Breaking point

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Breaking point (psychology) is a term used to denote a critical moment of personal stress. It has also been utilized frequently as a name or title in the following forms of the entertainment media:

[edit] Film and television

  • The Breaking Point (1924 film), American film (Famous Players–Lasky, silent), directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Nita Naldi
  • The Breaking Point (1950 film), American film (Warner Brothers) directed by Michael Curtiz, starring John Garfield
  • The Breaking Point (1961 film), British film, a/k/a The Great Armored Car Swindle, directed by Lance Comfort
  • Breaking Point (TV series), American TV series (ABC, 1963–64, black-and-white) set in a hospital's psychiatric clinic
  • Breaking Point (1975 film), Swedish erotic horror film, directed by Bo Arne Vibenius, starring Anton Rothschild and Irena Billing
  • Breaking Point (1976 film), American/Canadian independent film, directed by Bob Clark, starring Bo Svenson and Robert Culp
  • Breaking Point (1989 TV movie), American TV movie (TNT), directed by Peter Markle, starring Corbin Bernsen
  • Breaking Point (1993 film), American/Canadian independent film, directed by Paul Ziller, starring Gary Busey and Kim Cattrall
  • Breaking Point (2001 film), Australian film (direct–to–video), directed by Ben Warner, starring Naomi Arcus and Michelle Berry
  • The Breaking Point (Band of Brothers), American TV miniseries (HBO, 2001), set in World War II (episode of October 14, 2001)
  • Breaking Point (Alias episode), American TV series (ABC, 2001–06), set in the realm of espionage (episode of November 23, 2003)
  • Breaking Point (documentary film), Canadian TV documentary (SRC/CBC, 2005) about the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum
  • Breaking Point (2006 short), Australian short film
  • Breaking Point (2008 film), American film (direct–to–video, 2008), directed by Hayley Cloake, starring Melissa Keller and Linden Ashby

[edit] Music

  • Breaking Point (band), American alternative rock band formed in 1999 in Memphis, Tennessee; on Wind–up Records

[edit] Literature

  • Breaking Point (novel), 2003 novel in the juvenile literature genre, written by American author Alex Flinn