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Morgan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> "Stan Cox" <[email protected]> writes:
>> There are idiots in every country. Bear in mind that the French think that Parisienes (spelling)
>> are rude. BTW as a brit what is a "Cutters" t shirt.
>
> Cutters was the relay team that raced the "Little Indy 500" in the '70s movie _Breaking Away_.
Its the "Little 500" (or "Lil' 5" locally), not "Little Indy 500". Small point, but one that had
to be made.
> _Breaking Away_ that really sold bicycle racing to the American public. It tells the story of a
> group of four teenage friends, outcasts, one of whom is in love with the roadie lifestyle and an
> Italophile, and naive. He enters college instead of becoming a road racer full time. The college
> he enters has an historic team-relay bicycle race held on a cinder track using school-supplied
> fixed-gear bikes. (This part is true, see "Little Indy 500".)
He doesn't enter college until the end of the movie, well after they had won the race. BTW, unlike
the movie, townies aren't allowed in the race, only IU students. I never did like the movie, or the
race that much for a number of reasons, this misrepresentation being one of them. Also, there is
still a "Cutters" team. But, they aren't really Cutters (ie., there parents didnt' work in the
quarries). They are an independent team
(ie., not in a fraternity). These "Cutter" idiots just go to show that they really didn't pay that
much attention to the movie. I'm sure that fronting to be "Cutters" can really infuriate some of
the locals who actually are.
I know where the swimming quarry from the movie is. If you get caught swimming there, you will get
arrested for trespassing; there is a huge fence around it. It seems some fraternity idiot went
swimming there drunk and managed to off himself. I'm sure he was at least a runner up for the Darwin
award. Bravo!!! Way to ruin it for everyone. That's all right though, 'cause its covered in slimy
green algae and sea weed anyway
Still, there are some scenes in the movie that are classic.
> Part of the reason they are outcasts is because they come from working-class families, and in this
> town the working class worked in the quarries, cutting limestone. This industry has died out,
> leaving the town depressed. They form a team and choose the team name "Cutters". Only one can
> really ride a bike, the rest are misfits who don't have the skills, and are also challenged by
> fatalistic attitudes. The race favorites are a well-honed team from an upper-crusty fraternity. Of
> course they win, after a long and harrowing race. It's a good underdog flick.
>
> USPS rider Christian Vande Velde's dad John played a member of the Cinzano team that puts a pump
> in the young racer's spokes during a road race in the movie. The movie also launched Dennis
> Quaid's career.
>
> http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078902
>
> Morgan
- Boyd S. ex Lil' 5 rider
> "Stan Cox" <[email protected]> writes:
>> There are idiots in every country. Bear in mind that the French think that Parisienes (spelling)
>> are rude. BTW as a brit what is a "Cutters" t shirt.
>
> Cutters was the relay team that raced the "Little Indy 500" in the '70s movie _Breaking Away_.
Its the "Little 500" (or "Lil' 5" locally), not "Little Indy 500". Small point, but one that had
to be made.
> _Breaking Away_ that really sold bicycle racing to the American public. It tells the story of a
> group of four teenage friends, outcasts, one of whom is in love with the roadie lifestyle and an
> Italophile, and naive. He enters college instead of becoming a road racer full time. The college
> he enters has an historic team-relay bicycle race held on a cinder track using school-supplied
> fixed-gear bikes. (This part is true, see "Little Indy 500".)
He doesn't enter college until the end of the movie, well after they had won the race. BTW, unlike
the movie, townies aren't allowed in the race, only IU students. I never did like the movie, or the
race that much for a number of reasons, this misrepresentation being one of them. Also, there is
still a "Cutters" team. But, they aren't really Cutters (ie., there parents didnt' work in the
quarries). They are an independent team
(ie., not in a fraternity). These "Cutter" idiots just go to show that they really didn't pay that
much attention to the movie. I'm sure that fronting to be "Cutters" can really infuriate some of
the locals who actually are.
I know where the swimming quarry from the movie is. If you get caught swimming there, you will get
arrested for trespassing; there is a huge fence around it. It seems some fraternity idiot went
swimming there drunk and managed to off himself. I'm sure he was at least a runner up for the Darwin
award. Bravo!!! Way to ruin it for everyone. That's all right though, 'cause its covered in slimy
green algae and sea weed anyway
Still, there are some scenes in the movie that are classic.
> Part of the reason they are outcasts is because they come from working-class families, and in this
> town the working class worked in the quarries, cutting limestone. This industry has died out,
> leaving the town depressed. They form a team and choose the team name "Cutters". Only one can
> really ride a bike, the rest are misfits who don't have the skills, and are also challenged by
> fatalistic attitudes. The race favorites are a well-honed team from an upper-crusty fraternity. Of
> course they win, after a long and harrowing race. It's a good underdog flick.
>
> USPS rider Christian Vande Velde's dad John played a member of the Cinzano team that puts a pump
> in the young racer's spokes during a road race in the movie. The movie also launched Dennis
> Quaid's career.
>
> http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078902
>
> Morgan
- Boyd S. ex Lil' 5 rider
