ Moocher NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor ⓘ Ray Stoller NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Patrick Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Director
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Amy Wright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barbara Barrie NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Stern NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Quaid NERFINISHED ⓘ Hart Bochner NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackie Earle Haley NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ P. J. Soles NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dooley NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Maloney NERFINISHED ⓘ Robyn Douglass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-07-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Steve Tesich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Bloomington, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportDepicted | bicycle racing ⓘ |
| theme |
class divisions
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coming of age ⓘ friendship ⓘ personal identity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Breaking Away (1979 film) Description of subject: Breaking Away (1979 film) is a 1979 coming-of-age sports comedy-drama about a group of working-class friends in Indiana, centered on a bicycle-obsessed teen confronting class divisions and personal identity.
Referenced by (2)
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