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The Breakfast Club (1985)

R  97 min  -  Comedy | Drama   -  15 February 1985 (USA)
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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.

Director:

John Hughes

Writer:

John Hughes
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Emilio Estevez ...
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Anthony Michael Hall ...
John Kapelos ...
Judd Nelson ...
Molly Ringwald ...
Ally Sheedy ...
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Storyline

They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be the Breakfast Club. Written by Anonymous  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

High School | Detention | Student | High School Student | Marijuana  | See more »

Taglines:

They only met once, but it changed their lives forever. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El club de los cinco See more »

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,107,599 (USA) (18 February 1985)

Gross:

$45,875,171 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Director John Hughes said that the cast rehearsed the entire movie as if it was a play a few times before filming began. After the film was a hit, Hughes was asked to write the script as a play so high schoolers could perform it. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the opening sequence, there is a newspaper with a wrestling article featuring Andrew "Clarke". In the credits, Andy's last name is spelled "Clark". See more »

Quotes

Principal Richard Vernon: The next time I have to come in here I'm crackin' skulls.
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Crazy Credits

Opens with the following which then explodes from the screen.
"And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds;
are immune to your consultations, they are quite aware of what they are
going through." -David Bowie See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #7.168" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Fire In The Twilight"
Wang Chung
Produced by Keith Forsey
Words by Jack Hues
Music by Keith Forsey & Steve Schiff See more »