Turkey Day Travel
My flight to the east coast is delayed, so I've fired up the laptop[1]. Traffic was relatively light, and I made it to the airport with no issues (in stark contrast to a couple years ago). Security line was moderately long, but they had 4 lanes open so it moved pretty quickly and I would've had plenty of time to spare even without the delay
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[1] I am actually in it. Breaking Away was filmed in Bloomington, my hometown, and was the event of the summer of '78. For the climactic Little 500 race scenes they "packed"[2] the stadium by giving away a couple of mopeds during breaks in the filming. Pretty much getting a moped was a dream for us 11-15 year olds, so if you notice that instead of college kids like you would expect there is a high number of pre-teens in the stands. At one point after the movie came out on VHS I was able to spot myself and some friends who were on screen for maybe a second in one of the bike scenes, but as an adult I've never been able to find it again. I think I've forgotten what I looked like then.
[2] The stadium was far from packed and they would periodically move the entire crowd from one section of the track to another to change the shot. At least they didn't resort to cardboard cutouts like they did in the Natural.
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