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37-450: It was written by Steve Tesich . Sports physician Marcus Sommers visits his family in St. Louis, Missouri , after being away a long time. Marcus immediately gets into a fight with his mother over the way she handled the death of his father from a cerebral aneurysm . Marcus asks his brother David to come back to Madison with him to spend time together. With the history of cerebral aneurysm in

74-517: A "Hell of the West" video of a past race in which Marcus points out the moment he quit mid-race. Marcus tells them that he got so good at quitting that no one can tell anymore. Marcus convinces David to embark on a cross-country journey to the bicycle race "Hell of the West" in Colorado along with Sarah. They camp and David asks Marcus about a cure for an aneurysm and Marcus tells him surgery would destroy

111-758: A BA in Russian. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He went on to do graduate work at Columbia University , receiving an MA in Russian Literature in 1967. After graduation, he worked as a Department of Welfare caseworker in Brooklyn, New York in 1968. He began his career as a playwright with the 1969 play The Predators , which was staged as a workshop production at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. In

148-487: A large rock and threatens him with it. Impressed, Becky keeps the rock. In the three-stage race in the Rockies, with mountain and prairie backdrops, the brothers compete against the world's top cyclists on dangerous roads at breakneck speeds. Marcus gets a flat tire which Sarah and Becky repair while riders flash by. Marcus heroically regains his place at the front of the race and wins the first stage against Muzzin and Belov

185-449: A limited release on 16 August 1985 and grossed $ 1.4 million in the US. As of April 2022, American Flyers had a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 21 reviews, with an average score of 5.6/10. The site consensus reads: " American Flyers shifts between family drama and cycling action gears with enough strength to make this inspirational sports picture more than pedestrian". A soundtrack of

222-530: A long-distance bicycle race in the Colorado Rockies. His final screenplay was for the 1985 film Eleni , starring John Malkovich , Kate Nelligan , and Linda Hunt , based on the Nicholas Gage book, also directed by Peter Yates. His novel Karoo was published posthumously in 1998. Arthur Miller described the novel: "Fascinating—a real satiric invention full of wise outrage." The novel

259-518: A photograph. In addition, multiple World Championships and Grand Tour winning cyclist Eddy Merckx has a cameo as himself. The 7-Eleven team that is featured in the movie was a real life team that competed in the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the 1980s. The team was later sponsored by Motorola. Much of the race action was filmed at the Coors Classic , a now-defunct stage race that

296-401: Is coming out of his nose and ears. Marcus starts to wobble on his bike and realizes he's had an aneurysm. He signals for Sarah and Becky in the team van to help him as he struggles to stay on his bike on the winding road. Sarah grabs Marcus from his bike before his bike soars over the edge of the cliff. The pack of riders catches up to David and he finishes third in stage two. Becky finds David in

333-613: The rainbow jersey in races of that category (either mass start or time trial) until the next championships. It currently includes the following championships: Former events: The first world championships took place in 1921, though the only event that was contested was the men's road race for amateurs . The first professional world championship took place in July 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany where Italian Alfredo Binda won

370-685: The 1970s, he wrote a series of plays that were staged at The American Place Theatre in New York City. The first of these plays, The Carpenters , premiered during the 1970-1971 season. Baba Goya made its debut at the theater in May 1973; the cast included Olympia Dukakis and John Randolph . Later that year, the play was staged at the Cherry Lane Theatre under a different name ( Nourish the Beast ). The play The Carpenters starring Vincent Gardenia , Jon Korkes , and Kitty Winn , presented on

407-589: The Ambassador Theatre in New York City on October 8, 1980. The production starred John Lithgow and Keene Curtis . It closed after 21 performances. The play was revived in 1987 at the Second Stage, with Saul Rubinek in the lead role. Tesich reunited with Peter Yates , the director of Breaking Away , on the 1981 thriller Eyewitness starring Sigourney Weaver , William Hurt , Morgan Freeman , and Christopher Plummer . His next screenplay

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444-499: The Hollywood Television Theatre's Conflicts series, was shown on PBS on December 19, 1973 in a telecast from 8:30-9:30 PM EST. The theme of the play, directed by Norman Lloyd , was the disintegration of an American family divided by the generation gap. John Randolph , Eileen Brennan , and John Beck starred in the comedy Nourish the Beast on PBS on Thursday, February 12, 1974, also presented as part of

