What he learns is most important is accepting himself, and by the end of the. Parents need to know that the breakfast club is a classic 80s film that deals with themes that may be inappropriate for younger teens. Judd nelson as john bender, emilio estevez and andrew, ally sheedy and alice, molly ringwald as claire, and anthony michael hall as brian. No, i dont hope broadway ever, ever fucks up the breakfast club by making a musical out of it. Not another teen movie 68 movie clip detention 2001. Released in 1985, the breakfast club turns 30 on february 15 and. Eat my shorts the breakfast club 38 movie clip 1985 hd. Brian is always looking to seek acceptance from the popular crowd and can never get it. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday in detention for whatever it. The scene in breakfast club when the kids all let loose together to karla devitos we are not alone. In her own words, everyone looks up to her and looks down on everyone else.
The breakfast club is a 1985 teen film widely considered a definitive work in the genre. The breakfast club movie the breakfast club is a 1985 john hughes film. The same year ally sheedy, judd nelson and emilio estevez played high school students in the breakfast club they played college age in st. It may be 30 years since the breakfast club first premiered on february 15, but the movie is still just as relevant today as it was in 1985. Discussion questions study guide for the breakfast club. Molly ringwald explains why the breakfast club troubles. In the credits at the end of the film, it mentions the full names of the girls. Amazingly, breakfast club got an r rating, when sixteen candles, which also features full on nudity, an implied. The 1985 movie with molly ringwald, judd nelson, allie sheedy, and martin sheens son. Molly ringwald rose to prominence as john hughes muse in the hit films sixteen candles, pretty in pink, and the breakfast club, but her most beloved movies are troubling her. The breakfast club is a 1985 american teen comedydrama film written, produced, and. Ringwald made her first appearance on riverdale during season one. I thought it was just boring the first time i saw it, how inconsequential it all felt and how terrible the principle or whoever is watching them is.
Brian johnson is a student at shermer high school and portrays the typical high school nerd. The movie is called the breakfast club because that is how the letter at the end of the film is signed. After the breakfast club, ringwald landed roles in not another teen movie, townies, and psych. Dissatisfaction no one in the breakfast club is ultimately all that happy with what theyve got, whether what they have would typically be judged good or not. The breakfast club is witty, hysterical and impacting with its indepth portrayal of high school teenagers in the 80s. The breakfast club did not shy away from addressing difficult topics like sex, drugs, and dysfunctional family life, and in a surprisingly woke way, it shows how the concept of virginity carries different stigmas depending on your gender.
The breakfast club, one of the most beloved high school films of all time, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, which means two things. Seven reasons the breakfast club is the best movie of the. The breakfast club 1985 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Madonna was the drummer in an early incarnation of the eighties group also called the breakfast club. The breakfast club is a 1985 american teen comedydrama film written, produced, and directed by john hughes. All 3 boys have their last names mentioned in the movie at some point, but the 2 girls do not have their last names mentioned at all.
Claire standish is the most popular girl at shermer high school. After the breakfast club, ringwald landed roles in not another teen movie. The plot may seem uninteresting a dull but once you start this fantastic film you will keep watching not wanting it to end. Five random students are caught up in a saturday detention. Five high school students meet in saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. Former mtv executive joel gallen makes his feature directorial. Written and directed by john hughes, the breakfast club storyline follows five teenagers each representing. Dont you forget about how deep the breakfast club really is. The breakfast club seems to hint that this is good advice, implicitly arguing that younger people are truer of heart than older people. Is the breakfast club s disregard of mr vernons authority justified.
