Breaking Away (1979)

Don't Forget to Punch the Clock

In his first minute on the job at the car wash, Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) decides to quit after being called “shorty” by the boss.

Directed by Peter Yates.

© Fox 2012

Released in 1979 by Fox.

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  • character-type: Employee
  • character-type: Teenager
  • character-type: Friend
  • character-type: Boss
  • character-type: Rebel
  • action: Punch
  • action: Provoke
  • primary-genre: Sports and Fitness
  • primary-genre: Comedy
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: Sports Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Sports Stories
  • secondary-genre: Cycling
  • secondary-genre: Sports Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Drama
  • mood: Angry
  • primary-occasion: Professional Events
  • secondary-occasion: Fed Up With the Boss
  • setting: Car Wash
  • theme: Rebellion
  • theme: Generation Gap
  • actor: Jackie Earle Haley
  • actor: Dennis Christopher
  • actor: Dennis Quaid
  • actor: Daniel Stern
  • director: Peter Yates
  • producer: Art Levinson
  • producer: Peter Yates
  • cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti
  • editor: Cynthia Scheider
  • costume-designer: Betsy Cox
  • role-name: Cyril
  • role-name: Dave Stoller
  • role-name: Moocher
  • role-name: Mike
  • screenwriter: Steve Tesich
  • year: 1979
  • studio: Fox

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