481-568: The Hollywood Television Theatre's Conflicts series. The play, also directed by Norman Lloyd, is about a dysfunctional family headed by the eccentric Baba Goya who confronts crises with her husband, son, and daughter. Tesich's screenplay for Breaking Away (1979) had its origins in his college years. He had been an alternate rider in 1962 for the Phi Kappa Psi team in the Little 500 bicycle race. Teammate Dave Blase rode 139 of 200 laps and

518-470: The Russian Olympic winner. Following the race, Muzzin berates a female reporter for her part in pushing for the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Struggling to make the cut David is crashed into by another rider and his bike is damaged. Marcus, watching from the finish line, tells David to pick up his bike and run with it. David crosses the finish line holding his bike and making the cut for

555-608: The Sommers family, their mother is concerned that the condition may now be affecting David as well. Marcus convinces David to undergo testing at his sports medicine center. Before the test starts David says that he just wants to go one second longer than Marcus. David breaks Marcus' record as Marcus begins cheering him on with everyone else in the room. David overhears a conversation in which Marcus says that he does not want to worry David about something. David assumes that he does have an aneurysm. Marcus shows David and his girlfriend Sarah

592-497: The annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial , and as of 2019 , a mixed team relay . All the world championship events are ridden by national teams, not trade teams such as in most other major races. The winner of each category is entitled to wear

629-422: The brain's vital functions. Later, David runs into a hitchhiker named Becky at McDonald's and asks her to join them. The brothers practice "shake and break" and how to trick cowboys in a bike v. horse race. Following a flat tire, Sarah and Becky get an unwelcome visit from Sarah's ex-husband Muzzin and his friend Jerome who are also Marcus's old cycling rivals. Muzzin crosses the line with Sarah and she picks up

666-408: The crowd and tells him what happened to Marcus. Struggling, David and Marcus say they love each other. David faces a dilemma: to quit and look after his brother, or continue to defy the odds and win the race. David and Marcus decide to stay in the race. Becky comforts Sarah outside the hospital by showing Sarah the rock Becky saved. David and Marcus' mother shows up at the race and rides with Marcus in

703-669: The film was released in 1985. The main theme "Hell of the West" was played as the introduction music of the title sequence when ABC Sports in the United States broadcast the International Race of Champions from 1987 to 1997 on tape-delay. Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac was approached to record a song for the soundtrack; "Slow Down" was recorded but ultimately not used in the film. Steve Tesich Stojan Steve Tesich ( Serbian : Стојан Стив Тешић , Stojan Stiv Tešić ; September 29, 1942 – July 1, 1996)

740-589: The finish. David crosses the line first but has to wait to see when Muzzin finishes because of Muzzin's 11-second advantage from stage two. Muzzin struggles to the finish line and looks at the clock show 11 seconds as he crosses the line. The crowd erupts to celebrate David's victory. David celebrates with his mom, Sarah and Becky. David looks for Marcus in the crowd and sees him alone watching David. David walks over and hugs Marcus. Marcus sees his mother watching and he motions for her to come over to them finally forgiving her. Marcus, David and their mom hug and then smile for

777-536: The following awards for the Breaking Away screenplay in 1979: He also received a nomination in 1980 for a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay-Motion Picture. In 2005, the Ministry of Religion and Diaspora established the annual Stojan—Steve Tešić Award , to be awarded to the writers of Serbian origin that write in other languages. UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are

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814-584: The latter part of course is usually held on a circuit, of which the riders complete multiple laps. The world championship road race and two of the three Grand Tours (namely the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France ) form the Triple Crown of Cycling . Note: Not held from 1939 to 1945 because of World War II . Medal table includes only medals achieved in senior events . Mixed nation team events such as

851-442: The men's team time trial. In 2012, the men's team time trial was reinstated, and a women's team time trial added to the program; both were contested by trade teams. In 2019, the team time trial events for men and women were replaced by a mixed relay team time trial. Until 1995, there were separate races for male professional and amateur riders. In 1996, the amateur category was replaced with a category for men under-23 years old, with

888-419: The next stage. Marcus shows David where the checkpoints are located on the race course. If David can cross all the checkpoints first he'll make up the time he's behind the leaders of the race after stage one. David breaks away during the second stage and crosses the first checkpoint to gain 30 seconds on his time. He then crosses the other checkpoints to gain 2 minutes on his time. Meanwhile, Marcus notices blood

