Breaking Away

[ Man]

And when I die

Won't you bury me

In the par kin' lot

OftheA&P?

Blow out the candles

And blow out the lamps

And light my pyre

With my tradin'' stamps

Yee-ha!

I had three books

But I needed four

To go to heaven

And redeem my soul

What happened to two, Mike?

I had two books

But I needed three

To deliver me

From the A&P N

Bravo, Mike! Bravo!

Bellissimal

You really make all that up?

Are you really

going to shave your legs?

Ce/10. All the Italians do it.

Eh, some country.

The women don't shave theirs.

Eh, huh?

Stop!

It was somewhere right along here

that I lost all interest in life.

Aha! It was right here.

This is where

I saw Dolores Reineke...

and fat Marvin!

[ Grunts ]

Why, Dolores?

Why?

They're married now.

See what I saved you from, Cyril?

If I hadn't told you, you never

would have followed them out here.

Well, thanks, Mike. You made me lose all

interest in life, and I'm grateful.

My brother said he saw

you and Nancy, Moocher.

When'?

Uh, last Friday.

Well, it wasn't me.

I'm not seeing her anymore.

[Cyril ]

I kind of miss school.

This is gonna be the first time no

one's gonna ask us to write a theme...

about how we spent our summer.

Yeah.

When you're 16,

they call it sweet 16.

When you're 18, you get to drink,

vote, and see dirty movies.

What the hell do you get to do

when you're 19?

You leave home.

My dad said Jesus never went further

than 50 miles from his home.

Look what happened to him.

Whoo!

[ Moocher]

Hey, man, this feels great!

[ Cyril ]

Ahh! Come on in!

[ Moocher]

Hey, come on in, Dave.

I read where this Italian coach said it's

no good to go swimming right after a race.

[ Cyril ] Who's swimming?

I'm taking a leak.

J' [ Singing In Italian ]

J' [ Continues ]

Dave, is Moocher home?

J"J" [ Continues In Italian]

[Children Chattering ]

Hey, ciao, bambini.

Buon giorno!

J' [ Continues ]

He was as normal as pumpkin

pie, and now look at him.

J' [ Continues Singing ]

His poor parents.

It's that cologne he wears.

It's called...

Neapolitan Sunset.

Yeah? Well,

the flies seem to like it.

There.

This is it?

Well, you know

what the doctor said.

At your age- What the hell

do you mean at my age?

Goddamn see-through coffee.

He says you have a bad heart.

That's got nothing to do with my age.

It's our son that's

ruining my health, Evelyn.

What's he going to do?

He wanted a year off with those bums

so I give him a year.

It hasn't been a year yet.

But, Evelyn, look what's happened to him.

He's turned into an lty.

Ciao, Papa. Ciao, mama.

'Arrivederci. .

That's lty talk.

I used to think it was funny at first.

lt's not funny anymore.

He was very sickly until he started

riding around on that bike.

Well, now his body's fine,

but his mind is going.

He used to be a smart kid. I thought

he was going to go to college.

I thought

you didn't want him to.

Why should he?

I never went to college.

When I was 19, I was working

in the quarry ten hours a day.

Most of the quarries are closed.

Let him find another job.

Jobs are not that easy to find.

Let him look at least. Let him

come home tired from looking.

He's never tired.

He's never miserable.

He's young-

When I was young,

I was tired and miserable.

[ Chuckles ]

I had my own place at 17.

He says Italian families

stay together.

Evelyn, we are not Italian.

Oh, I know, I know.

It's just that I come

from a big family myself...

and it was kind of nice.

He thinks

we should have another child.

What?

Buon giorno, Papa.

I'm not Papa!

I'm your goddamn father!

Buon giorno, Mama.

She's your goddamn mother.

What'd you do? Win again?

The victory, she was easy.

But the promoter tells me

that the Italians will be here soon.

I will race with the best-

italianos.

Like the nightingales, they sing.

Like eagles, they fly.

Speaking of flies, you brought

a hell of a lot in with you.

Fly in Italian is mosca.

In English it's pest.

Speaking of pests-

lsn't this a lovely trophy?

Look.

Oh, yeah.

So what?

I lived 50 years,

I never got a trophy.

You never got a trophy?

Nope,l never got one.

I give you this one. You

are numero uno, King Papa.

Don't do that.

I have to take a shower.

,/3/'[ Figaro ]

There's that lty music again!

I'm gonna have this out with him now!

.R.r [ opera 1

What's the matter?

He's shaving.

Well, so what?

His legs.

He's shaving his legs.

Figaro

Fi... garo'

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro J'.i'

Yoo-hoo. [ Moocher] Nancy.

I was just on my way to work.

Come on in.

You know what?

No. What?

L'm leaving home, that's what.

What?

Where are you going?

About five blocks south.

Oh.

I found this nice little place

to rent.

It's so cute I could scream.

Scream.

My folks said I could have some of

their furniture from the basement.

All right!

[ Inhaling, Exhaling ]

Maybe you could

give me a hand... moving.

Oh, sure.

If I'm not too busy, you know?

- How's the job?

- You know what?

Frank said if I keep up the good work,

it'll just be a matter of time

before I become head cashier.

That's great.

Well, I should go now.

Nancy. Uh...

I think I'll walk you to work.

I'm going out that way anyways.

It gets 30 miles to the gallon.

Of course,

the mileage you get may vary.

It's a beaut, right?

Right.

Boy, you sure

know how to pick 'em.

Frankly, this is the best car on the lot.

Quality product.

Buon giorno, Papa!

Come stai?

Friend of yours?

Aren't you glad

we got fired from the A & P?

I mean, right now,

we'd be working.

We didn't get fired, Mike.

You got fired. We quit.

All for one and one for all.

You know, there ain't many places

that are gonna hire all four of us.

You know what I'd like to be?

Smart.

[Laughs]

A cartoon of some kind.

Wouldn't that be great?

You know, when they get

hit on the head with a frying pan...

and their head looks like the frying

pan with the handle and everything?

Then they go boing and...

their head

comes back to normal.

Wouldn't that

be great?

How did you get to be

so stupid, Cyril?

I don't know.

Guess I have a dumb heredity.

What's your excuse, Michael?

[ Chuckles ]

You hear from your folks, Mooch?

Yeah, my dad called. He says there's

a lot more jobs in Chicago.

He hasn't gotten anything yet,

though.

Wanted to know

if the house was sold.

Hmm. He could use the money

something fierce.

You can come live with me

when it's sold.

In Italy, everybody lives together.

[Chuckles] Since you won that Italian

bike, man, you've been acting weird.

You're really getting to think

you're Italian, aren't you?

I wouldn't mind thinking

I was somebody myself.

I think the door's stuck

on that icebox.

I can't see him!

Oh, yoo-hoo! lt's got no back on it.

[Laughs]

Funny sh*t.

Funny.

[ Hooting ]

[Chattering ]

What the hell are they doing here?

[Girls Cheer And Clap]

I've never seen anybody

dive off from up there.

Hey, you bastards!

Who's that?

Hey, cutters!

They got indoor and outdoor pools on

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