Breakfast Club
1985 – Written and directed by John Hughes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakfast_Club
Plot / Characters
A group of teens from different social circles are stuck together for a whole day of Saturday detention. Eventually the kids get beyond their stereotypes to realize they all have similar problems. (They have difficult relationships with their parents and they don’t want to end up like their parents)
Bender (The Criminal)
Andrew (The Jock)
Claire (The Princess)
Allison (The Basketcase)
Brian (The Brain)
Theme: Breaking down stereotypes. Still an important them today – don’t judge people until you get to know them!
Interesting
All the kids are white. They represent the “The socially apathetic, cynical, money-possessed and ideologically barren eighties generation.”
Their layers of clothes are shed during the movie as are the barriers they put up between one another.
Great Lines
Andrew: We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.
Richard Vernon: Don’t mess with the bull, young man. You’ll get the horns.
Brat Pack
All the actors who appeared in Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire – add Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy.
John Hughes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_%28filmmaker%29
Breakfast Club cover Band
http://breakfastclubband.com/
What would a modern Breakfast Club look like?
- The gay one
- Jock
- Gang member
- Hacker/gamer
- Straight A's
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