925-509: The professional category becoming an open (later elite) category. Since 1995 until 2022, the event has been held towards the end of the European season in late September, usually following the Vuelta a España . Before that, the event had always been a summer race, held in late August or the first week of September (except for 1970, when it was a mid-season summer event). An exception to this

962-464: The professional men's race and Belgian Jean Aerts won the men's amateur race. The women's road race was introduced in 1958. A men's team time trial, contested by national teams, was introduced in 1962. Beginning in 1972, the team time trial was discontinued in Olympic years only. Individual time trials in all categories were added in 1994, which was also the last year for the original incarnation of

999-664: The screen in 1982 directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close in her film debut. The best-selling novel had been described as unfilmable. The screenplay was nominated for Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in 1983. Tesich returned to the sport of cycling with the screenplay for American Flyers (1985). The main characters were two brothers, played by Kevin Costner and David Marshall Grant , who enter

1036-462: The team van. David sprints to an early lead which the competitors put down to youthful exuberance. But after a few miles they realize that David is able to maintain the savage pace. As they enter the mountain stages Muzzin approaches David to throw the race and settle for second. When David decides to go for the win Muzzin tries to push David off the road. In response David punches Muzzin and races for

1073-568: The term "in a 1992 Nation essay by the late Steve Tesich." Post-truth was Oxford's 2016 Word of the Year. Tesich died in Sydney , Nova Scotia, Canada on July 1, 1996, following a heart attack. He was 53 years old. In 1973, Tesich won the Vernon Rice or Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Playwright for the play Baba Goya , which is also known under the title Nourish the Beast . Tesich won

1110-591: Was a New York Times Notable Book for 1998. The novel also appeared in a German translation as Abspann , and it was also translated in France in 2012 where it was acclaimed by the critics and became a best-seller. Oxford Dictionaries credits Tesich with the first use of the term " post-truth ," which Oxford defined as "circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief." Ralph Keyes , author of The Post-Truth Era (2004), also says he first saw

1147-772: Was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film Breaking Away . Steve Tesich was born as Stojan Tešić (pronounced TESH-ich ) in Užice , in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia (now Serbia ) on September 29, 1942. He immigrated to the United States with his mother and sister when he was 14 years old. His family settled in East Chicago, Indiana . His father died in 1962. Tesich graduated from Indiana University in 1965 with

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1184-534: Was also called 'The Cannibal'. Jennifer Grey made an appearance as a blind date, made hysterical by the brothers' arguing. John Amos has a supporting role running a training facility, and Robert Townsend has a minor role as a rival teammate. ShaverSport, the company that sponsors Marcus and David in The Hell of the West, was an actual company. It was formed in 1980 by competitive cyclist Bob Shaver with its mission being to produce quality cycling wear. ShaverSport

1221-424: Was asked by Warner Brothers to design the clothing for the film. During its existence, the company produced not only cycling gear, but ShaverSport and Hell of the West replica jerseys that were featured in the film. Marcus and David are seen riding 1985 Specialized Allez SE road bikes with red frames in the race scenes and most of the movie. The film was released before Costner became a Hollywood superstar. It had

1258-575: Was for the semi-autobiographical film Four Friends which was directed by Arthur Penn which covered the activism and turbulence of the 1960s. Vincent Canby of the New York Times wrote in his review: "For Mr. Tesich, it is another original work by one of our best young screenwriters." Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that it was "a very good movie." He adapted John Irving's novel The World According to Garp for

1295-491: Was in 2023 , when it was held in August as part of a combined multi-disciplinary UCI Cycling World Championships , intended to be held every four years. The world championships are located in a different city or region every year. The event can be held over a relatively flat course which, in the case of the road race, favors cycling sprinters or a hilly course which favors a climbing specialist or all-rounder . In each case,

1332-594: Was one of the world's leading cycling events at the time of the film. Two stages in the film's featured race, the Morgul-Bismarck circuit race in Boulder and the "Tour of the Moon" at Colorado National Monument , were legendary Coors Classic stages. Cyclist Eddy Merckx makes a brief appearance, starting stage 1. The character, Barry 'The Cannibal' Muzzin, played by Luca Bercovici was based on Eddy Merckx, who

1369-545: Was the victorious rider crossing the finish line for his team. They subsequently developed a friendship. Blase became the model for the main character in Breaking Away . The working title of the film script was Bambino . The film was a hit, and Tesich won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also created a short-lived TV series of the same name . His play Division Street opened on Broadway at

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