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Total SF Presents: Breaking Away ~ 1:00 PM (Bike to the movies! Co-hosted by Chronicle Culture Critic Peter Hartlaub and SFGATE Editor Grant Marek)

  • 4 Star 2200 Clement Street San Francisco, CA, 94121 United States (map)

Bike to the movies! Co-hosted by Chronicle culture critic Peter Hartlaub and SFGATE editor Grant Marek. Peter and Grant will lead bicyclists from the Ferry Building, 4th and King Caltrain station and Embarcadero BART to the 4-Star Theater for a screening of the 1979 bike racing classic “Breaking Away.” (Non-bikers are welcome too!) More information in the Total SF newsletter or on Twitter/X @PeterHartlaub and @Grant_Marek. Trivia, prizes and more!

Dave (Dennis Christopher) and his working-class friends Cyril (Daniel Stern), Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) and Mike (Dennis Quaid) spend their post-high school days in Bloomington, Indiana, sparring with snooty students from the local university, chasing girls and--in Dave's case--dreaming of competitive bicycle racing. The four friends face opposition from all corners as they decide to make Dave's dreams come true in the university's annual bicycle endurance race.