The Breakfast Club
| The Breakfast Club | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Hughes |
| Written by | John Hughes |
| Produced by | Ned Tanen John Hughes |
| Starring | Emilio Estevez Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall John Kapelos Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald Ally Sheedy |
| Cinematography | Thomas Del Ruth |
| Edited by | Dede Allen |
| Music by | Keith Forsey |
Production companies | A&M Films Channel Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Box office | $51,525,171[2] |
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming of age comedy-drama movie. It was written and directed by John Hughes. It is set in a Chicago suburb in 1984. It stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy as high school students. It also stars Paul Gleason as their teacher and John Kapelos as the cleaner of the school. It was released to positive reviews on February 15, 1985.
The plot of this cult-classic is that of five teenagers - Andrew Clark, Brain Johnson, John Bender, Claire Standish, and Allison Reynolds - spend a Saturday in detention, for unrelated reasons. During the nine-hour period - in which they are supposed to write essays explaining why they are in detention - clashes between stereotypes turns enemies into tentative friends, if only for a day.
An equally famous song of the time, Don't You (Forget About Me), is a prominent song through the film.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "THE BREAKFAST CLUB | British Board of Film Classification". Bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ↑ Gross data for the film The Breakfast Club from movie data base site Box Office Mojo
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