The breakfast club 48 movie clip getting to know each other 1985 hd duration. Principal vernon paul gleason gives mitch cody mcmains and the guys a breakfast club style verbal lashing. Why is the breakfast club called the breakfast club. The breakfast club begins with a quote from david bowies song changes, and the characters growing pains are the backbone of the movie. The letter is the focal point of the film, as it demonstrates and illustrates the changes the students undergo during the course of the day. The title is a reference to the famous chicago radio show. Just like in the movie, kids in high schools today are. Trailer for the breakfast club 30th anniversary edition. Theres no better way to sum up john hughes seminal teen movie the breakfast club than with the voicedover letter at the end. Is the school library an ideal setting for the movie, or would another setting be more effective. Is there just one conflict in the movie or ate there many what are they. In honor of the breakfast club s 30th anniversary, huffpost entertainment talked to cast members ally sheedy, aka allison reynolds, and john kapelos, aka janitor carl reed, about behindthescenes moments and stories that have never quite been told in full detail. Why do the members of the breakfast club begin to open up to one another. Once we were done shooting, and before we began filming the breakfast club, john wrote another movie specifically for me, pretty in pink, about a workingclass girl navigating the.
John hughes 1985 classic the breakfast club is probably an automatic goto reference for any pop cultural discussions of the 1980s cinematic sceneand for good reason. Molly ringwald revisits the breakfast club in the age of. Breakfast club quotes that are still totally relevant e. With emilio estevez, judd nelson, molly ringwald, ally sheedy. One of americas most beloved movies is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. In the 2001 parody film not another teen movie, gleason reprised his role as assistant principal vernon in a short scene that parodies the breakfast. Though the movie recalls hughes time at glenbrook north, the detention plot comes via new trier township high school, where weekday morning detention had. The movie is a day in the life of samantha, whose 16th birthday is turning out to be anything but sweet. The emotional legacy of the breakfast club, now on. It features an ensemble cast including chyler leigh, chris evans, jaime pressly, eric christian olsen, eric jungmann, mia kirshner, deon richmond, cody mcmains, sam huntington, samm levine, cerina vincent, ron. Throughout the whole movie, the character is crazy. I do not in any way, shape, or form like the 1985 film the breakfast club.
Dont you forget about me the breakfast club scenescreen. In this 1980s brat pack film, the athlete, the brain, the criminal, the. Or maybe the movie was just built up by people in group a that its become uncool to not like the breakfast club. The film is heartfelt and is a great motion picture for generations of then. I dont make a habit of revisiting films ive made, but this was not the first.
The breakfast club captured the teen angst of a generation, delving into themes such as stereotyping, the stigma of mental illness and bullying. As if that time had to be better simply for the reason that its not now. He faced his share of hard times in high school, and the most prominent was that he brought a flare gun to school to attempt suicide. Breakfast club sixteen candles molly ringwald established herself as the teen queen of the 80s in this fresh comedy. The most important message of the the breakfast club is a. Though the movie has been around almost a third of a century now, there are still a lot of things about it that fans dont know. The breakfast club trailer directed by john hughes and starring emilio. This is quite the unpopular opinion to have, i know, but before you attempt to leave this article completely in a fit of what i can assume is extremely biased. This is completely for language, and an implied offscreen sexual moment some would say a harassment or assault moment between bender and claire. Breakfast club is the only movie in hughes famed high school trilogy that was rated r. Theres nowhere else like this for film fans on youtube. I got a meet this saturday and im not gonna miss it on account of you boneheads. She also starred as shailene woodleys onscreen mother on the drama series the secret life of the american teenager.
For one, john mocks brian pretty ruthlessly for being a virgin, making him feel undesirable and unmanly. Look, you guys keep up your talking and vernons gonna come right in here. Not the kind of crazy where you just laugh it off and go, oh her before. Not another teen movie is a 2001 american parody film directed by joel gallen and written by mike bender, adam jay epstein, andrew jacobson, phil beauman, and buddy johnson. Main characters use very strong language, including fk, smoke pot on. It is based on five stereotypical high school students in saturday morning detention. Topics such as suicide, depression, social alienation, materialism, sex, and parental physical and emotional abuse are discussed openly. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. The breakfast club, directed by john hughes, is perhaps the ultimate high school movie, bringing together an allstar cast to make an iconic, endlessly quotable film. Molly ringwald claire standish and anthony michael hall brian johnson dated for a while after filming this movie.