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Breaking In

  • 19891989
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  • 1h 34m
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6.1/10
1.6K
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Breaking In (1989)
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
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Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Bill Forsyth
  • Writer
    • John Sayles
  • Stars
    • Burt Reynolds
    • Casey Siemaszko
    • Sheila Kelley
Top credits
  • Director
    • Bill Forsyth
  • Writer
    • John Sayles
  • Stars
    • Burt Reynolds
    • Casey Siemaszko
    • Sheila Kelley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Trailer 1:58
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    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Lorraine Toussaint and Sheila Kelley in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds in Breaking In (1989)
    Sheila Kelley and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)
    Burt Reynolds and Casey Siemaszko in Breaking In (1989)

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    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Ernie Mullins
    Casey Siemaszko
    Casey Siemaszko
    • Mike Lafebb
    Sheila Kelley
    Sheila Kelley
    • Carrie aka Fontaine
    Lorraine Toussaint
    Lorraine Toussaint
    • Delphine the Hooker
    Albert Salmi
    Albert Salmi
    • Johnny Scot, Poker Player
    Harry Carey Jr.
    Harry Carey Jr.
    • Shoes, Poker Player
    • (as Harry Carey)
    Maury Chaykin
    Maury Chaykin
    • Vincent Tucci, Attorney
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    • District Attorney
    Richard Key Jones
    • Lou, Bob's Tire & Body
    Tom Lasswell
    • Bud, Bob's Tire & Body
    Walter Shane
    • Bob's Tire & Body Manager
    Frank A. Damiani
    • Waiter
    David Frishberg
    • Nighclub Singer
    John Baldwin
    • Sam the Apostle
    Eddie Driscoll
    Eddie Driscoll
    • Paul the Apostle
    Melanie Mosely
    • Young Woman Apostle
    Galen Schrick
    • Choir Master
    K. Gordon Scott
    • Counterman
    • Director
      • Bill Forsyth
    • Writer
      • John Sayles
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Final film of Albert Salmi.
    • Quotes

      Carrie aka Fontaine: What would I do with your balls, were they mine? Would I hang them by their shorthairs from my long painted nails? And crack a grin as they dropped, splat splat, on the floor? No, I wouldn't do that with your balls, were they mine. But I'd put them instead in some sort of shrine. I'd fondle them daily, and keep them in line, and give them a licking from time to time. Yes, that's what I'd do with your balls, were they mine.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Old Gringo/The Girl in a Swing/An Innocent Man/Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      What Would I Do
      Poem by Debilyn O'Flannery Riggs

    User reviews19

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    an assuming film that flew too low beneath our collective radar
    Burt Reynolds broke out of his leading man pigeonhole to attempt, for once, a more believable role, playing a middle-aged, low-rent burglar who enlists the help of a dumb but loyal grease monkey and then proceeds to give him lessons in both larceny and life. There are a few heists along the way, but this is more a character study than a caper film, and it works in large part because of the rapport and timing between Reynolds and his blue collar sidekick Casey Siemaszko. Both characters are losers, and it might be argued that losers make more engaging heroes, perhaps because they're easier to identify with. In the spirit of earlier Bill Forsythe films it's a slim but disarming comedy, with an extra measure of depth in the canny screenplay by John Sayles, as always the working man's champion, who along the way makes some minor but interesting points about the haves and the have-nots.
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    • Nov 8, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Traumtänzer
    • Filming locations
      • Oaks Amusement Park - 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Act III Communications
      • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
      • Breaking In Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,877,618
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $679,200
      • Oct 15, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,877,618
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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