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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
John Hughes (written by)
Release Date:
15 February 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
They only met once, but it changed their lives forever. more
Plot:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. full summary | full synopsis
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Remember yourself
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Emilio Estevez | ... | Andrew Clark |
 | Paul Gleason | ... | Richard Vernon |
 | Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Brian Johnson |
 | John Kapelos | ... | Carl |
 | Judd Nelson | ... | John Bender |
 | Molly Ringwald | ... | Claire Standish |
 | Ally Sheedy | ... | Allison Reynolds |
| Perry Crawford | ... | Allison's Father |
| Mary Christian | ... | Brian's Sister |
| Ron Dean | ... | Andy's Father |
| Tim Gamble | ... | Claire's Father |
| Fran Gargano | ... | Allison's Mom |
| Mercedes Hall | ... | Brian's Mom |
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Runtime:
97 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) |
Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Finland:K-14 |
Netherlands:12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (Certificate No. 27628) |
West Germany:12 |
Norway:16
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Director Trademark: [John Hughes] [Beatles]Principal Richard Vernon is named after Richard Vernon, the actor who played the gentleman in the train compartment scene in A Hard Day's Night (1964). When the principal asks the janitor what he wanted to be when he grew up, the janitor replies that he wanted to be John Lennon.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Throughout the movie it appears that Bender is wearing Claire's diamond earring in his left ear, even though she doesn't give it to him until the very end of the film. However, it is actually an ear cuff that is worn anywhere above the earlobe on the outer part of the ear. It is clearly seen when he puts on her earring.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Andrew Clark: So... what's your poison?
[no answer]
Andrew Clark: ...Ok, forget I asked.
Allison Reynolds: Vodka.
Andrew Clark: Vodka? When do you drink vodka.
Allison Reynolds: Whenever.
Andrew Clark: How much?
Allison Reynolds: Tons.
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Andrew Clark: So... what's your poison?
[no answer]
Andrew Clark: ...Ok, forget I asked.
Allison Reynolds: Vodka.
Andrew Clark: Vodka? When do you drink vodka.
Allison Reynolds: Whenever.
Andrew Clark: How much?
Allison Reynolds: Tons.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Pacifier (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Don't You
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Why are the characters in Saturday detention?What does Bender's joke mean?
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We all remember being a teenager. A crazy, intense time when your high were higher and your lows were lower, and every experience was that much more significant.
John Hughes movie brilliantly captures that environment, that era in our lives, and all the social rifts that we all helped to create for ourselves. I have heard it said that "The Breakfast Club" is melodramatic, overacted, and simplistic. If you subscribe to that flippant perspective you might as well join Vernon in his office because you are doing the same thing that he did. Seeing the movie as you want to see it, in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions.
If you really want to understand this film, think back to your own high school days. Think about your last year there. Dig out your old diary or book of angstful poems and reaquaint yourself with who you were then, when you felt things more deeply. "The Breakfast Club" does not exist not for highschool kids, as some suggest. Why would they need it? They live there. It exists for all of us who have already been through there, who feel that they are above it now. It exists so that we can remember what it was like and better understand ourselves, and the next generation. Because you can't dismiss something you understand.