Released in 1985, The Breakfast Club was directed by John Hughes and is one of his most recognisable works. It is a coming of age comedy-drama that looks into the lives of 5 different stereotyped teenagers.
These 5 high school students must spend there Saturday detention together. It is the one time they meet but against all odds end up considering each other as friends. Each teen is in detention for different reason but all expected to write an each about who they think they are.
It becomes apparent that they cannot write their essays because their teacher sees them how he wants to see them and that perception could never change. The group include an 'Athlete', a 'Princess', a 'Brain', a 'Basket Case' and a 'Criminal', which is what they all saw each other at the start of the day and was who they accepted themselves to be at the end.
Throughout the 8 hours they have together there is a lot of arguing but soon enough they all reveal their innermost struggles to each other and accept one another despite their differences.
In the progress of the film we find out the reason why each student was in detention and learn about social class and home life pressures.
Even though each student symbolises a different social ranking and/or personality, together they make up The Breakfast Club and that group of people works well together.
These 5 high school students must spend there Saturday detention together. It is the one time they meet but against all odds end up considering each other as friends. Each teen is in detention for different reason but all expected to write an each about who they think they are.
It becomes apparent that they cannot write their essays because their teacher sees them how he wants to see them and that perception could never change. The group include an 'Athlete', a 'Princess', a 'Brain', a 'Basket Case' and a 'Criminal', which is what they all saw each other at the start of the day and was who they accepted themselves to be at the end.
Throughout the 8 hours they have together there is a lot of arguing but soon enough they all reveal their innermost struggles to each other and accept one another despite their differences.
In the progress of the film we find out the reason why each student was in detention and learn about social class and home life pressures.
Even though each student symbolises a different social ranking and/or personality, together they make up The Breakfast Club and that group of people works well together.
Soundtrack
Played both at the start and end of the film, Simple Minds’ “Don't You (Forget About Me),” is considered The Breakfast Club’s anthem, peaking #7 in the UK single charts and reaching #1 on the US Hot 100.
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CastingThe movie starred Judd Nelson as John Bender, Emilio Estevez as Andrew Clark, Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Ralph Johnson, Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish, Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds and Paul Gleason as Richard "Dick" Vernon. But this wasn't always the case...
Ringwald was originally approached to play the character of Allison Reynolds, but she was "really upset" because she wanted to play Claire. She eventually convinced the director and the studio to give her the part. Estevez auditioned for the role of John Bender, but was recast as Andrew Clark because the director was unable to find someone for the role. Nicolas Cage was considered for the part of Bender, though the role came down to John Cusack and Nelson. Hughes eventually cast Cusack, but decided to replace him with Nelson because he didn't look threatening enough. At one point, Hughes got angry at Nelson because he stayed in character by taunting Ringwald off-camera, and other actors had to convince Hughes not to fire him. |
Trailer
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Watch the Official The Breakfast Club Trailer.
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