With our regular projector, HAL 9000, still on the mend, ‘Breaking Away’

marks the first Official Selection projected by a Guest Projector. Though

officially Wiener’s pick, Monika’s selection also marks the first time since

Andy Kottler’s ‘Die Hard’ that the Crew has watched a film chosen by

someone who had never attended Movienight before.

Monika had originally elected to screen the film in the third week of our

Guest Selector Program, but had not been able to attend, and the Crew

enjoyed ‘Hostel’ instead. Mr. Wiener’s displeasure over that incident has

hopefully now been mollified, and the assembled Crew was delighted to have Monika host in Wiener’s absence with this Oscar winning Seventies underdog story. The delay in Moni’s presentation only made this film more timely as we are now just a week away from the 93rd running of the Tour de France.

The very warm night provided an ideal evening for viewing, and JaJa’s substitute projector preformed flawlessly if the Sound System did not.

Our third film in a row with Italian dialogue, ‘Breaking Away’ marks the first appearances of Daniel Stern, and a very young Dennis Quaid. The magnificent Paul Dooley returns for an Official Selection after his fine work in ‘Strange Brew,’ and speaking of returning actors and ‘Die Hard,’ Hart Bochner returned to the Back Yard for the first time since Hans Gruber shot him in the head.

*though selected by Monika Wiener, her selection is in effect as Wiener’s proxy and therefore is counted as a Wiener pick.

“No, I don’t feel lucky to be alive. I feel lucky I’m not dead. There’s a difference.”